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India to host 8th Edition of Theatre Olympics in 2018

July 25 , 2017 2678 days 1487 0
  • India for the first time will host 8th International Theatre Olympics, the biggest carnival of theatre in the world in 2018.
  • The Theatre Olympics, being held in India for the first time, is being organised by National School of Drama, under the aegis of Ministry of Culture.
  • The country’s tryst with the biggest celebration of theatre in the world will take place from February 17 till April 08, 2018 (51-day event) and will be held in 15 cities across India.
  • Theme of 8th Theatre Olympics is “Flag of Friendship”
Theatre Olympics The Theatre Olympics was established in 1993 in Delphi, Greece, as the first international theatre festival. With the tagline ‘Crossing Millennia’, this is an initiative to connect the cultural past with the present and future, bringing the richness and diversity of theatre heritage to the experiments and research of contemporary theatre.  
Sl. No Hosting country  Year
1 Greece 1995
2. Japan (Shizuoka) 1999
3 Russia 2001
4 Turkey  (Istanbul) 2006
5 South Korea, (Seoul) 2010
6 China (Beijing) 2014
7 Poland  (Wroclaw) 2016
8 India 2018

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