Viewers of the street show

Viewers of the street show

The XV International Street Theatre Festival in Arkhangelsk City, June 2009.

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The Arkhangelsk street theatre festival is one of the most important and colorful cultural events of the city which usually lasts 7 or 10 days. Traditionally the festival is opened by a crazy carnival which becomes a place of unit between invited artists and city residents who prepare their own costumes, masks with a great pleasure.
For the festival days the city transforms into one big outdoor stage where all street art tendencies are mixed. Almost 20 companies are presenting their artistic work. The festival committee tries to make a surprise for the public each year by inviting the most interesting companies from all over the world. So the festival becomes an event that nobody can miss.
The festival is well-known abroad and it was a first step for many companies who began its carriers in Arkhangelsk. Incontestable evidence of it may be the fact that in 1992 the project "Arkhangelsk International Street Theatre Festival" was awarded by the World Decade for Cultural Development label proclaimed by UNESCO.
The festival has a rich history, it was visited by more than 180 companies last 20 years from: the UK, the USA, Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia, the Czech Republic, Canada, Argentina, Georgia, Holland, Belgium, the Republic of South Africa, India, Slovenia, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Belarus, Brazil, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Austria, Ukraine, Ivory Coast and of course Russia.
The Festival is a platform for creative people from our region and abroad. In the frame of the festival are regularly organized workshops, co-projects, art residences.
For many years the festival participates in the project “Clowns without borders”, festival participants were invited to perform in children hospitals, mental hospital, detention centers.
The festival gains more and more friends each year and partners also, now we have a co-projects with a library, museums, dance schools, theatre companies.

http://teatrpanova.ru/street/history