Belaya Vezha theater festival to start with a carnival

         The 19th edition of the international theater festival Belaya Vezha (White Tower) will be held in Brest on 12-19 September. The festival will start from a carnival and a costumed procession, director of the festival, BelTA quotes Artistic Director of the Brest Academic Drama Theater Alexander Kozak.
      The program of the festival features 28 productions by 24 theater companies from 13 countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Georgia, Slovakia and Kazakhstan. Belarus will be represented by the Gorky National Academic Drama Theater, the National Belarusian Drama Theater, Independent Belarusian Theater Ch, Polesie Drama Theater and Brest Academic Drama Theater. Alexander Kozak emphasized that all the productions were carefully selected. “Each performance is distinguished by something, be it an interesting storyline, new solutions by directors or fascinating acting. Each production conveys some message to spectators,” he noted.
      The international annual festival Belaya Vezha has been held in Brest since 1996. Over this time theaters from 57 countries have taken part in it.