From November 12 to 19, the National Theatre Award - 2012 will be held at the capital's venues
The National Theatre Award is held in the Republic of Belarus in accordance with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated September 29, 2012, No. 1404. This year, the award is being held for the second time.
39 applications were submitted for participation in the National Theatre Award from 27 professional state and private theatre companies of the Republic of Belarus of various types (drama, puppet, musical).
The nominees for the National Theatre Award included 16 professional theaters of the Republic of Belarus with performances created in the period from 01.01.2010 to 01.07.2012, namely:
The National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus with the opera "Aida" by G. Verdi;
The Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre with the play "The Abduction of Europe, or the Theatre of Urszula Radziwill" by F. U. Radziwill, S. Kovalyov;
The M. Gorky National Academic Drama Theatre with the play "Woe from Wit" by A. Griboyedov;
The Yanka Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre with the plays "Leonids will not return to earth" based on V. Korotkevich, "The Elevator" by Yu. Chernyavskaya;
The Cinema Actor Studio Theatre of the National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" with the play "The Makropulos Affair" by K. Capek,
The Mogilev Regional Drama Theatre with the play "Classmates" by Yu. Chernyavskaya;
The Mogilev Regional Puppet Theatre with the play "The Magic Brush" by A. Sabelo;
The V.I. Dunin-Martsinkevich Mogilev Regional Drama and Comedy Theatre (Bobruisk) with the play "Stratim-Lebed" based on M. Bogdanovich;
The Gomel Regional Drama Theatre with the play "The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro" by P. Beaumarchais;
The Grodno Regional Puppet Theatre with the play "The Queen of Spades" by A. Pushkin, P. Tchaikovsky;
The Brest Academic Drama Theatre with the play "The Scattered Nest" by Y. Kupala;
The Modern Art Theatre with the play "Figaro. Here" based on P. Beaumarchais;
The Belarusian State Puppet Theatre with the play "The Wedding" by V. Gombrowicz;
The Belarusian Republican Youth Theatre with the play "Mr. Minister" by F. Alekhnovich;
The Drama Theatre of the Belarusian Army with the play "Trouble from a Tender Heart" by F. Sollugub.
The Belarusian Puppet Theatre "Lialka" (Vitebsk) with the play "The Princess and the Swineherd" based on H. C. Andersen.
The nominated performances will be shown from November 12 to 19, 2012 at the capital's venues: on the stage of the M. Gorky National Academic Drama Theatre, the New Drama Theatre of Minsk, the Republican Theatre of Belarusian Drama, the Belarusian State Puppet Theatre, the Drama Theatre of the Belarusian Army, the Film Actor Studio Theatre of the National Film Studio "Belarusfilm", the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus, and the "Minsk" Concert Hall.
The winners will be chosen by the award jury, formed from a wide range of prominent representatives of the national theatrical art – playwrights, theatre scholars, critics, leading directors, actors, theatre designers, and composers. The grand opening ceremony of the National Theatre Award will be held on November 12, 2012, on the stage of the M. Gorky National Academic Drama Theatre, and the closing and award ceremony for the winners will be held on November 19, 2012, on the stage of the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
The names of the winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony. Until then, they will be kept secret. The award winners will receive cash prizes and prizes in the form of the award symbol – the "Pavlinka" statuette.
The National Theatre Award is held with the support of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (General Information Partner), and leading electronic and print media of Belarus: "Zvyazda" newspaper, "Narodnaya Gazeta", "Respublika", "KP v Belarusi", etc.
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