Rounding up the Festival’s live theatre offerings, on 26 November, was a single performance of Viacheslav Samodurov’s production of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, by the dancers of the Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Choreographer — Viacheslav Samodurov (Golden Mask award laureate)

Stage director—Viacheslav Samodurov

Music director — Pavel Kilinichev (Golden Mask award laureate)

Set director — Anthony McIlwain

Costumes — Irena Belousova (Golden Mask award laureate)

Lighting — Simon Bennison

This production received it’s première, to great acclaim, on 5 March, 2016 and is its celebrated choreographer’s most recent production.