A point of attraction for artists from all over the world: on April 28, the Platonov Festival will be presented at the RUSSIA EXPO
On Sunday,
April 28 at 16:00, the RUSSIA EXPO will present the Platonov Festival. It has
been held annually since 2011 in Voronezh, the birthplace of writer Andrei
Platonov.
The
festival brings together the brightest events and names of contemporary Russian
and world culture. Today it is one of the best multicultural forums in Russia.
It has become a point of attraction for artists from more than 55 countries.
The festival events are annually attended by about 100 thousand spectators from
different cities.
The
Platonov Festival audience this year will see 19 shows of eight plays, seven
concerts, a festival of street theaters, which will unite 10 groups, as well as
a new format of Platonovfest - an audioplay-promenade based on the letters of
Andrei Platonov to his wife Maria. There will be two expositions, six creative
literary meetings, a book fair and a reading relay race. In 2024, the festival
will mark a particularly important date - the 125th anniversary of Andrei
Platonov's birth.
During the
presentation of the festival, the Main Stage of the RUSSIA EXPO will also host
the performance "How Tsar Peter Did Something Out There" at 18:00.
This is a staging and art-historical research by Anna Shishkina.
In the
center of the plot is Tsar Peter, who has become a part of popular culture. The
fairy tale tinge of historical facts is given by a folktale in which the Tsar
is not only a great sovereign, but also a witty, resourceful hero. He even
manages to get the moon from the sky.
The
performance will feature mobile sets, stilts, acrobatics, author's masks,
rake-style narration and puppet theater.
The document was signed by Natalia Virtuozova, Director General of the National Centre RUSSIA, and Mikhail Polusmak, President of the Managing Organisation of the Creative Association "Krasnaya Zvezda" ("Red Star").
