PRODUCER · AUTHOR · CULTURAL RESEARCHER
KIRILL OLESHKEVICH
Creating, studying, and connecting culture across borders.
I develop cultural and entertainment projects, explore the ideas and industries behind them, and build collaborations across countries, disciplines, and audiences.
CULTURAL PRODUCTION
RESEARCH & WRITING
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
EdD · MBA
Theatre · Entertainment · International Projects
Books · Articles ·
Cultural Industries
United States · Europe · Asia
Creative Practice · Research · Management
01 / WHAT I DO
Three Ways
I Work With Culture.
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CREATE
RESEARCH
CONNECT
Theatre · Entertainment · Cultural Projects
I develop original, licensed, and international cultural projects — from early concept and creative development to production, audience strategy, and delivery.
Culture · Manga · Creative Industries
I study how culture is created, adapted, distributed, and experienced, with a particular interest in theatre, Japanese popular culture, cultural industries, and education.
Speaking · Consulting · International Collaboration
I work with producers, institutions, educators, creative professionals, and cultural organizations seeking new ideas, new audiences, and new international connections.
02 / SELECTED WORK
Ideas
Brought
To Life.
DEATH NOTE THE MUSICAL
Licensed International Production
A cross-cultural project connecting Japanese intellectual property, international rights holders, live performance, and local audiences.
Selected projects across theatre, entertainment, publishing, and international cultural collaboration.
Original Musical
ICARUS THE MUSICAL
An original theatrical project developed as a long-term creative production and audience-facing brand.
Live Music & Performance
CONCERTS & EVENTS
Concert projects bring together artists, audiences, creative programming, and professional production across different formats and cultural contexts.
Annual Music Festival
GEEK & MUSIC
Annual geek festival bringing together music, fandom, cosplay, Asian pop culture, and live entertainment.
From Practice to the Page
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
Books and research on producing, culture, education, business, and contemporary creative industries.
Publishing & Research
PERFORMING CULTURE JOURNAL
An international platform connecting cultural practice, academic research, performance, and the creative industries.
03 / ACROSS BORDERS
Culture Is Local.
C u r i o s i t y I s G l o b a l.
My professional journey began in Russia and expanded through international productions (the United States, Japan, Europe) and collaborative work across cultures.
Today, I am especially interested in projects that connect the United States, Europe, and Asia through entertainment, research, publishing, education, and cultural exchange.
RUSSIA
Early professional practice in theatre, entertainment, and cultural production.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
Cross-border work with creative companies, rights holders, and artists.
UNITED STATES
Cultural production, education, and new professional collaborations.
JAPAN & ASIA
Research, cultural industries, performance, manga, anime, and international exchange.
GLOBAL
Building new partnerships and developing projects across borders.
04 / IDEAS & RESEARCH
Projects Have
Opening Nights.
Ideas Have
Longer Lives.
Writing, research, publishing, and fieldwork allow me to explore the questions behind cultural production: why certain stories travel, how audiences form around them, and how creative industries evolve.
Japan · Theatre · Pop Culture
THEATRE BETWEEN DIMENSIONS
An exploration of Japanese 2.5D musicals and the space where manga, anime, fandom, live performance, adaptation, and cultural industry meet.
01 / RESEARCH
Producing · Culture · Education
BOOKS
My books and educational publications translate professional experience into practical frameworks, research, and ideas for producers, educators, and cultural professionals.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
PERFORMING CULTURE JOURNAL
The international journal brings together researchers and practitioners working across performance, culture, education, and the creative industries.
05 / FIELD NOTES
To Understand Culture,
Go Where It Happens.
Travel is part of how I research.
I visit theatres, cultural institutions, museums, cities, production environments, and creative communities to understand culture not only through books and data, but through direct experience.
Performance · Pop Culture · Creative Industries
ASIA
Exploring how performance, popular culture, fandom, and creative industries develop across contemporary Asian cultural environments.
01 / FIELD NOTE
Culture · Education · Institutions
UNITED STATES
Exploring the relationship between cultural institutions, education, creative production, and audiences in the US.
Heritage · Institutions · Contemporary Culture
EUROPE
Looking at how cultural heritage, institutions, performance, and contemporary creative practice coexist and evolve.
02 / FIELD NOTE
03 / FIELD NOTE
06 / SPEAKING
Ideas Are
Meant to Be Shared.
I speak at conferences, universities, cultural institutions, professional programs, and industry events on subjects I work with directly as a producer, researcher, author, and educator.
ENGLISH · RUSSIAN
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PRODUCING
From idea to stage: how cultural and entertainment projects are built.
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MUSICALS
Where storytelling, music, performance, and live theatre come together.
MANGA & ANIME
Japanese popular culture as a global cultural industry.
EDUCATION
Learning, retrieval, feedback, and the design of effective educational experiences.
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
How cultural products are developed, distributed, and transformed in a global environment.
CROSS-CULTURAL
PRODUCTION
How creative projects move between countries, industries, and audiences.
07 / ABOUT
Producer
by Practice.
Researcher
by Curiosity.
My career has moved across theatre, entertainment, education, research, publishing, and international cultural projects.
Rather than treating these as separate worlds,
I see them as different ways of exploring
the same question:
how do ideas become meaningful experiences for people?
My background combines creative practice with research and management. I hold an EdD and MBA, have worked across different cultural and educational environments, and continue to develop projects that connect practice, scholarship, and international collaboration.
EdD · MBA · Producer · Researcher · Author · Educator · Speaker
08 / COLLABORATE
What Could
We Create
Together?
I am always interested in meaningful collaborations with people and organizations working across culture, entertainment, publishing, education, research, and international exchange.
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SPEAKING
Invite me for a keynote, lecture, masterclass, workshop, or professional program.
PRODUCTION
Bring me into a cultural, theatrical, entertainment, or international project as a producer or creative partner.
CONSULTING
Get an outside perspective on a project, production model, audience strategy, creative concept, or international expansion.
COLLABORATION
Develop cultural, educational, publishing, or creative partnerships connecting organizations across countries.
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