Volodin Five Evening Festival will be held for the first time without the plays of the playwright 19.01.2023, 18:43

From February 6 to February 10, St. Petersburg will host the XIX All-Russian Theater Festival “Five Evenings” named after Alexander Volodin. It has been reported TASS.

For the first time, the festival poster will not feature the playwright’s own play. “This time the festival will be called Volodinsky without Volodin. Volodin’s themes live in the works of other authors, who write about what helps a person to save himself, survive in difficult conditions and remain human. “This is the theme of the festival program,” said theater expert Marina Dmitrevskaya, artistic director of the festival.

In the program of the festival, the Kuzbass Drama Theater, St. Petersburg theater “On Liteiny” took place. Lunacharsky, MTYuZ theater, Drama theater Number Three from Kamensk-Uralsky, Sterlitamak State Russian Drama Theater. Dmitrevskaya emphasized that all the performances selected to be shown are combined with the theme of human support. “This is what Alexander Volodin wrote, who was steadfast and courageous, kind and determined in his beliefs,” she said.

The festival has been held in St. It is held in St. Petersburg. In 2022, the playwright’s son, who lives in the USA, banned the performance of his father’s plays in Russian theaters, as the copyright holder of the texts of Alexander Volodin.

Playwright Alexander Volodin (1919-2001) – scriptwriter for the play “Autumn Marathon”, “Do not part with loved ones”, “Five Evenings”, on which the film of the same name was shot. Petersburg, a monument to the writer was erected in the city, and a memorial plaque was unveiled on the house where he lived.

Previously reportedHe said the film marathon, dedicated to Eisenstein’s 125th birthday, will be televised.