Georgian director Data Tavadze under spotlight at Dresden State Theatre

The young Georgian director and playwright Data Tavadze will be presenting the German classic Love and Intrigue at the Dresden State Theatre next month.

Tavadze’s direction for the show will be joined by set design by German artist Thilo Reuther, with costumes by designer Irène Favre de Lucascaz.

Notably, music for the play is composed by Georgian musician Nika Pasuri.

The upcoming premiere comes as a result of Tavadze’s collaboration with the German theatre over the past few years.

The Georgian has been theatre director at the Royal District Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia since 2008 and is a winner of the Fast Forward - European Festival for Young Stage Directors Award.

He received the award in 2016 for his production Women of Troy, first staged at the Tbilisi theatre.

Love and Intrigue is a tragedy written by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller in 1784. The play shows how cabals and their intrigue destroy the love between Ferdinand von Walter, a nobleman's son, and Luise Miller, daughter of a middle-class musician.

The play will be performed at the Dresden venue from February 9.