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From: Istituzioni [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 11:47 AM To: Kultuuriministeerium Subject: XVII Europe Theatre Prize - official invite Ministry of Culture, Estonia To whom it may concern, Dear kind secretary of minister Saark, we kindly ask you to introduce to Minister Indrek Saark the attached letter written by Alessandro Martinez, General Secretary of the Europe Theatre Prize. It is an official invite for the manifestations of XVII Europe Theatre Prize which is going to take place in St Petersburg from 13th to 17th November. Moreover, Alessandro Martinez is glad to notice the Minister’s interest in the Prize during his presidency in the european semester and he will be honoured to receive his continuous support. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information. We are waiting for your kind answer and we look forward to welcoming you in St. Petersburg Enrica Oliveri Enrica Oliveri Europe Theatre Prize Tel +39 095 7210508; +39 095 7210308 Fax. +39 095 525251 [email protected] To the kind attention of Indrek Saar Minister of Culture Tallin, Estonia Dear kind Minister Indrek Saar, please accept my sincerest thanks for your interest in the XVI edition of the Europe Theater Prize and the XIV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities during your presidency of the European semester. We received the letter that you have sent to Monsieur Lang where is written that you had the opportunity to speak with the Bulgarian Minister. Regarding this point, we ask you if later have known whether the Bulgarian Presidency could have included the Europe Theater Prize on the agenda as you had hoped, in order to report to Jack Lang on the latest developments. We would like also to ask you to continue to support this initiative and if you have suggestions on future actions to be discussed with the next presidency of the European semester. Additionally, we are glad to invite you as our special guest to the events of XVII Europe Theatre Prize and XV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities, which is going to take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 13th to 17th November 2018. The events are supported by both the Russian Government and the Governorate of St. Petersburg and they will be presented by the Baltic House Theater-Festival, the local organizing body, as part of the VII Forum of Culture. After the XVI edition that took place in Rome, which has been made part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, we are pleased to inform you that, for the second time, the Europe Theatre Prize come back to St. Petersburg. The Europe Theatre Prize, the Consultative Council that collaborates with its and the hosting country, have awarded the XVII Europe Theater Prize to Valerij Fokin (Russia). This year, as part of the Europe Theater Prize, it was considered of particular importance to designate a Special Prize to Nuria Espert (Spagna). The Jury of the Prize Theatrical Realities, for this XV edition, has chosen: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Belgium (candidate since 2007), Cirkus Cirkör, Sweden (candidate since 2008), Julien Gosselin, France (candidate since 2017), Jan Klata, Poland (candidate since 2008), Milo Rau, Switzerland (candidate since 2017) and Tiago Rodrigues, Portugal (candidate since 2017). For this XVII edition, the section Return, which used to host performance by former winners, is going to introduce the performances Hamlet by Lev Dodin and Alice, The Governor, The Storm by Andrej Moguchij. Furthermore, the VII Forum of Culture takes place together with the Europe Theatre Prize. Italy, as the host country of honor in the Forum, will present the show Elvira by and with Toni Servillo produced by the Piccolo Teatro - Theater of Europe in Milan, like a collateral event of the Europe Prize. The awarding ceremony of XVII Europe Theatre Prize is going to take place on the evening of 17th November at Aleksandrinskij Theatre, followed by the final performance of Valery Fokin and by a cocktail dinatoire. It will be an honour to welcome you in this special occasion. We are waiting for your kind answer and we look forward to welcoming you in St. Petersburg. 25.10.2018 with kind regards, Dr. Alessandro Martinez General Secretary Europe Theatre Prize Ph. +39 0957210508 - fax. +39 0957210308 [email protected]