17.06.2015
The week-long Estonian Theatre Festival Draama 2014 titled “The Art of Presence” ended in
Tartu on September 7.
For the fifth year in a row, the main programme was compiled by a curator who for this year
was the writer Tõnu Õnnepalu. The curator’s team who helped him choose the productions
consisted of Maarja Helena Meriste, Priit Põldma and Kaarel Kuurmaa. The main programme
consisted of the following eight productions: Ingomar Vihmar’s “Guest” (Estonian Drama
Theatre), Lembit Peterson’s “I Am Wind” (Theatrum), Alo Kõrve’s “Four Seasons” (Tallinn
City Theatre), Ari Numminen’s “Petroskoi” (Telakka/Vanha Juko/Rakvere Theatre), Renate
Keerd’s “PURE MIND” (Kompanii Nii and Tartu New Theatre), Maria Peterson’s “Dove”
(NPO Arhipelaag), Andres Noormets’s “Silence” (Endla Theatre) and Ivan Strelkin’s “Good
Luck” (Russian Drama Theatre of Estonia).
This year’s festival side programme concentrated on poetry theatre. A new theatre was
opened for a week in the church of the University of Tartu called Teatro Poetico where unique
premiers of poetry productions were held. Pääru Oja, Aleksander Eelmaa, Kristiina Hortensia
Port, Mait Joorits, theatre arts students from Viljandi Culture Academy, Tiina Mälberg, etc.
took the stage.
Furthermore, the Draama festival offered a unique opportunity to watch the special programme
Stoppard in Estonia which was devoted to the works of the world-famous writer Tom
Stoppard. The side programme included all three parts of “The Coast of Utopia” and Üllar
Saaremäe’s production “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”.
On the night of September 6 after the production “The Coast of Utopia. Part III. Salvage”
in the Small Building of Vanemuine Theatre, the curator for the next year’s festival was
announced – it is Peeter Raudsepp who is the director of the Drama School of Estonian
Academy of Music and Theatre.
“I plan to invite my students to the creative board. They need to start going to the theatre
a lot and start forming opinions about it. It’s definitely a great responsibility but it’s also
tremendously exciting,” said Raudsepp.
The Draama 2014 programme consisted of 20 productions and 30 performances were given.
This year, the Drama festival had around 4900 visitors.
The festival became possible thanks to the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural
Endowment of Estonia, city of Tartu and many other great partners and supporters.
The press release was sent out by:
Katrin Maimik
Estonian Theatre Festival
Communication and marketing
+37256502721
press@festival.ee
www.draama.ee
The curator for Draama 2015 is Peeter Raudsepp
The curator for Draama 2015 is Peeter Raudsepp
The curator for Draama 2015 is Peeter Raudsepp The week-long Estonian Theatre Festival Draama 2014 titled “The Art of Presence” ended in
Tartu on September 7.
For the fifth year in a row, the main programme was compiled by a curator who for this year
was the writer Tõnu Õnnepalu. The curator’s team who helped him choose the productions
consisted of Maarja Helena Meriste, Priit Põldma and Kaarel Kuurmaa. The main programme
consisted of the following eight productions: Ingomar Vihmar’s “Guest” (Estonian Drama
Theatre), Lembit Peterson’s “I Am Wind” (Theatrum), Alo Kõrve’s “Four Seasons” (Tallinn
City Theatre), Ari Numminen’s “Petroskoi” (Telakka/Vanha Juko/Rakvere Theatre), Renate
Keerd’s “PURE MIND” (Kompanii Nii and Tartu New Theatre), Maria Peterson’s “Dove”
(NPO Arhipelaag), Andres Noormets’s “Silence” (Endla Theatre) and Ivan Strelkin’s “Good
Luck” (Russian Drama Theatre of Estonia).
This year’s festival side programme concentrated on poetry theatre. A new theatre was
opened for a week in the church of the University of Tartu called Teatro Poetico where unique
premiers of poetry productions were held. Pääru Oja, Aleksander Eelmaa, Kristiina Hortensia
Port, Mait Joorits, theatre arts students from Viljandi Culture Academy, Tiina Mälberg, etc.
took the stage.
Furthermore, the Draama festival offered a unique opportunity to watch the special programme
Stoppard in Estonia which was devoted to the works of the world-famous writer Tom
Stoppard. The side programme included all three parts of “The Coast of Utopia” and Üllar
Saaremäe’s production “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”.
On the night of September 6 after the production “The Coast of Utopia. Part III. Salvage”
in the Small Building of Vanemuine Theatre, the curator for the next year’s festival was
announced – it is Peeter Raudsepp who is the director of the Drama School of Estonian
Academy of Music and Theatre.
“I plan to invite my students to the creative board. They need to start going to the theatre
a lot and start forming opinions about it. It’s definitely a great responsibility but it’s also
tremendously exciting,” said Raudsepp.
The Draama 2014 programme consisted of 20 productions and 30 performances were given.
This year, the Drama festival had around 4900 visitors.
The festival became possible thanks to the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural
Endowment of Estonia, city of Tartu and many other great partners and supporters.
The press release was sent out by:
Katrin Maimik
Estonian Theatre Festival
Communication and marketing
+37256502721
press@festival.ee
www.draama.ee