Batumi hosts international street festival

A special festival of street theatre is coming to Georgia's seaside city Batumi, bringing together more than a dozen local and foreign troupes to entertain audiences over 10 days.

From August 5, public parks and streets all over the coastal city will be hotspots for the street performances by troupes from France, the United Kingdom and Slovakia, as well as local ensembles from Batumi, Tbilisi and Telavi.

The Batumi Boulevard, Era Square and the Piazza will host acclaimed shows like acrobatic dance performance Frantic by British collective Acrojou and famous historical figures played by actors of the Big Names show from Slovakia.

See promotional video for the show Frantic by the British troupe Acrojou below:

Celebrated Georgian companies including the Rustaveli Theatre from capital Tbilisi and Telavi Theatre from Kakheti will present their own shows in the Georgian Program of the festival.

An additional segment of the festival will be the Evening of Poetry where guests can listen to live readings of literary works.

The full program of the festival is:

• August 5: Big Names by Slovakian artists; The show The Mask of the Enemy by Rustaveli Theatre;
• August 6: Horatio by Telavi Theatre;
• August 7: Little Stories by actor Andrey Klimak; The Winter Tale by Batumi Drama Theatre; Carnival – Fairytale Characters by the Nodar Dumbadze Youth Theatre;
• August 8: Little Stories by actor Andrey Klimak; Scapin's Deceits by Iliauni Theatre;
• August 9: Tambours and Giant Dolls by Transe Express, France; Evening of Poetry at the Literature Cafe of Batumi; Little Red Riding Hood by Batumi Puppet Theatre;
• August 10: Dance performance by Camut Band, Spain; Evening of Poetry at the Literature Cafe of Batumi;
• August 12: Frantic by Acrojou, UK; Spark by Led Drummers, UK;
• August 13: Spark by Led Drummers, UK.

See Transe Express of France perform their drum show in Riga, Latvia below:

The project will be held within Check in Georgia, a Governmental initiative involving more than 30 cultural and entertainment events held across the country this year.

Last year, the festival's six-day program attracted large crowds who enjoyed shows in Batumi outdoor.

The 2016 Batumi Street Theatre Project will end on August 14.