“No, we don’t want to rename our theater,” said Mikhail Chekhov’s manager of Riga Russian Theater on Thursday 27 October, on LTV’s “Rīta Panorāma” program. Bjorka Fund.
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He answered the question if Russian Theater in Riga the Lithuanian Russian Drama Theater, which has changed its name and is now the Old Theater of Vilnius, will not follow.
Bjorka points out that currently Mikhail Chekhov Theater is written on the theater building in Latvian, but the full name – Mikhail Chekhov’s Russian Theater in Riga – is read in Russian.
“I have said publicly several times and I will say it again today, that one of the tasks of our theater today is to defend the Russian language and culture, as well as to remind the whole society that Russian culture and language are not to blame for crazy thoughts, decisions. and actions of a person, on which the majority of the Russian-minded society does not agree, especially in Latvia, “said the director of the theater in an interview with” Rīta Panorāma “.
He stresses that it is important to talk about opposing imperialism through theatrical work, through Russian dramaturgy. “This is our mission. If we were to try to change the name now and run away from the Russian word, we would run away from our very identity, which is against what is happening in the world on the side of the Russian Federation,” says Dana Bjork.
It has already been reported that the music production of the Riga Russian Theater “Lūk, tā!” is scheduled for October 27th. Before. The show, which will be seen on the “Hanza platform”, was inspired by the work of cult musician Viktor Tsoi and is a theatrical protest in the language of art against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In addition, a total of seven new productions are planned for this season, including Mikhail Bulgakov’s “Dog Heart”, William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” directed by Viesturs Kairis and, at the end of the season, an ambitious production of ” Indulis “by Raini. and Arija “directed by Intars Rešetins is expected.
