Theatre
Discover the world of theatre through the lives and careers of renowned actors, directors, and playwrights. From classical icons to modern trailblazers, this list showcases the most influential figures who have graced the stage, making significant contributions to the world of theatre.

Vakhtang Chabukiani
Georgia
GeorgiaDancer and choreographer

Giovanni Battista Rubini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor

Vagram Papazyan
Armenia
ArmeniaGreat Armenian dramatic actor

Tadasi Suzuki
Japan
JapanTheatre director

Elizabeth Bainbridge
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish opera singer, mezzo-soprano and contralto

Yusif Eyvazov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani opera singer, dramatic tenor.

Eileen Farrell
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, soprano

Shirley Verrett
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, mezzo-soprano

Carmen Lavallade
USA
USAAmerican dancer, choreographer, and theater and film actress

Milana Severskaya
Russia
RussiaDancer (Indian ritual dance)

Isadora Duncan
USA
USAAmerican dancer, wife of Sergei Yesenin

Serge Lifar
France
FranceFrench dancer, choreographer and choreographer

Giuseppina Strepponi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, soprano

Jozef Kotarbinskiy
Poland
PolandPolish writer and theatre figure

Hoakin Kortes
Spain
SpainFlamenco dancer

Roman Viktyuk
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Russian, Ukrainian theater director

Henry Chettl
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish playwright

Cameron Mackintosh
Great Britain
Great BritainThe most famous and successful producer in the field of musical theater

Tadeusz Kantor
Poland
PolandPolish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer

Antonio Naharro
Spain
SpainSpanish choreographer

Patricia Brooks
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (lyric soprano) and actress

Artem Semenov (Ursula)
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian singer

Calixto Bieito
Spain
SpainSpanish theater and opera director

Hrustuna Rahmanova
Russia
RussiaArtist of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres.

Irina Stejka
Ukraine
UkraineActress and director

Franciszek Zablocki
Poland
PolandPolish poet and one of the first Polish playwrights

Vincent Van Gog
Netherlands
NetherlandsHe became an artist only at the age of thirty and in 7 years he painted over 800 paintings and even more drawings. Only one painting found a buyer during his lifetime

Miroslav Cangalovic
Bosnian opera and concert singer

Iosif Girnyak
USA
USAUkrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher

Jan Kobow
Germany
GermanyGerman classical tenor

Jan Fabr
Belgium
BelgiumDirector

Martin John Cook
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish theatre director, actor

Martha Graham
USA
USAAmerican dancer, teacher and choreographer

Grachia Nersisyan
Armenia
ArmeniaActor

Jean-Luc Chaigaud
France
FranceFrench singer, baritone

Magdalena Kozena
Czech
CzechCzech mezzo-soprano singer.

Thomas Ostermeier
Germany
GermanyDirector, director of the Berlin Schaubühne Theater

Lillian Hellman
USA
USAAmerican playwright

Kulyash Baiseitova
Soviet Kazakh opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano), dramatic actress

Carla Maffioletti
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian opera singer, coloratura soprano

Inna Dorofeeva
Ukraine
UkraineBallerina, People's Artist of Ukraine

Rudolf Krupicka
Czech
CzechCzech poet and playwright.

Tadej Evstakhovich
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian theatre director

Jules Bastin
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, bass

Michael Kitchen
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish theatre and television actor, producer

Patrice Chereau
France
FranceFrench opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer

Maria Ewing
USA
USAAmerican opera singer

Viacheslav luhanin
Russia
RussiaOpera bass singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.

Thomas Bernhard
Austria
AustriaAustrian writer and popular playwright.

Jean Dauberval
France
FranceFrench ballet dancer and choreographer