Mykhailo Zakharevych

Mykhailo Vasylovych Zakharevych (; born September 26, 1950, Sosonka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) — Soviet and Ukrainian theatre figure, actor. General Director and Artistic Director of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater. People's Artist of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2017).

Biography

Born on September 26, 1950, in the village of Sosonka (now Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine).

In 1972, he graduated from the Kharkiv State Institute of Arts named after I. P. Kotliarevsky, and in 1989, he completed the All-Union Institute for Advanced Training of Cultural Workers, specialising in management.

Over the years, he held various management positions in Ukrainian theatre institutions:

1981–1983 — Deputy Director of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Puppet Theater

Academic and administrative work

From 1996 to 2000, he served as the First Deputy Minister of Culture and Arts of Ukraine. In 2016, he defended his dissertation on the topic "The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater in the Dynamics of Sociocultural Transformations (1920–2001)", earning a PhD. Professor at the Kyiv National University of Theater, Film, and Television named after I. Karpenko-Karyi. Author of numerous scientific articles on theatre history and management.

From February 1 to April 9, 2021, he was the Head of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

Theater roles

Zbyshek – The Morality of Mrs. Dulska by Gabriela Zapolska Malakhov – Stop Malakhov by Hryhoriy Agranov Lucindo – The Cunning Lover by Lope de Vega Valerik – The Third Pathetic by Mykola Pogodin

Awards and honors

1989 – Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine 2000 – Certificate of Honor of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine