On September 20, the 10th International Theater Festival of Contemporary Drama named after Alexander Vampilov will open in Irkutsk, bringing several theater groups and a rich program of performances, press conferences, skits, and round tables for a week. Audiences will see plays based on Vampilov, Gorky, and other famous works, and special interest is promised by the School of Dramatic Art production of Lermontov's Mtsyri, already drawing full houses in Moscow.
On September 20, the X International Theater Festival of Contemporary Drama named after Alexander Vampilov will begin, and it will be held at the Irkutsk Academic Drama Theater named after N.P. Okhlopkov. From September 20 to 26, several theater companies will present their best works.Over one week, there will be many events: performances, press conferences, and actors’ variety shows. An important part of the festival will traditionally be Round Tables – discussions on the most important issues in the development of contemporary drama, theater, and society.
On September 20, there will be a performance based on A. Vampilov’s play “The Elder Son” performed by actors of the St. Petersburg State Theater “Masterskaya.”
Then “Duck Hunt” performed by the theater center “Amfitrion” (Moscow), “Provincial Anecdotes” by the Moscow New Drama Theater, and “Crow’s Grove” by the D. Natsagdorj Mongolian State Academic Drama Theater will be presented.
The A.P. Chekhov Sakhalin International Theater Center will present its interpretation of Maxim Gorky’s play “Vassa Zheleznova” – the production “Inheritance.”
“The work of the School of Dramatic Art based on Mikhail Lermontov’s poem ‘Mtsyri’ deserves special attention,” noted Irina Zmeenova, Deputy Director for Marketing of the Irkutsk Drama Theater. “In Moscow, the production draws full houses. The actors work very interestingly: with a vivid delivery, with an amazingly sincere way of being. This is an exclusive performance, and seeing it is a great stroke of luck.”