Naberezhnye Chelny State Puppet Theater the 2nd Interregional Theater Educational Forum "Workhorse" is held

The forum is held in order to strengthen creative ties and mutual enrichment of the theatrical culture of the cities of Russia, to strengthen the professional ties of people of the rare profession of puppeteers, to popularize the puppet theater.

Having set a successful start in 2015, the Interregional Theater Educational Forum "Workhorse" has established itself not only as a worthy continuation of the same-named Chelny festival of puppet theaters, but also as a fully-fledged, independent event aimed at raising the level of professional skills, both creative and management of theatrical collectives.

More than 100 representatives of 18 leading theatrical collectives from Russia take part in the forum: Volgograd, Vorkuta, Vladimir, Dimitrovgrad, Izhevsk (Udmurt Republic), Yoshkar-Ola (Mariy El Republic), Kstovo, Kirov, Naberezhnye Chelny, Ozersk, Samara, Surgut , Saransk (Republic of Moldova), Ulyanovsk, Ufa (Republic of Bashkortostan), Tula, Togliatti, Cheboksary (Chuvash Republic). Among them - directors,  directors of the literary and dramatic part of the theater, heads of press services, pr-managers, artists, , directors of the production of theaters.

The teachers of the II Interregional Theater Educational Forum "Workhorse" included well-known theater critics, art historians, practicing teachers of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia:

- Victor Shraiman - theatrical director, actor, teacher, critic. Chairman of the Expert Council of the Honored Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Mikhailovich Korolev Prize, Vice President of the International Theater Festival "KukArt", Member of the jury of the National Theater Award "Golden Mask", Member of the Commission on Puppet Theater of the Russian Federation STD, Chief Director of the Nizhny Novgorod State Order "Badge of Honor" Theater of the Young Spectator, Nizhny Novgorod;

- Niyaz Iglamov - theater critic, head of the literary and dramatic part of the Tatar State Academic Theater  after  G. Kamal, editor-consultant of the magazine "Sekhne", member of the Public Council for Culture under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the Expert Council of the National Theater Award and the Golden Mask Festival, Kazan;

- Adil Khaibullina - leading specialist of the creative department of the Union of Theater Workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, teacher of the Kazan Theater School, Kazan;

- Dina Davletshina - theater critic, theater critic, Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, Ufa;

- Adelia Pavlova - Doctor of Economics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Science, member of the Guild of Marketers, Director of the Research Institute of Branch Management, Kazan;

- Veronica Pichugina - teacher of stage speech, director of "Theater on Bulak", teacher of speech technique of TV and radio company "Tatarstan-24" (Ether), leading author of the course on Oratorical skills "Psychology of perception of public speaking", Kazan;

- Viktor Platonov - stage designer, stage designer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Golden Mask Award, member of the Union of Theater Figures of the Russian Fekderation, chief artist of the Moscow Children's Shadow Theater, Moscow;

- Nail Ibragimov - art director and chief choreographer of the chamber ballet "Panther", organizer of the Kazan International Festival of Dance Performance "Body", Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan.

As part of the form, master classes, seminars and lectures are planned to be held in the building of the Puppet Theater, as well as at the Children's School of Theater Arts (Dshti).