On October 12, the 7th Children's Forum opened in Irkutsk, dedicated to School Theater. More than 100 participants await contests, workshops, lectures and presentations of school theater groups, as well as a chance to share experience and show their talents. The forum will end on October 15 with an awards ceremony and closing at the Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity.
On October 12, the grand opening of the VII Children’s Forum took place at the Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, which this year was dedicated to the theme “School Theater.”More than 100 forum participants were welcomed by the Minister of Education of the Irkutsk Region, Valentina Peregudova, Deputy Mayor-Chair of the Committee on Social Policy and Culture of the Irkutsk City Administration Tatyana Edelman, City Duma deputy Antonina Korochkina, and director of the Irkutsk Theater School Svetlana Dombrovskaya.
The event coordinators are the Education Department of the City of Irkutsk and the City School Parliament.
The forum aims to popularize theatrical art among young people, introduce and unite creative groups, improve the performance skills of the groups and forum participants, identify and support talented schoolchildren, exchange experience among leaders of theater groups, and draw attention to creative cooperation.
As part of the Children’s Forum, the photo contest “Theatrical Looking Glass” and the presentation contest of school theater groups “Space of the Young” will be held. Workshops will be held for delegates with the aim of teaching the basics of the craft, interacting with outstanding representatives of the theatrical cultural environment, and involving children in the cultural space accompanied by adults. There will also be the lecture “A Word About Vampilov” and the literary lesson “Playwrights from the Baikal Region.”
The closing ceremony of the Children’s Forum and the awards ceremony for the contest winners will take place on October 15 at 1:00 p.m. in the assembly hall of the Palace of Children and Youth Creativity.