- It was founded in 2015, with the aim of forming a permanent theater space in London in Russian. Russian Russian theater tradition is the basis of Xameleon’s...
- One of Moscow’s most iconic and spectacular attractions, the Bolshoi Theatre hosts equally magnificent Russian opera and ballet performances.
- As theatre critic and Russian Case co-curator Kristina Matvienko said via a translator in a panel discussion, “Theatre has started speaking to social, political issues.
- The theatre played a significant role in Russian in the development of musical and stage school and Russian national art, including the famous Russian ballet.
- Russian theatre holds the torch for freedom of expression in the new Russia, giving the artistic revolution a greater sense of urgency.
- It’s hard for a cynical westerner to understand just how significant the theatre has always been for Russians. And still is to this day. In 2018, business is booming.
- Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. GITIS is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia, founded in 1878.
- As the oldest Russian theatre outside Russia, it has served as a cultural hub for pre-Revolutionary expatriates and as a refuge for persecuted Soviet artists.
- Birthplace: Zavrazh'ye, Russia. Died: December 29, 1986. Andrei Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian writer, theatre director, filmmaker, and film theorist.