Sandro Samkharadze

Country: Georgia

Biography

Sandro Samkharadze is a Georgian actor, theatremaker, and activist. Since 2019, he has been a core member of the Royal District Theatre ensemble, known for their daring, socially engaged productions. His screen work includes the television series Artificial Breathing. Beyond the stage, Samkharadze is an active voice in Georgia’s civic life as part of the country’s growing resistance movement, using art and protest to challenge authoritarianism. Through performance and activism, he continues to shape conversations around freedom, identity, and justice in Georgia and beyond.

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Theatre On Atoneli

Play by Philip Ridley

Translation by Guram Ghonghadze

Set and costumes by Tamri Okhikiani

Music by Giorgi Gigashvili, Nikala Zubiashvili

Cast: Sandro Samkharadze, Sophio Zeragia, Nikoloz Bakradze, Lasha Mebuke

Four actors, one set and costume designer, two composers, and no stage director—or one could say the entire creative group collectively takes on the role of the director. This group of young Georgian artists challenges the possibility of defining their own functions and trajectories without a designated leader, within a democratic artistic process. For their text material, they chose a 1991 London play by Philip Ridley that surprisingly echoes 21st-century Tbilisi. For their next project they plan a new semi-documentary piece—born from their own realities as artist-activists—responding to Georgia’s political crisis with fear, hope, and resistance.

Contact details: nikolozfortheatre@gmail.com