INTERNATIONAL THEATRE OLYMPICS 2019 PRESS-CONFERENCE
On May 15, 2019 the first official press-conference, dedicated to international Theatre Olympics 2019, will be held in TASS building, Saint Petersburg (37A Shpalernaya st.).
Speakers of the press-conference include Alla Manilova (Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation); Valery Fokin (Artistic Director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre and the member of Olympics’ organising committee); Vladimir Kirillov (Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg); Farhid Bikchantaev (Artistic Director of the Galiaskar Kamal State Academic Theatre).
The event will be joined via video-conference by Chairman of the International Theatre Olympics committee Theodoros Terzopoulos (Greece); by composer, director and pedagogue Heiner Goebbels (Germany); and by director, member of the International Theatre Olympics committee Robert Wilson (United States).
The press-conference begins at 4:30 p.m. Online streaming available.
The official opening ceremony of the International Theatre Olympics will take place on June 15, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.