Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko watched a rehearsal of the restored Pavlinka play during the visit to the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater on 19 February, BelTA has learned.

At the theater Culture Minister Anatoly Markevich briefed the head of state on the current state of affairs and development prospects of the theater, on the restoration of its classical play Pavlinka which is the hallmark of Belarusian drama.

“It means that this production was lost in 2020 and then restored?” Aleksandr Lukashenko asked. “Fully? Not worse than before?”

“I think it is even better now,” the minister said. He said that the restored production features actors of the Yanka Kupala theater from the previous company, for whom the theater has become a true home, as well as students of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts and the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. According to Anatoly Markevich, they have blended into the team well. “I see the fiery eyes of our youth. It is an honor for them to serve in our theater, to perform with the best actors of the Yanka Kupala theater. And I want to assure you that they will not disappoint the theater and the country.”

After the report of the culture minister the president watched a rehearsal of the new Pavlinka play.