Presentation of the program of the XII International Theatre Festival of Turkic peoples "Nowruz", which is to be held in Kazan June 1 to 7 will take place at the "Tatar-Inform" information agency.

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April 28, 14.00, at the Information Agency "Tatar-Inform", a presentation of the program of the XII International Theatre Festival of Turkic peoples "Nowruz", which is to be held in Kazan from June 1 to 7 will take place. All theaters of the Kazan city will show the best performances by the theaters of the Turkic world: Azerbaijan, Altai, Dagestan, Kazakhstan, Crimea, Tatarstan, Tuva, Khakassia and Yakutia.

For more information about the festival program and the performances participating in upcoming festival will tell:

Farid Bikchantaev - artistic director of the festival, Honored Artist of Russia and Tatarstan.

Ilfir Yakupov - Director of the festival.

Niyaz Iglamov - a member of the board of critics of the festival.

The festival organizers have repeatedly stated that this year's festival program is significantly different from the repertoire of past years.

Firstly, for the first time the festival is dedicated to theatrical culture of one of the Turkic peoples – the XII «Nowruz" is held "under the sign" of Kazakhstan. Secondly, within the festival a landmark for the world theatre community event - International Conference "Development Direction of Theatre: Europe and Asia" will take place. Third, the program of XII «Nowruz" significantly is compressed, due to budget cuts of the festival. However, it even has played into the hands of the project - one had to tighten the selection of performances. On the whole repertoire the XII «Nowruz" became extensive: here Shakespeare's plays, ethnic parables, national classics and contemporary plays. Among the directors of participating performances - iconic names and foreign masters theaters Turkic world.