The Chekhov festival begins

From May 24 to July 20, Moscow will host the XIII International Theater Festival named after A.P. Chekhov, among the participants of which Peter Brooke, Robert Lepage, Philip Zhenti, Declan Donnellan and Anatoly Vasiliev.

As the CEO of the festival Valery Shadrin said at a press conference in Moscow, 22 performances of different genres from Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Russia, the USA, Taiwan, France, South Korea and Estonia will show at the festival .

The Chekhovsky festival will open on May 24 on the new scene of the Bolshoi Theater of the Mozart Opera “Magic Flute” of the Berlin Comer-Opera. The authors of the idea and directors of the performance are the artistic director of the commander-Oper Barry Koski, director Susan Andreid and artist Paul Barrit.

Paris Theater Comedy Frances will show Viktor Hugo’s drama “Lucretia Borgia” in the production of Denis Podalides and scenography Eric Rryuf, another Parisian troupe, the Theater de la Wil, the play “Six characters in search of the author” Luigi Piranello in the directing of Emmanuel Dema-Mota, the theater of Buf Du, Building The play "Battle Field" in the production of Peter Bruka and Marie Elena Etienne.

“The outstanding French puppeteer Philip Zhenti and the wonderful clown, acrobat and Mim, grandson of the great Charlie Chaplin will show their new performances to us and loved by our viewer,“ James Thiera, ”Shadrin said.

“For the first time, our guest will be the Dutch director Ivo Van Hove. He said. - Fans of the Theater around the world have long been closely monitored by the work of this master. The audience of our festival will see his performance "Secret Strength" according to Louis Cooperus's novel of the same name. "

Among the participants of the festival, Shadrin also called the British director of Declan Donnellan - Shakespeare’s play “Winter Tale” in his production, and the Canadian director Robert Lepazh, who will play the 887, will be shown in Moscow. In addition, the performance of the Cuban troupe is first included in the program of the Chekhov festival.

At the closure of the festival on July 19 and 20, the world premiere of the performance on Hemingway "Old Man and the Sea" in the production of Anatoly Vasiliev will be held. The performance is dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014).

The full program of the XIII International Theater Festival named after A.P. Chekhov is given on his website. In addition to Moscow, as part of the regional program, the festival performances will be presented in Voronezh and Yekaterinburg.