Tamara Trunova

Tamara Trunova is a leading Ukrainian theatre director and one of the most influential voices in contemporary Ukrainian theatre. Since 2011, she has worked at the Kyiv State Drama and Comedy Theatre on the Left Bank, where in 2019 she was appointed Chief Director. Over the course of her career, she has created more than 30 productions in Ukraine and abroad. Her directing has been repeatedly recognised with national and international awards. In 2012, her production Passenger in a Suitcase received the award for “Elegance in Directorial Form” at the inaugural Les Kurbas National Festival of Young Directors. In 2016, she won the British Council’s theatre programme Taking the Stage. Her production of Sasha, Take Out the Trash (based on the play by Natalia Vorozhbyt) was ranked first in the “Kyiv Score-2017”, while Bad Roads (also based on Vorozhbyt’s play) topped the “Kyiv Score-2018”. In 2019, Bad Roads became the triumph of the National Theatre Festival and Awards GRA, winning in three categories: Best Drama Production, Best Musical Score, and Best Directing. In 2021, Trunova was honoured with the Women in Arts award in the category “Women in Theatre”, and in 2022 she received Ukraine’s highest cultural honour, the Shevchenko National Prize for Theatrical Arts. In 2023, her production Home by Nicola McCartney was shortlisted at the GRA Awards in the category “Best Chamber Production”. In 2025, by decree of the President of Ukraine, Tamara Trunova was awarded the honorary tit