InteRussia Theatre Arts Fellowship 2026
About This Workshop
The InteRussia Theatre Arts Fellowship 2026 is a fully funded international theatre program in Moscow, offering actors from BRICS+ countries an immersive 6-week experience in Russian theatre practices. Organized by the InteRussia Programme in collaboration with Gorchakov Fund, GITIS (Russian Institute of Theatre Arts), and TV BRICS, this fellowship provides participants with world-class training in acting, stage speech, and movement. Fellows will interact with renowned theatre professionals, experience Russian theatre traditions firsthand, and present a final performance featuring etudes and play excerpts. The program covers round-trip travel, accommodation, and provides a scholarship of approximately 45,000 rubles. This is a unique opportunity for young theatre artists to gain international exposure and build a global network.
Key Highlights
- Fully funded fellowship (travel + accommodation + scholarship)
- 6-week immersive program in Moscow, Russia
- Training at GITIS with renowned theatre professionals
- Acting, improvisation & stage movement workshops
- Exposure to Russian theatre traditions
- Access to performances at leading Moscow theatres
- Final performance presentation (etudes + play excerpts)
- International collaboration with BRICS+ theatre artists
- Scholarship of ~45,000 rubles provided
- Working language: English
Curriculum
- Acting techniques and methodology
- Improvisation exercises
- Stage speech training
- Movement and physical theatre
- Russian theatre traditions and history
- Interaction with renowned theatre professionals
- Etude development and rehearsals
- Final performance presentation