Valeriy Grishko

Biography

Valeriy Viktorovich Grishko was a Russian theatre director, pedagogue, and actor born on November 12, 1951, in Yasynovataya, USSR. He studied at the Leningrad Institute of Culture and later at the Gorky Theatre Institute of Miniature Operas. Grishko held notable positions as chief dramaturg at the Novosibirsk Theatre "Krasny Fakel" and artistic director of the Samara Academic Drama Theatre from 2009 to 2019. He passed away on May 12, 2022, in Saint Petersburg after a prolonged illness.