The Baltic House Theatre Festival, St Petersburg: Twenty-Five Years On

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Shevtsova, Maria. 2016. The Baltic House Theatre Festival, St Petersburg: Twenty-Five Years On. New Theatre Quarterly, 32(1), pp. 61-67. ISSN 0266-464X [Article]

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One of the most important theatre festivals in Russia, the Baltic House Theatre Festival has a well-defined focus, as its name suggests. During the twenty-five years of its existence, it has showcased and in other ways nurtured and encouraged some of the greatest talents – actors, directors, designers – of the Baltic region. It has invited such leading directors as Eimuntas Nekrosius to prepare and rehearse works in its theatre – in the case of Boris Godunov in 2015, performed by the National Theatre of Vilnius. The Festival has also financed co-productions, to extend the reach of its own theatre and develop young audiences, inviting, for example, Luk Perceval and Silviu Purcarete to mount Macbeth (2014) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015), respectively, with the Baltic House company.

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X1500086X