A foam party was held in the center of Yekaterinburg.

A foam party was held in the center of Yekaterinburg.

      The theatrical festival "Kolyada-Plays" opened in Yekaterinburg with a foam party on Lenin Avenue. Dozens of city residents gathered for the celebration. This year, the festival is being held for the first time without its founder Nikolai Kolyada.

      "Kolyada-Plays" will last for 10 days - until June 30. The program includes 26 performances from theaters in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tyumen, Tver, Izhevsk, and other cities in Russia. The productions will be shown at several venues in Yekaterinburg: at the "Kolyada Theater," the Chamber Theater, the Youth Theater, the Yekaterinburg Puppet Theater, the "Nutcracker" theater, and the EGTI training theater.

      The artistic director of the theater, Oleg Yagodin, stated that the next, anniversary 20th festival "Kolyada-Plays" must be held "very decently."

      — Nikolai Kolyada remains the artistic director of the theater. We are simply continuing his work, Yagodin told the media outlet 66.RU.

      This year, the festival did not receive support from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

A foam party was held in the center of Yekaterinburg.

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A foam party was held in the center of Yekaterinburg.

The theatrical festival "Kolyada-Plays" opened in Yekaterinburg with a foam party on Lenin Avenue. Dozens of locals gathered for the celebration.