The Hearts of Four – A Bridge of Friendship international theatre festival will be held in Tashkent from 13 to 20 October 2026, marking the 25th anniversary of Rossotrudnichestvo’s representative office in Uzbekistan.
The festival will bring together chief executives and artistic directors of theatres from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The programme will feature performances, master classes and a panel discussion on repertoire policy with leading Russian theater critics.
The opening ceremony will be held on 14 October at the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan. Actors will perform Maskharaboz Show prepared specially for the event.
On the same day, the Russian House in Tashkent will host the festival’s panel discussion.
From 15 to 19 October, actors from the Youth Theater of Uzbekistan and the State Academic Russian Drama Theatre of Uzbekistan will take part in master classes on stage speech and the acting system of Mikhail Chekhov.
The festival programme will also include performances by theatres from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. On 15 October, the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan will present The Puppy, based on stories by Leonid Andreyev and staged by the Kostanai Regional Russian Drama Theatre.
On 16 October, the State Academic Russian Drama Theatre of Uzbekistan will host the performance The Lonely Boat. Later, the theatre will stage the comedy Samanishvili’s Stepmother and host the presentation of festival diplomas to participants.
The programme will conclude on 19 October with the play Viy, based on Nikolai Gogol’s novella and performed by Perm U Mosta Theatre.