In the Irkutsk region, the qualifying round of the reciters contest Sounding Word has started, held as part of the Year of Literature and the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In Angarsk, 20 winners of the city round have already performed, and ahead are new auditions in Irkutsk and a May gala concert of laureates. Participants will perform poems, prose, and original works on the theme This is my time.

According to the Minister of Culture and Archives of the Irkutsk Region, Vitaly Baryshnikov. - In the Irkutsk Region, as part of the Year of Literature and the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The first stage of the qualifying round of the competition will take place in the city of Angarsk, traditionally organized by the Youth Theatre Movement and the Irkutsk Academic Drama Theater named after N.P. Okhlopkov.
The jury of the expert competition “Sounding Word” included: the head of the Youth Theatre Movement under the patronage of the Irkutsk Academic Theater, Margarita Podkorytova; director of the amateur theater “I,” acting and directing teacher, Natalya Samarina. The jury was headed by Associate Professor of the Department of Stage Speech at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, speech coach of the Irkutsk Academic Drama Theater named after N.P. Okhlopkov, Galina Turchaninova-Rodina.
Students of senior grades, secondary specialized and higher educational institutions, aged 14 to 30, who are members of theater groups, will be able to take part in the competition. The main theme of the competition was “This is my time.” The program included: poems, prose, and various original works.
Every year, more than 400 people from all over the Irkutsk Region take part in the competition. On February 28 in the city of Angarsk, 20 reciters-winners of the city qualifying stage from 150 participants who had already performed demonstrated their skills. The qualifying stage of the competition in Irkutsk will take place on March 25, 26, and 28. The gala concert of the laureates will be held in May 2015 on the Chamber Stage of the Irkutsk Academic Theater.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.