At the Platonic Arts Festival, viewers will see twelve performances of various genres

VORONEZH. The opening ceremony, held in the city concert hall, began the main event of the cultural life of Voronezh. For the sixth time, the city hosts guests from different countries at the Platonov Arts Festival. At the opening of the festival, Alexei Gordeev, Governor of the Voronezh Territory, was greeted.

Opening the festival, the governor noted that it is very pleasant to receive such a number of guests in Voronezh, since the city has become the cultural capital of the country for almost two weeks. On behalf of all those present, the governor thanked the team responsible for organizing the festival, headed by Mikhail Bychkov, not forgetting to express gratitude to the volunteers, making it comfortable to attend his events.

The festival program began with the performance "Rhinos" presented to the audience after the performances of the participants in the official part of the opening. The artists of the National Theater from the Romanian city of Craiova were entrusted with starting the theater program of the festival. The play, staged by Robert Wilson, an American director, will be shown several times during festival days.

The organizers of the festival traditionally present all areas of art in the program, however, according to Mikhail Bychkov, the artistic director of the Platonov Festival, this time she has a feature - the emphasis is on the theater. Spectators will see twelve performances representing various areas of theatrical art. Six of them will be presented to Russian viewers for the first time.

The traditional "Platonic program" this year included three performances of Russian theaters - "Epifanovsky Gateways", "Chevengur", "Platonov. Fro. " They are represented by theaters - "Snuffbox", "Near the House of Stanislavsky" and students of the Moscow Art Theater studio.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru