Robert Sturua: semiotics theater

Semiotics of art holds a big place in the general theory of the symbol system in the XXI century. During the period of examining semiotics of the modern Georgian theatre language, I chose the State Academic Theatre, more precisely, the study of the world’s well-known director, Robert Sturua and his theatre language. Sturua is an aesthetic leader in the modern Georgian theatre since the 1960s. The study outlines a list of semiotic signs typical for Robert Sturua’s theatrical language (text montage, application of scenic space with mathematical precision and saturation of signs, attaching symbol or metaphor to sets or props, representation of the unity of whole and part, fragment and entirety, universality of actors, coexistence of drama and irony; giving music the same function as to the spoken language or plastic, body language, mixing times, non-existence of border between reality and conventionality, poly-stylistics of genres and so on.