Biography
Born in 1952 in Lithuania. Graduated from State Institute of Theatre Art (now Russian Academy of Theatre Art, Andrei Goncharov’s class).
After returning to Lithuania worked at the State Youth Theatre of Vilnius, where he made his debut with the production of Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
In 1979-80, he staged at the Kaunas National Drama Theatre Legends of Duokiskis by Saltenis and Ivanov by Chekhov.
In 1980-1991, he was director and producer of State Youth Theatre of Vilnius, where he staged The Square after Yeliseeva, Korostylyov’s Pirosmani, Pirosmani, a rock-opera Love
and Death in Verona after Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, The Nose after Gogol, And a Day Lasts More, Then a Century after Aitmatov, Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
The last two were shown with success in Houston, Chicago, Belgrade, Vienna, Yugoslavia and Finland.
In 1992-1998, Eimuntas Nekrosuis was director of the International Lithuanian Theatres Festival LIFE. In early 1990s, he staged Small Tragedies by Pushkin and Three
Sisters by Chekhov, Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
In 1998, he founded Meno Fortas Theatre, where he staged Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello, The Seasons by Donelaitis, The Song of Songs,
Goethe’s Faust.
In 2000, he participated in the project of Ecole des Maitres, where he staged Chekhov’s The Seagull.
In 2002, he directed Ivanov at the Teatro Argentina. (Rome, Italy).
In 2003, he staged Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard in Moscow (coproduction of National Stanislavsky Fund and Meno Fortas).
In 2008, he staged Anna Karenina after Tolstoy at the Teatro Storchi (Modena, Italy).
In November 2002, Eimuntas Nekrosuis made his debut as opera producer with Macbeth by Verdi at Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In 2003, Macbeth transferred to the Bolshoi
Theatre.
In 2005, at the Bolshoi theatre he directed world premiere of opera The Children of Rosenthal by Desyatnikov.
In 2005, he staged Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, in 2007, - Wagner’s Die Walkure at the Lithuanian National Opera.
In 2008, he directed Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia at the Bolshoi theatre (coproduction with Teatro Lirico di Cagliari).
Awards
Lithuanian Theatre Union prize for the best director of the year (1994).
The art prize of the International Baltic Assembly (1994).
The New Theatre Realia prize of Taormin Arts Committee and European Theatre Union (1994).
The Best Director's prize of the Baltiysky dom festival, St. Petersburg, Russia (1995).
An award from the Italian Critics Association for the best foreign performance shown in Italy (1996, 1998, 2000, 2007).
The Golden Mask National Theatre Prize for the best foreign performances shown in Russia (1999, 2004).
Lithuanian Theatre Union prize for the best director of the year (1998).
The premium of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (1998).
The prize for the best performance of the Kontakt festival, Torun, Poland (1999).
The International Stanislavsky Fund premium, Moscow, Russia (2001).
Ministry's of Culture premium (2001, 2003).
Letter of Honor "For the Spread of Lithuanian Theatre Culture" from the Lithuanian Institute of Awards "LT Identity 2004".
Herder Prize (2005).
Honorary Award of the 16th International Istanbul Theatre Festival (2008).
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