The program of the 13th International Contemporary Theater Festival "Tālvils 2019" has been announced. The festival will take place from 5th to 8th September in Valka.

Thursday, 5th of September:

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House at 17:00

The opening of the festival. Drum and bagpipe music group "Auļi" will perform their new concert program.

(In Latvian and Russian, duration 1h 30 min)

Friday, 6th of September:

Performances of the international theater project "Let's play one author"

• In the chamber hall of Valka City Culture House at 14.00-14.45

Valka Town Theater (Latvia) Anton Chekhov’s "The Jubilee", director Aivars Ikšelis
(In Latvian, show duration 45 min, limited number of seats)

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House at 15.00-15.30

Zhukovsky Theater SHEST (Russia) Anton Chekhov’s "The Jubilee", director Elena Zhihareva
(In Russian, duration 30 min)

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House 16.30-17.10

Theater of Kaisadore Cultural Center (Lithuania), Anton Chekhov's "The Jubilee", director Jonas Andriulevičius
(In Lithuanian, duration 40 min)

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House 19.00-19.30
  

Valka Town Theater (Latvia), Zhukovsky Theater SHEST (Russia) and Kaisadore Cultural Center Theater (Lithuania)
(In Latvian, Russian, and Lithuanian, duration 20 min)

Saturday, 7th of September:

Performances of the festival project "Life"

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House 17.00-18.10
  

Polotsk Historical Costume Folk Theater "Polacki Zviaz" (Belarus), self-made plastic performance "The Sun Rises for All", director Evgeny Kovalev
(In Belarusian, duration 1h 10 min)

• In the great hall of the Valka City Culture House 19.00-20.10
  

Rakvere Theater KaRakTer (Estonia)

Adam Stanick's "How To Tell Him A Snail", directed by Nerijus Gedminas
(In Estonian, performance 1h 10 min)

• In the big hall of Valka City Culture House 21.00-21.30
  

Kiev Independent Theater "Libery" (Ukraine), Vasily Stefanik "Leave the Words", director Anna Motika
(In Ukrainian, duration 35 min)

Sunday, 8th of September:

• In the chamber hall of Valka City Culture House 14.00-15.15
  

Valka Town Theater (Latvia)

Based on the novel by Nikolai Gogol, "The Old World Landowners", director Aivars Ikšelis
(In Latvian and Russian, duration 1h 15 min, limited number of seats)

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House 17.30-19.00
  

Shchelkova Theater "Pigmalion" (Russia), Albert Gjorin "Silvia", director Ludmila Paukova
(In Russian, duration 1h 30 min)

• In the great hall of Valka City Culture House at 20.00-21.00
  

Teatr na Shchaslivoy (Russia) by Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), "Another Man" by Pyotr Gladlin, directed by Irina Kuchirin
(In Russian, duration 1h)

Entrance cost to the opening of the festival is 5 EUR, for the shows in chamber hall  3 EUR, for each show in the great hall 1 EUR, but for all shows in the great hall 5 EUR.