The
award ceremony for the winners of the VIII Republican Theatre Art Competition
"National Theatre Award" was held on the stage of the Kupala Theatre.
The jury and the audience evaluated 37 productions from 27 theatre groups from
different cities of the country. The best performance of the drama theater for
the big stage was the production of the Maxim Gorky National Academic Drama
Theatre "Faust. Deal with the devil". The best performance for
children and youth was the play "Smart Dog Sonya" by the Belarusian
State Puppet Theatre. The opera "Eugene Onegin" and the ballet
"Cinderella" of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus became the best ballet
performance.
