BUBA BASISHVILI

Performer | Clowning + Movement

A theatre maker and performer from the Republic of Georgia living in the United States, Buba has worked in theatre, film, and as director and teacher in his hometown of Tbilisi and all across the globe.  In his toolbox are many practical skills: original theatre creation, character, mime, mask, clown, dance, directing, choreography, vaudeville, cabaret, melodrama, tragedy, Commedia dell'Arte, bouffon.  He loves the silly and serious combined.  

 He has his MFA in "Ensemble Based Physical Theatre" from Dell'Arte International in California, USA and performed, toured and taught with the Georgian State Pantomime Theatre for over 15 years. He was a director at Illiauni Theatre and University in Tbilisi. Buba received an MA in Mime Art from Shota Rusatveli State University of Theatre and Film, Tbilisi, Georgia.  

Buba is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Theatre Artibus.

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ROLES

• Dad + Militant Man - Hypnagogia - October 9-11, 2026

• Performer - Moonlight Revue - 2025

• South Pole Elf - Moonlight Elves - 2025

• Moth - GloWing -2024