Golden Mask Theater Festival

The Golden Mask is a Russian theater festival and the National Theater Award, which the Theater Union of Russia established in 1994. Productions in all kinds of theater art, including drama, opera, ballet, operetta and musical theater, and puppet theater, are eligible for the award. In the spring of each year, it displays the most important performances and becomes one of the most famous festival from throughout Russia.

The Golden Mask is a cultural institution that performs a complex of vital strategic functions for the theater, as well as a famous and prestigious prize in the sphere of theater art. The Golden Mask's history is a record of current Russian theater, covering all of its key advances and trends.

Aside from the main (competition) program, the Festival hosts a variety of other noteworthy events and projects, with a particular emphasis on promoting Russian theater and presenting the best Russian productions in Russian towns and beyond.

Date: April 16th