April 3 The Russian Drama Theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan, on the stage of the interregional program of the Big Tours project, met the guests of the capital - the State Russian Drama Theater of Udmurtia.

On the eve of the first performance, the directors of the theaters - the Honored Artist of the BASSR and the Russian Federation Mikhail Rabinovich (Bashkortostan) and Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Stella Kudryavtseva (Udmurt Republic), Anna Nikiforova, Deputy Director for Special Projects of the Russian Drama Theater of Udmurtia, artist of the Udmurt Republic Mikhail Solodyankin and laureate of international festivals Ekaterina Loginova.

Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Shamil Abdrakov took part in the press conference.

"We can say with confidence that the federal program has been successfully implemented. In Bashkortostan, as part of the "Big Tours" project, one of the best theater groups in the country has visited all time. We are glad that our colleagues from Udmurtia returned to us 5 years later. Let's hope for further fruitful cooperation, "said Shamil Failevich.

The Ufa repertoire of the Russian Drama Theater of Udmurtia collected performances in various genres: the classical "Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, the theatrical fantasy on Nikolai Gogol's novels "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", the tragicomedy "Between Heaven and Earth" by Igor Afanasyev, "Chekhov. Vaudeville. Forever "by Anton Pavlovich's early plays and the Leonid Zorin's white comedy" The Pokrovsky Gates. "

The Russian Drama Theater of Udmurtia has repeatedly become a laureate of competitions of various levels. In 2016, the play "Little Tragedies" based on the works of A.S. Pushkin in the production of Peter Shereshevsky was presented at the main Russian national theatrical award "Golden Mask" and became the nominee in four categories - Best Director's Work, Best Artist's Work, Best Actor and Best Performance of Big Form.

On the first day of the tour, the actors of the theater presented Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull. The main distinguishing feature of the production was the combination of two elements - water and fire. The action took place literally on the water. Rumble of thunder was accompanied by real rain, and one of the protagonists of the play breathed fire and showed tricks with fireballs. Thought up to trifles original statement, sincerity and skill of the Izhevsk artists, unusual musical support - all this helped to win hearts of the Ufa viewer.

Today, April 4, will be shown a picture "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" on the works of Nikolai Gogol. This performance will be shown again as the final tour on April 8 at 6 pm.

Recall that the troupe of the Russian Drama Theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan from April 3 to 8 is in Izhevsk on exchange tours in the interregional program of the project "Big Tours". Ufa artists will show performances "Blue cameo", "Mad money", "Smile, gentlemen!", "Business class chamber", "Imaginary patient".

Detailed information about tours can be found on the site rusdram.ru under the link.