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Minsk audience to enjoy «Passing Goose» The Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov is in Belarus on tour. One of the best theaters in Russia brought to Minsk the «Passing Goose». At the heart of the production is not a play. It consists of two prose stories by Viktor Astafiev. The production has been on ...

Forum's playbill featuring 27 productions from 10 countries The «Belaya Vezha» International Theater Festival is taking place in Brest. For the 23 rd time theater companies from different corners of the world gather to demonstrate the current trends in the development of theatrical art and show their theatrical traditions. The forum's playbill ...

Plans to create the first Belarusian State Theatre for people with impairments For the first time the Belarusian State Academy of Arts organized a course for students with hearing and speech impairment. In the new educational year seven out of one hundred applicants will become acting students. All of them successfully passed tests. Sign language interpreters will be employed to help the new students. The new course will result in opening of the first state theatre for people with impairments in...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream to open theatrical season The Kupala Theatre is re-interpreting the famous comedy by William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – using modern gadgets. The Russian director Andrei Prikotenko is working on the play. The Belarusian troupe has been rehearsing together with the director for the past three months. Actors will ride gyroscooters on stage. For this, the troupe had to learn not only to keep the balance, but also to dance on a mobile platform. The performance...

Roza Rymbayeva’s star will appear at the Alley of Stars on July 12 Puppet Quarter project starts at the Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk. Puppet theaters from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine will participate in it. The festival day will also be saturated with concerts. The main stage will host Turetsky Choir and Irina Allegrova. A gala concert of Kazakhstani Masters of Arts will be held at the Concert ...

Concert in Church of Corpus Domini to open forum Today the Evenings of the Bolshoi Theater start in the town of Nesvizh. The main festival stage in the courtyard of the 16 th century Radziwill Castle has already been installed. Most of the concerts will be held in the open air. Academic art amateurs will enjoy three days of bright performance ...

The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus is preparing to stage the popular operetta The King of Waltzes by Johann Strauss The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus is preparing to stage the popular operetta The King of Waltzes by Johann Strauss. Hungarian director Miklós Gábor Kerényi has arrived in Minsk to work on the performance. Today the artistic director of the Budapest Operetta Theatre will conduct auditions. Then the cast of the performance will be announced. Rehearsals of The Bat by Johann Strauss will begin...

300,000 spectators visit Bolshoi Theatre annually The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus opens a series of celebrations timed to the 85th anniversary of the country's main academic stage. The festive Gala concert will feature stars of the world opera and ballet. Among them are Nina Ananiashvili, Ilze Liepa, Teimuraz Gugushvili. Over the last 10 years, the Bolshoi Theatre has staged more than 50 premieres attracting 300,000 spectators annually. The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus is also famous for its extensive...

For first time theaters of Iran, Bulgaria, Spain partake in forum The tenth jubilee edition of the International Festival of Puppet Theaters kicks off today in Minsk with the play «New Land» by the Brest Puppet Theater. Four days of the forum will include 14 performances ...

Prizewinners and grant holders of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus to Support Talented Youth gave a reporting concert Prizewinners and grant holders of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus to Support Talented Youth gave a reporting concert. On the stage of the Belarusian Music Theatre young talents presented their achievements in music, choreography and theatrical art. During 20 years the Presidential Fund rewarded and supported more than 2000...