Valery Anisenko has been appointed the new director and artistic director of the Yanka Kupala Theatre in Vitebsk.

April 12, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Honored Artist of Belarus, Professor Valery Anisenko has been appointed the new director and artistic director of the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater in Vitebsk, Svetlana Dashkevich, head of the drama theater's literary department, told a BELTA correspondent. A graduate of the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute, Valery Anisenko joined the Kolas Theater as an actor in 1965. Two years later, as one of the most promising young actors, he was invited to the Yanka Kupala Theater. Then he studied in Moscow and obtained a director's profession. At the Kupala Theater, he staged A. Vampilov's diploma play "The Duck Hunt," which was recognized as the best production of a forgotten play by a famous author on the Belarusian stage. He then worked as a director on Belarusian radio, headed the Cinema Actor's Studio Theater, and since 2000 has led the Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama. "Valery Anisenko has returned to the Y. Kolas Theater to create and build. His immediate plans include meeting every creative employee of our team. In two weeks, at a company meeting, he plans to announce his program for improving the creative and production activities of the theater," added Svetlana Dashkevich. -0-