Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The first open street festival “Teatralny Boulevard” took first place in the nomination “Best City Festival” and second place in the nomination “Cultural Event of the Year”, and also received the industry Grand Prix in the “Socio-Cultural Event of the Year” block of the annual national award “Event of the Year”.
“Teatralny Boulevard became the favorite festival of last summer among city residents and guests of the capital. The “Event of the Year” award is a victory not only for the Department of Culture, but also for the festival artists and every spectator who became part of it. This year, “Teatralny Boulevard” will return in an updated format and will cover even more venues,” said Alexey Fursin, Minister of the Moscow Government and Head of the Department of Culture.
In 2025, the annual national award “Event of the Year” is held for the 13th time. It has already found its audience and fame among industry professionals. The goal of the award is to increase the importance of the event industry as an industry that contributes to the development of the creative economy of Russia. This year’s award ceremony took place on April 1 at the Vladimir Mayakovsky Moscow Academic Theater.
The Theatre Boulevard Festival was held as part of the Summer in Moscow project from July 15 to August 31, 2024. Its goal was to attract a new audience to theatres and concert halls and to tell about the repertoire. More than 600 thousand people took part in the festival, and 76 leading Moscow and independent theatre companies took to the streets of the city. Every passerby was able to immerse themselves in the world of art and get acquainted with the whole variety of theatre genres.
The venues were dedicated to different types of art. Thus, on Tverskoy Boulevard, one could listen to operetta, Strastnoy Boulevard was dedicated to immersive and visual theatre, and Tsvetnoy Boulevard hosted circus performances. The stage on Sretensky Boulevard was dedicated to stage design and costumes, and the site on Chistoprudny Boulevard — to experimental theatre. The main stage was located in the amphitheater on Pokrovsky Boulevard. On weekdays, open rehearsals, master classes and creative laboratories were held there, and on weekends — performances, concerts and musical-poetic programs.
On improvised stages, one could see performances by the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre, Lenkom Mark Zakharov, Moscow Theatre Oleg Tabakov, Moscow Drama Theatre named after N.V. Gogol and others. The program brought together over 1.6 thousand beginning and famous artists. The festival presented more than 480 theatrical and musical productions.
In addition, residents of the capital and tourists were invited to open rehearsals, master classes and creative laboratories. Concerts and meetings with leading directors of the country were also held for guests. More than a thousand units of props for performances were created during creative classes.
The “Theater Boulevard” festival has become one of the favorites among Muscovites and guests of the capital. According to the results of the voting in the “Active Citizen” project, the favorites of the audience were the circus performances on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the performances of the musical theater artists on Pushkinskaya Square and the operetta on Tverskoy Boulevard. Their opinion was expressed from above 190 thousand MuscovitesMore than 90 percent of voters supported the idea of holding a street theatre festival annually.
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