Regional programs

The main purpose of the Foundation is to assist to the Chekhov International Theatre Festival in carrying out its projects, organizing and presenting performances, which acquaint the audiences of Moscow and Russian regions with the trends of contemporary theatre and the achievements of the international and Russian theatre

International projects accomplished by the Chekhov International Theatre Festival and the International Confederation of Theatre Associations are presented in Russia with the support of the Foundation. 

In recent years the most important projects of the Foundation was the realization of the Chekhov Festival’s Regional programmes. The busiest playbill was in 2013 when 39 performances of eight productions fr om France, Great Britain, Israel, Belarus, Switzerland (joint project with the Chekhov Festival) and Russia were presented. These shows were attended by about 30 thousand viewers from Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, and Riga. In 2014 the Foundation organized and arranged the Regional part of the Theatre programme, within the framework of the UK-Russia Year of Culture – 2014 Theatres of Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Pskov, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Yaroslavl, and Tiumen were the venues for four performances by British theatre companies and two international projects of the Chekhov Festival. In total, 20 shows were attended by around 19 thousand people. In 2015 three productions (theatres from France and Taiwan and "War" directed by Vladimir Pankov) were shown in Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Voronezh, and Pskov. In 2016 in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Ekaterinburg for the 110th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich, the Foundation showed "White Water. Dust" (сhoreographer – Lin Hwai-min).

In 2017, the regional program of the XIII Chekhov International Theatre Festival was held in Voronezh and Yekaterinburg. About 7 thousand people attended 10 shows (4 productions) from Great Britain, France, and Argentina.