In the Irkutsk region, the 9th International Theater Festival of Contemporary Drama named after A. Vampilov opened, bringing productions from Russia, Austria, South Korea, Germany and Poland. This year the honored guest is the State Academic Maly Theater of Russia, and the festival's main goal is to introduce audiences to the best plays based on works of contemporary Russian drama. Until September 17, guests will have round tables on the role of modern theater, meetings of the Tea Room actors club, and seminars dedicated to Stanislavsky and theater development trends.

In the Irkutsk Region, the 9th International Theater Festival of Contemporary Drama named after A. Vampilov opened on September 11. This year’s honorary guest of the festival is the State Academic Maly Theater of Russia (Moscow); theaters from Austria, South Korea, Germany, and Poland will also present their productions, as well as Russian theaters from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Ulan-Ude.
The festival’s main goal is to introduce a wide audience to the best productions staged on the Russian theater stage based on works of contemporary domestic drama. Serious expert selection and high artistic standards ensure an outstanding level of productions. Throughout all the years of its work, the festival has been headed by the writer, laureate of the USSR State Prize, the President of the Russian Federation Prize in Literature and Arts, the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in Culture, the international Fyodor Dostoevsky Prize, the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize, and the All-Russian Literary Prize named after Sergei Aksakov, Valentin Rasputin.
The festival will run until September 17. During this period, 3 round tables will be held on the topics “The Role of Contemporary Theater as a System-Forming Social Institution,” “The Moral State of Contemporary Theater,” and “Will Theater Become a Center of Attraction in Modern Society?” Meetings of the actors’ club “Tea Room” will take place in the building of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic. Veniamin Filshinsky, Head of the Department of Acting and Directing at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, will hold a series of meetings and seminars dedicated to the work of K. S. Stanislavsky. Theater critic Elena Streltsova will conduct a seminar on the topic “Trends in the Development of Theater in Modern Conditions.”
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region