In Yalta — IV festival of amateur theaters

By Emilia Krymskaya On Сен 10, 2025

Krympress reports:

On September 9, for the fourth time, the house-museum A.P. Chekhov opened his doors for the annual festival of amateur theater groups. By tradition, the guests of the white cottage were greeted with a cabbage pie on the recipe for the Czech family and aromatic tea.

It is from this tradition that the name of the “cabbage” came to the stove, the name of the “cabbage” went: funny evenings with jokes and creative improvisations. A special recipe was in the Czech family. The writer’s sister, Maria Pavlovna, baked them with her own hand and treated the artists after the premiere of the Chekhov performances— said the head of the city administration Yalta Yanina Pavlenko.

The participants of the festival were welcomed by the director of the GBUK of the RK “Crimean Literary and Art Memorial Museum-Reserve” Vladimir Savelyev, director of the GAUK of the Republic of Crimea “Livadiy Palace-Museum”, and in the recent past, the head of the House-Museum named after A.P. Chekhova in Yalta »Larisa Kovalchuk. Deputy Director of the GAU of the Republic of Crimea «State Academic Musical Theater of the Republic of Crimea», head of the Yalta Theater. A.P. Chekhov Gennady Abrosimov.

The play “Three Sisters and Brother” of the director Ksenia Sagittarius from St. Petersburg, who took place in the White Cottage memorial garden, opened the festival. Further, for four days, talented groups from Taganrog, Sevastopol and the southern coast of Crimea will demonstrate their work for four days.

On September 10 at 15:00, the audience will see the theatrical miniatures of the Melpomene Children’s Theater-Studio (Taganrog), and at 16:30 there will be a performance by the studio of acting «Odyssey» (Gurzuf). On September 11 at 16:30, an immersion performance-excursion from the Theater of Living History «The Age» (Sevastopol) will be held. September 12 at 16:30 spectators are invited to the performance of the Bi-6 Theater-Studio (Yalta). And on the day of the closing of the festival, September 13, the audience will appear in front of the spectators of the Yalta theater studios “Cherry Orchard” and “Improvisation” with the production based on the works of A.P. Chekhov.

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Entrance to any day of the festival is free. A detailed program can be found on the official website of the A.P. Chekhov House-Museum: https://yalta-museum.ru/ru/publish/v-dome-muze-ap-chehova-v-jalte-projdet-ival-ljubitelskih-teatrov-.html

Source: Information Policy Department of the Yalta Administration

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