November 26, an awarding ceremony of the 5th Annual People’s Choice Award “STAR OF A THEATERGOER” took place.

The solemn ceremony took place in the cinema “Khudozhestvennii”. The prize was awarded in ten categories.The Vakhtangov company has become a winner in three categories:

“Best Ensemble” – the production “The Haven”

“Best Actor” – Vladimir Etush.

“Best Actress” – Galina KonovalovaWe are proud to be awarded by the People’s Choice Award for our most significant performance not only in the artistic sense, but in moral and ethical as well. It is a memory-performance staged by Rimas Tuminas to commemorate the 90 years Anniversary of the Vakhtangov Theater.Editor-in-chief and the founder of “The Theatergoer” magazine and of the award ” STAR OF A THEATERGOER ” said at the awarding ceremony:”… Today we can confess subjectivity, openness and love, which we express for five years not only to our nominees and winners, but also to the Russian theater on the whole. This is a Theater, we are proud of and about which we have written more than 100 issues during the last 8 years of the magazine “Theatergoer” – criticizing, praising, supporting and analyzing…”.