15-30 May International Black Sea Theatre Festival
The first one of the “Festival of the Black Sea Countries” was held between the dates 16-25 May 2000 and it was initially attended by 6 countries however, in time the number of participating countries has increased and reached its present level.
Until now,Bulgaria,Kazakhstan,Greece,Iran,France,Slovenia,China,Ecuador,Germany,
Ireland,Spain,Israel,Switzerland,Italy,Tatarstan,Japan,Nederlands,Endonesia,Hungary,Norway,Poland,TRNC,Lethonia,England,Afghanistan and Mackedonia have been attended to the Festival.
In the year 2006, the boundaries of our Festival were expanded and its title was changed to “BLACK SEA THEATRE FESTIVAL” and as such the countries that are not in the Black Sea region were also invited to the event. In addition to the foregoing, famous and world reknown directors and playwrights were invited to Trabzon and workshop studies were conducted with their participation.
This year the 20th version of the festival will be held. Using the philosophy that there is no discrimination of religion, language, race, or sect as a stepping stone, and as a first in the history of Turkish Republic, Armenia was invited to the Festival together with its neighbor Azerbaijan. This has carried great importance as a reflection of the integration principle of art and festivals on how our country embraces peace, brotherhood and friendship.
