The Kyrgyz National Academic and Drama Theater named after T. Abdumomunov and the Naryn Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after M. Ryskulov take part in the 6th International Theater Festival Samgau, which is taking place on June 10-17 in Astana. The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
The day before, the theater team from Naryn presented the play Man by playwright Sultan Raev based on the novel by Chingiz Aitmatov The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years. Today, the Kyrgyz National Academic and Drama Theater will show the drama-legend Korkyt.
Winners will be chosen in eight categories.
As the organizers informed, 53 theaters submitted their applications, only 12 performances were selected, which were watched and analyzed by an international jury. The theaters from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan, Serbia, as well as Petropavlovsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Shymkent and Astana are among the participants.
