Photo: Week Ireland, held in Moscow on 11 to 22 March
This year’s festival has been held for the third time, and for the first time It involves not only Moscow, but Yakutsk, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg. The festival IRISH WEEK in the capital will be the traditional parade of St. Patrick’s Irish Film Festival, performances, concerts and stand-up. At the same time the festival will affect such popular sites as park “Sokolniki” cinema “Formula Kino Horizon”, Gogol Center, Theatre. Mayakovsky, Documentary Film Center (DRC) and the club Yota Space (GlavClub).
From 16 to 20 March in the capital for the first time to host International Theatre Festival Fringe, long known in Ireland and Scotland. At three sites – Gogol Center, the Theater. Mayakovsky theater hall Freelabs will show performances participating festivals in Edinburgh and Dublin.
The Festival Fringe, besides IRISH WEEK, well timed to the Year of William Butler Yeats – the 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Irish poet laureate Nobel Prize for Literature.
In Gogol- center from 16 to 18 March there will be a tour of the theater Collapsing Horse with the play “Children of Men» (Human Child). The play is a lot like a philosophical novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupery “The Little Prince” and is based on Irish myths and poetry of Yeats on Stolen elves children’s souls.
In the Mayakovsky Theater from 17 to 20 March will be shown one of the most famous plays of recent times, awarded numerous literary and theatrical awards, “Boys and girls» (Boys & amp; Girls), and in the theater hall Freelabs (opposite the Museum of Bulgakov), winner of the Fringe 2014 in the category “best actress” Genevieve Ulm-Beeman present its ironic play “Kikimora.” All performances are shown in English with Russian subtitles.
13, 14 and 20 March concerts of contemporary Irish music at the festival Ticket to Dublin.
On March 14 Sokolniki park will host a colorful parade St. Patrick’s Day. From 12 am parade awaits guests theatricals and a procession with musicians headed. Do not forget the dress code – green. Of course, in Ireland, St. Patrick’s parade is traditionally held on March 17 – just a holiday. But since this year the date falls in the middle of the week, it was decided to hold a carnival weekend, a little in advance.
In the evening of the same day at the club Yota Space will host an 8-hour folk-marathon, which was addressed Boris Grebenshikov and group “Aquarium», Cruachan, The Moorings, TINTAL and show pipers CITY PIPES. Ticket price – 1500 rubles.
The festival of Irish cinema, which, incidentally, for the eighth time in Moscow, the audience will see six Russian and two European premieres, many of which have won prizes at major film festivals in Cannes, Berlin and Sundance Festival.
The program displays: “Jimmy Hall” Ken Loach, family drama “Gold”, which starred Maisie Williams, best known for the TV series “Game of Thrones” horror “Channel” and “From Darkness “, the animated feature film” Song of the Sea “, nominated this year for” Oscar “, the musical comedy” Good Vibrations “and the romantic film” Stand. ”
Even deeper plunge into Irish culture by using the documentary film festival. Surfing, Irish pubs, historical digressions, modern Dublin, hip-pop culture, the atmosphere of urban cemeteries, traditional crafts, politics, protests and street poets – all of this will be presented at the festival.
This program Week Ireland does not end there. Another aspect – Irish humor! Festival of the English-speaking stand-MIC (Moscow Irish Comedy) gathers the best comedians. This year in Moscow performances by Tommy Tiernan (March 21) and Ardal O’Hanlon (March 15). Tickets cost 1300 rubles.
To study the detailed program of the Week of Ireland and buy tickets on the official site.
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