Artists of Vitebsk's Kolas Theater received 4 awards at the international festival LUDI

Artists of the Yanka Kupala National Academic Drama Theatre in Vitebsk received four awards at the VI International Festival of Chamber and Monoperformances LUDI for the production "I'll Bury You Behind the Baseboard," reported the theatre's literary editor, Yury Ivanovksy.

The Kolas Theatre successfully presented its tragicomedy based on the autobiographical novel by Pavel Sanaev at the festival in the Russian city of Oryol. The production by Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Valery Anisenko was unanimously "voted for" by both the audience with 10-minute applause and the jury with their evaluations. The laureate of the festival in the nomination "Best Actress" for the role of Grandmother was awarded to Honored Artist of Belarus, leading stage master, and head of the theatre's troupe, Tamara Skvortsova. Special jury prizes were awarded in the nomination "Best Supporting Actor" for the role of Grandfather to leading stage master Pyotr Laman, and in the nomination "Stage Hope" for the role of Sasha Savelyev to actor Roman Solovyov. In addition, according to the youth jury, the diploma of laureate in the nomination "Best Set Design" was awarded to the production designer Andrey Zhigur. The national festival of chamber and monoperformances LUDI (translated from Latin as "games") took place from June 1 to 7. Over six years, a huge path has been covered from a meeting of good friends from three countries - Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus in 2010 - to an event of international scale.

This year, the festival program featured chamber and monoperformances by artists from 8 Russian cities, as well as from Israel, Greece, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. The professional jury consisted of renowned figures of theatrical art - actors and directors, art critics, theatre scholars, playwrights, and representatives of international and public organizations from Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, and Germany.

Ekaterina Knyazeva – BELTA.