Igor Lyssov is a Russian theatre figure, a long-time artistic director of the creative lab of the Moscow School of Dramatic Art and the current artistic director of the Russian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. He is known as a lover of literary classics (Chekhov, Gogol and others) and has also popularised and produced their works. One of his great passions is the work of the great of Russian novels, Fyodor Dostoyevsky – he has compared it to an ocean, where one can only take glassfuls. Lyssov has created theatre productions based on Dostoyevsky’s work and conducted workshops on the author. On Wednesday, 24 May at 5 pm, Lyssov will give the presentation ‘От Древней Греции до Достоевского’ (From Ancient Greece to Dostoyevsky), analysing the social significance of classical Greek tragedies, the effect august rhymes had on the simple people of the day. He will also highlight the links between the works of Dostoyevsky and classical Greek theatre.