Turgenev Fest | Festival of university theatres

About Festival

Idea

Major international festival and contest of student theatre projects, dedicated to Ivan Turgenev’s works

Best performances from universities and theatres in Europe, USA, Asia and Russia

Celebration of Turgenev’s 200th anniversary in 2018 (officially announced “The year of Turgenev” in Russia)

The Festival Finale in one of well-known Saint Petersburg theatre — BDT Tiny desk on Fontanka river emb.

Live

Our online streaming took place thanks to our partners VKontakte. We are really grateful for this.

SPBU Theatre-studio. Turgenev: Three Stories of Love.

online streaming took place on 12 November at 19:00

Kinetic theatre of Vilnius university. Through Body.

online streaming took place on 12 November at 21:00

Mizgel Youth Theatre. Asya.

online streaming took place on 13 November at 19:00

Heroes Drama club. Home of the Gentry.

online streaming took place on 13 November at 21:00

Topi Dalmata theatre association. ČTO TY or Ivan in the Toy Land.

online streaming took place on 14 November at 19:00

DVGII theatre workshop. The Hymn of Eternal Life.

online streaming took place on 14 November at 21:00

Stanford Repertory Theatre. Four-Sided Triangle.

online streaming took place on 15 November at 19:00

LEKRU Drama club. First Love.

online streaming took place on 15 November at 21:00

RAU theatre. After Death (Klara Milich).

online streaming took place on 16 November at 19:00

Studiobühne. Fathers and sons.

online streaming took place on 16 November at 21:00

Video

Jury

Andrei Astvatsaturov

Philologist, writer, St. Petersburg university docent.

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Historian, Director of the Hermitage Museum, Dean of the SPBU Faculty of Asian and African studies.

Anna Kovalchuk

Russian theatre and cinema actress, honored actress of Russia.

Natalia Metelica

Theatre historian, Director of St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, art-director of ‘Dyagilev. Postscriptum’ festival.

Marina Dmitrevskaya

Theatre historian and critic. Chief redactor and director of St. Petersburg Theatre Magazine. Art-director of Russian theatre festival ‘Five evenings’ named after A. Volodin.

Vladimir Rannev

Composer, music theorist, St. Petersburg university lecturer.

Maria Stepina

Literary scholar, Institute of Russian language Pushkin house.

Irina Boykova

Theatre historian and critic, Russian State Institute of Performing Arts docent.

Olga Skepner

Musician, musicologist, Kazan State Conservatory docent, international music festivals author and music-director.

Svetlana Kamynina

Russian theatre and cinema actress.

Finalists

Theatre of the Russian-Armenian University

Studiobühne theatre

Drama club LEKRU

Theatre association Topi Dalmata

Kinetic theatre of Vilnius university

Student workshop of Far Eastern State Institute of Arts in Vladivostok

Youth theatre Mizgel of Kazan Federal University

Theatre–studio of St. Petersburg state university

Stanford Repertory theatre

Hankuk University Drama Club *Heroes*

Schedule

12 November

Show

19:00-20:00

SPBU Theatre-studio. Turgenev: Three Stories of Love.

Saint Petersburg State university
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Show

21:00-22:00

Kinetic theatre of Vilnius university. Through Body.

Vilnius university
Vilnius, Lithuania

13 November

Show

19:00-20:00

Mizgel Youth Theatre. Asya.

Kazan Federal University
Kazan, Russia

Show

21:00-22:00

'Heroes' Drama club. Home of the Gentry.

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Seoul, South Korea

14 November

Show

19:00-20:00

Topi Dalmata theatre association. ČTO TY or Ivan in the Toy Land.

The University for Foreigners of Siena
Siena, Italy

Show

21:00-22:00

DVGII theatre workshop. The Hymn of Eternal Life.

The Far Eastern State Academy of Arts
Vladivostok, Russia

15 November

Show

19:00-20:00

Stanford Repertory Theatre. Four-Sided Triangle.

Stanford university
Stanford, USA

Show

21:00-22:00

LEKRU Drama club. First Love.

Padjadjaran University
Bandung, Indonesia

16 November

Show

19:00-20:00

RAU theatre. After Death (Klara Milich).

Russian-Armenian University
Erevan, Armenia

Show

21:00-22:00

Studiobühne. Fathers and sons.

Ludwig Maximilian University
Munich, Germany

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Non-Competition program

«NOS» theatre

Premature Theatre

Partners

The festival is sponsored
by Presidential Grants Foundation

Contacts

SPBU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Universitetskaya embankment, 7/9, office 2070а
Saint-Petersburg, 199034
Russia
+7 (812) 363 6020
m.fishelev@alumnispbu.net
alumni.spbu.ru