THE PLAY ŠVABICA AT THE STATE ACADEMIC THEATER IN KAZAN

BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 16 /SRNA/ - The ensemble of the National Theater of Republika Srpska left today for Kazan, where they will perform the play Švabica on the Main Stage of the Tatar State Academic Theater Galiasgar Kamal on August 19 and 20.

“We are the first theater from outside Russia to perform in the new Kamal Theater building, which was completed last year. Ahead of us are two performances of our production from the 95th season, which have already been staged many times at home,” Dijana Grbić, director of the National Theater of Republika Srpska, told SRNA. Grbić emphasized that the visit was made possible thanks to the cooperation between the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Srpska, and the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan. “We are very pleased that this visit to the Russian city of Kazan and the Tatar State Academic Theater Galiasgar Kamal has come to fruition. Our guest performance in Kazan is taking place within the framework of the Protocol on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Cooperation between Republika Srpska and the Republic of Tatarstan,” said Grbić. The award-winning play Švabica, based on the text by Laza Lazarević and directed and adapted by Dušan Petrović, will be simultaneously translated by Nataša Kecman. A guest performance by the Kazan theater in Banja Luka is also planned for the upcoming theater season. At the end of July, a delegation from Tatarstan, including Deputy Minister of Culture Damir Natfulin and Yuri Pichugin, an advisor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation responsible for cultural, scientific, and educational cooperation, was introduced to the work, history, and significance of the National Theater of Republika Srpska in the culture of Srpska and the wider region.