Long time ago Perm became a place for different big events. Suchfamousfestivalsas \u00abDyagilevskiy\u00bb, \u00abKAMWA\u00bb, festival ofdocumentary cinema \u00abFlaertiana\u00bb take place here. In 2014 Permalso became a city for conducting the international festival of Martin McDonagh \u2013 an outstanding Irish playwright, film director and Oscar winner. It was at the initiative of the theater \u00abU Mosta\u00bb.<\/p>\n
McDonagh is a publicly recognized master of modern dramatic art. He is popular all around the world. \u00abA real sensation of Europe! The miracle of modern scene!\u00a0 Tarantino from Theater! The Leading Playwright of the XXI Century!\u00bb – all these phrases are about McDonagh. His movies \u00abSix Shooter\u00bb, \u00abIn Bruges\u00bb and \u00abThree Billboards Outside\u00a0Ebbing, Missouri\u00bb are acknowledged in film industry and were rewarded with three “Oscar”, four “Golden Globe”, five “Bafta” from the British Film Academy and others.<\/p>\n
Sergey Fedotov, a director of Perm theatre \u00abU Mosta\u00bb, was a pioneer in staging McDonagh\u2019s plays. Due to it the festival will last for the third time from the 1st till the 7th of October 2018 under support of The Ministry of Culture of Perm Krai, the Culture Department of the Perm City Administration and the Union of Theater Workers of Russia. The first two festivals in 2014 and 2016 proved the interest of theatres to popularize the famous Irishman\u2019s works. During the festival in 2014 performances from Poland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, and Russia were presented. In addition to the contest Russian leading theatres showed their own performances: Moscow Art Theater of A. P. Chekhov \u00abThe Pillowman\u00bb, The Moscow theater of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, \u00abThe Beauty Queen of Leenane\u00bb and also Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, \u00abThe Cripple of \u00a0Inishmaan\u00bb. In the second festival some other countries such as Iran, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Montenegro, and Azerbaijan joined the list. Theatre \u00abU Mosta\u00bb opened the second festival with premiere\u00a0play \u00abHangmen\u00bb. The most anticipated events were performances of the two famous theatres “Bardic” (Northern Ireland) and “Tron Theater” (Scotland). All in all during the two festivals 39 performances of 27 theaters from 15 countries were presented.<\/p>\n
The third festival of M.McDonagh (1 \u2013 7 October 2018) is devoted to 30th anniversary of Perm Theater “U Mosta” and promises to be even more extraordinary. There are new famous participants. Theatre \u010cINOHERN\u00cd KLUB, one of the most legendary European theatres, will present \u00abBehanding In Spokane\u00bb and \u00abHangmen\u00bb. It was Czech director Ondrej Sokol who discovered McDonagh\u2019s\u00a0 works. Romanian ACT Theater will show their version of the play \u00abThe Pillowman\u00bb. The most popular play of this festival will be “The Lonesome West”, viewers will see six versions of it played by theaters from Moldova, Hungary, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Russia.<\/p>\n
Stage versions of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” will be presented to the fans of this play by ART-shelter “BUNKER” from Kazakhstan, the V. Savin Theatre from Syktyvkar, Drama Theatre from Sterlitamak. \u00abNational Institution Albanian Theatre Skopje\u00bb from Macedonia will show the premiere of \u00abA Behanding in Spokane\u00bb. Mal\u00e9 divadlo Praha will bring “A Skull in C.”. In addition, during the festival there will be workshops by directors and lectures by drama critics from Russia.<\/p>\n
As usual, there will be a program rich for events. Traditionally during International Festival of M.McDonagh there are activities connected with Irish life: “parade of redheaded”, Irish dance evenings and \u00abhot Irish dudes\u00bb in local pubs.<\/p>\n
The Organizing Committee of the III International McDonagh Festival in Perm is waiting for the connoisseurs of \u00a0McDonagh\u2019s works from all over the world and invites media representatives to cooperate. Press conferences and the possibility of exclusive interviews with directors and actors will be organized for journalists during the festival.Any spectator can take part in the discussion of performances and modern theater.<\/p>\n
Contacts:
\nAdministration of \u00a0The Festaval +7 (342) 237 52 42,\u00a0umosta2007@mail.ru
\nFestaval\u00a0Press agent: Darya Voronchikhina\u00a0+7\u00a0952 31 66 802,\u00a0zritel@teatr-umosta.ru
\nSenior adminisrtator: Ksenia Shestakova +7\u00a0902 83 99\u00a0358,\u00a0ksh@teatr-umosta.ru<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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