On September 26, Yerevan Stanislavsly Dram Theatre will host the creative night of RSFR People’s Artist Valentine Gaft.
Valentine Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 in Moscow. In 1957 he left Moscow Academic Art Theatre (Vasily Toporkov’s school). Since 1969, he has worked in Sovremennik theatre. Gaft’s performances are characterized by intellectual wittiness and irony often amounting to sarcasm. In addition to performances, Gaft has also acted in feature films which brought him fame. The actor was shot in “Garage” (1979), “Barons of Crime” (1988), “Encore, Encore!” (1992), “Promised Heaven” (1991) and several TV films such as “Tanya” (1974), “Day Train” (1976) etc. In 2002, Gaft in “Old Hags” (Eldar Ryazanov) and «Behind the Wolves».
Gaft is also the author of books «Poem and Epigram», «Poems, Memories, Epigrams» and «Shadows on Water».
