Aside from vodka and extremely cold weather, Russia is also home to the Golden Mask Festival—a theatre-lover’s heaven on earth, amounting to months of endless artistic bliss. Imagine the most prestigious theatres in Moscow in all their glory: lights, costumes, grandiose production design. Imagine hundreds of performances in all genres of theatre: drama, opera, modern dance, operetta, ballet, even puppet. Now picture all of them together, and you've got Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Award and Festival. The best thing about the Golden Mask theatre festival is that all the finest Russian theatre productions are presented in central Moscow, so it’s easy for a theatre-lover to hop from one play to another. And because it’s a collection of only the best, you are almost guaranteed ...
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