Vanemuine

Jüri Lumiste
Drama Actor

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JÜRI LUMISTE

In Theatre Vanemuine since 1978

Date and Place of Birth:

July 16, 1957 in Tartu

Education:

- in 1979 graduated from the Theatre Vanemuine Evald Hermaküla Studio
- in the 1980s participated in workshops in Russia
- in the 1990s participated in workshops in Turkey, Finland, Denmark
- 1991-1992 took courses in Japan and Germany

Career:

- 1978-1991 Theatre Vanemuine, drama actor and director
- 1992-1999 Theatre Vanemuine, head of drama
- since 1999 Theatre Vanemuine, drama actor and director
- has also made musical and stage design to productions

Current roles in Vanemuine:

- Andre Bouville – Neil Simon "The Dinner Party" (2005)
- Jack – Edward Albee "Everything in the Garden" (2006)
- Pavel Petrovitš – Viktoria Nikiforova "A Play About Money" (2007)
- Steven – Billy Roche "Poor Beast In The Rain" (2008)
- Jüri – Mart Kivastik "Most Beautiful Moments of Your Life" (2009)

Current productions in Vanemuine:

- Neil Simon "The Dinner Party" (2005)

Earlier roles in Vanemuine:

- Orestes – Gyurko "Electra, My Love" (1979)
- Prov – Rozov "Nest of the Wood Grouse" (1980)
- Läuffer – Lenz, Brecht "The Tutor" (1980)
- Matti – Brecht "Mr Puntila and His Man Matti" (1981)
- Faehlmann – Vaino Vahing, Madis Kõiv "Faehlmann" (1982)
- Franz Moor – Friedrich Schiller "The Robbers" (1983)
- Carlo di Nolli – Luigi Pirandello "Heinrich IV" (1983)
- Lesta – Oskar Luts, Raivo Adlas "Suvi" / "Summer" (1984)
- Jaan Tamm – Juhan Peegel "Ma langesin esimesel sõjasuvel" / "I Fell on the First Summer of War"
- Harry Domin – Čapek "R.U.R." (1986)
- Macbeth – William Shakespeare "Macbeth" (1987)
- Pitou – Murrelli "Memoir" (1988)
- Karl Menning – Ilmar Külvet "Menning" (1990)
- Solist – Kulno Süvalep, Toomas Lunge "The Most Beautiful Years of Your Life" (1993)
- Fagin – Bart "Oliver!" (1993)
- Shakespeare – Trease, Margus Kasterpalu "Williamile" / "To William" (1994)
- King of the Ondine – Giraudoux "Ondine" (1996)
- Claudius – William Shakespeare, Mati Unt "The Tragedy of Hamlet" (1997)
- Tarelkin – Suhhovo-Kobõlin "Death of Tarelkin"
- Orsino – William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night or What You Will"
- Andrei Bolkonski – Lev Tolstoi "War and Peace"
- Jacques – Milan Kundera "Jacques and His Master"
- Mister Lyons – Russell "Blood Brothers"
- Harvey Kelekian – Edson "Wit"
- Props Master – Streul "The Theatre Knight"
- Schneider – Juhan Smuul "Kihnu Jõnn"
- Doctor Spivey – Wasserman "Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- Doctor Herdal – Henrik Ibsen "The Master Builder"
- Amiens – William Shakespeare "As You Like It"
- Menning – Andrus Kivirähk "Teatriparadiis" / "Theatre Paradise" (2006)
- Paater Nicanor – Toomas Hussar, Gabriel Garcia Marquez "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (2006)
- Professor, Mr. Beaver – C.S. Lewis "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" (2007)

Earlier productions in Vanemuine:

- Arthur Miller "The Price" (1986)
- Walt Disney, Jaan Kiho "Miki-Hiir tondilossis" / "Mickey Mouse in the Spooky Castle" (1988)
- Madis Kõiv "Castrozza" (1991)
- Astrid Lindgren, Jüri Lumiste "Rasmus and the Vagabond" (1993)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart " The Abduction from the Seraglio" (1994)
- William Shakespeare "King Lear" (1994)
- Ayme "Other People's Head" (1995)
- Astrid Lindgren, Mikk Mikiver "Eric and Karlsson-on-the-Roof" (1997)
- Laura Cunningham "Beautiful Bodies" (2007)

Productions elsewhere:

- Ionesco "Rhinoceros" (in Puppet Theatre in 1989)
- Joyce "Exiles" (in Kabli in 2007)

Movies, tv-productions, radio dramas:

- played in the movie "Mine ja vaata" / "Go and See" (Mosfilm, 1984) and in Estonian and Finnish tv-movies
- played in tv-productions "Püha öö – üksildusöö" / "Holy Night – The Night of Solitude" (1982)