Artistic director of Archangelsk Puppet Theatre, Honored Arts Professional of the Russian Federation, winner of the Russian National Theatre Award THE GOLDEN MASK, recipient of the Order of Friendship.
Dmitry Lokhov’s creative biography is inseparably tied to Archangelsk Regional Puppet Theatre, where he started working in 1968, in 1985 became its principal director, and in 1992 – its artistic director. During these years, Lokhov practically formed his theatre, which gained him the recent Fyodor Volkov award of the Government of the Russian Federation: For the creation of Archangelsk Puppet Theatre as an institution of all-Russian and international cultural importance. The director staged about fifty productions, the most famous of which – Nativity Scene and Khamlet, Danish Prince – became the winners of the Russian National Theatre Award THE GOLDEN MASK. Dmitry Lokhov is the author of the idea and one of the organizers of the International Festival of chamber productions of puppet theatres Ulitka [Snail].
The principal character of Khamlet used to say: “The world is not theatre, but the fairground booth, where puppets act.” Meyerhold argued that the fairground booth is the quintessence of theatre art: “The fairground booth is eternal. Its characters never die. They only change faces and adopt a new form.” The fairground booth, masks, ludic element – these are Dmitry Lokhov’s favorite creative motifs.