Sakvarelidze attended the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, then studied with Giorgio Strehler and Luca Ronconi in Milan; Peter Brook at the Royal National Theatre Studio in London; at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and with Jennifer Tipton at Yale University.
[2] His work in Georgia attracted international attention with The Times referring to him as "At 28 […] already the godfather of an emerging generation of artists.
[4] While in Milan he wrote a thesis on the future of theatre and opera in Georgia and the need to implement new working methods that would banish the old Soviet style of management and training.
[7] Sakvarelidze also serves as artistic director of the Sokhumi State Drama Theatre, which consists of refugees.
[8] Sakvarelidze is President of the Georgian National Center of the UNESCO International Theatre Institute.