Winners of the 8th National Theater Award were honored in a ceremony in Kupala Theater in Minsk on 3 December. The contest was organized with the support of the Culture Ministry and the Minsk city administration. The jury and audiences evaluated 37 productions from 27 theater groups from various cities across the country: Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Molodechno, Bobruisk, Vitebsk, and Mogilev. This number of participating theaters is the highest in the history of the contest.Pictured: Belarusian Culture Minister Ruslan Chernetsky presents the special award for services to Belarusian theatrical art to Boris Gerlovan, the art director of the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater
