Kolasovtsy to present a premiere evening of Belarusian vaudevilles for the International Theatre Day

March 24, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Yanka Kupala National Academic Drama Theater has prepared a premiere evening of Belarusian vaudevilles for International Theater Day, Svetlana Dashkevich, head of the literary department of this cultural institution, told a BELTA correspondent. The cheerful kaleidoscope of vaudevilles, directed by Mikhail Krasnobayev, includes "Mikita's Shoe" by Mikhas Charot, "Horse Portrait" by Leopold Rodevich, and "Primacy" by Yanka Kupala. The productions are dedicated to eternal themes: love and betrayal, dreams of happiness. The classic plots for Vitebsk theatergoers will be performed by Tatyana Likhacheva, Valentin Solovyov, Gennady Gaiduk, Georgy Loyko, Svetlana Zhukovskaya, and other actors of the Kupala Theater. The premiere of the performance, united under the general title "Jarty" (Jokes), will take place on March 26 and 28. On International Theater Day itself, March 27, the theater's signature play, "Nesterka" by Vitaly Volsky, will be presented on the Kupala stage. The premiere of the production took place in 1941, but the audience's interest in it has not waned. -0-