Igor Yatsko

Graduated from the Saratov Theatre School named after I.A. Slonov (course of Yuri Kiselev).

From 1985 — actor of the Saratov Youth Theatre.

From 1988 — student of GITIS, course of Anatoly Vasiliev.

From 1990 — actor of Anatoly Vasiliev's theatre “School of Dramatic Art”.

From 2007 to 2014 — chief director of the theater “School of Dramatic Art”.

From 2007 to 2011, as a teacher, he taught a course in the acting department of the Slavic Institute named after G.R. Derzhavin together with the actor V. Konyaev.

In 2011, the “Igor Yatsko Studio“ was created from graduates of the course at the theater „School of Dramatic Art”.

Since 2014, a teacher at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts GITIS (directing department), A.V. Galibin Workshop.

Since 2014, artistic director of the directing and acting laboratory at the School of Dramatic Art Theater.

Since 2015, a teacher and director at the N.S. Mikhalkov Academy of Cinematographic and Theater Arts.

Since 2016, he has been an acting teacher at the B. Yu. Yukhananov Individual Directing Workshop.

In 2017, he recruited his first course in the specialty “actor of drama theater and cinema” at the Institute of Culture and Arts of Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Directing works:

• "School of Dramatic Art"
• "Saga of the Century: Battle for Love", Ebba Witt-Brattström
• "The Broken Jug", Heinrich von Kleist
• "Dangerous Liaisons", Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
• "Let's Talk about the Oddities of Love", a creative evening with I. Yatsko and M. Zaykova
• "A Thousand and One Night", based on Arabian tales.
• “Orpheus Descending into Hell“, Tennessee Williams.
• “Doctor of the Garden“, Nina Sadur.
• “Dead Souls“, N.V. Gogol.
• “The Mermaid“, A.S. Pushkin.
• “The Cherry Orchard“, A.P. Chekhov.
• “Bulgakov. Don Quixote“
• “The Players“, N. V. Gogol
• “The Importance of Being Serious“, Oscar Wilde
• “The Fisherman and his Soul”, Oscar Wilde
• „Cain”, George Gordon Byron
• „Death of a Wild Warrior”, Daniil Kharms
• „The Human Voice”, Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc
• „Coriolanus”, W. Shakespeare
• „Stone Angel”, Marina Tsvetaeva
• „Salome”, Oscar Wilde
• „Leopold Bloom's Day. Extracting the Root of Time”, a happening based on the novel by J. Joyce. The theatrical marathon was included in the „Book of Records of Russia” as the longest theatrical production.
• «Leopold Bloom's Day. Extracting the Root of Time 2”, a happening based on the novel by James Joyce
• “Night Gives Birth to Day”, Lars Nuren, reading
• “Letters to Stanislavsky”, open lesson
• “Hamlet”, open lesson on M.A. Chekhov’s rehearsal protocols
• “Tiramisu”, Joanna Ovsyanko, reading
• “Sandbox”, Michal Walczak, reading
• “Ariadne”, Marina Tsvetaeva, open screening
• “The Master and Margarita”, M.A. Bulgakov, open screening.

• N.S. Mikhalkov Academy of Cinematographic and Theater Arts
• “Cyrano de Bergerac», E. Rostand
• “The Taming of the Shrew“, W. Shakespeare
• “Metamorphoses“, based on the works of A.P. Chekhov and I.A. Bunin

• Film Actor's Theater
• “The Measure „for the measure”, W. Shakespeare

• Theater Hall of the Moscow International House of Music
• „The Dog in the Manger”, Lope de Vega

• Mossovet Theater
• «Moskvichki”, Maria Rozhdestvenskaya

Acting works:

• Saratov Youth Theater:
• "Housewarming in an Old House" (Igor)
• "The Importance of Being Earnest" (John Worthing)

• School of Dramatic Art
• "Simple Talk" (Young Man)
• "The Decline of Lying. The Critic as Artist" (Vivian, Gilbert)
• "Dialogues" (Gleucon, Dionysodorus)
• "Today We Improvise" (Riiko Verri)
• "The State" (Thrasymachus)
• „Joseph and his brothers” (Peteprya, Joseph, Ruvin)
• “Each in his own way” (Diego, Doro Palegari)
• “Conversations with The Poet“ (Don Juan, Poet)
• „Amphitryon” (Jupiter, Mercury)
• „Uncle’s dream. Chapters“
• “Player“ (Alexey Ivanovich)
• “Don Juan or the Stone Guest and other poems by Pushkin» (Don Juan)
• “K*** (Theater et concert)“
• “To the Comrades, in Wondrous Art“ (Mozart)
• „Mozart and Salieri. Requiem”, (Mozart)
• „Pushkin Matinee” (High School Student)
• «Bloody Wedding” (Leonardo)
• „From Onegin's Travels. Dialogues and Collages”, (The Poet's Friend — the Poet Himself)
• „100th Anniversary. Leopold Bloom Day. Extracting the root of time“ (Stephen Dedalus)
• “Iliad. Canto XXIII. Burial of Patroclus. Games“ (Rhapsode — Warrior)
• „The Stone Guest or Don Juan is Dead” (Don Juan)
• “Death of a Wild Warrior”
• “Faust” (Faust)
• “Tararabumbia“
• „Marriage” (Podkolesin)
• „Woe from wit. Moscow dreams" (Pavel Afanasyevich Famusov)
• “The Cherry Orchard” (Gaev)
• “The Rose and the Cross“ (Bertrand, Count Archimbaut)
• “Tiramisu“, reading
• “The Steadfast Principle» (Fernando)
• «Leopold Bloom's Day. Extracting the Root of Time”, happening
• „Dead Souls” (Chichikov)
• „The Garden Doctor” (Oleg Pavlovich Nezhin)
• “Let’s talk about the strangeness of love”
• “Kostya and the giant”
• “Pastorals, or the tricks of Cupid”
• “Saga of the century: battle for love“ (He)

• Moscow Drama Theater “Modern“
• “Brave New World” (Mond)
• „Julius Caesar” (Cassius)

• Et Cetera Theatre:
• „Fahrenheit 451“ (Beatty)
• “It's So (If You Think So)“ (Lamberto Laudisi)

• Mossovet Theatre
• “Wolves and Sheep»
• «The Queen of Spades”

• Other projects
• „The Bat” (Tchaikovsky Concert Hall; V.K. Polyansky Chapel) director and performer
• "Speech Landscapes"
• “Stimmreise Durch Die Schweiz” Vocal Journey through Switzerland, actor-narrator,
• “Persimfans“, Petr Aidu's project, actor
• “Reconstruction of Utopia», Petr Aidu's project, actor
• “At the Doors of Eden“, Museum of Organic Culture, actor
• „Prometheus”, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, director, artistic word
• «Silva”, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, director
• V International Festival of Contemporary Music „Another space”. G. Ustvolskaya. Symphony No. 2, “True, Eternal Goodness“, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, artistic word.

He starred in films and television films:
“Shatun», “Desired“, “A Place in the Sun“, “Blind“, „Doctor Zhivago”, „Running on the Waves”, „Antidur”, «Red Pearl of Love”, „Mermaid”, „1814“, “Protection“, “Sakura Jam», “Zhurov“, “Pyramid“, “Split“, „White Guard”, „Caesar”, „Victor”, «Mama Daragaya!”, „Swan Lake”.