The Valmiera Summer Theatre Festival programme is built around works created specifically for the event by locally and internationally renowned artists. The city of Valmiera serves as a backdrop of unusual locations for original productions and unique events forthe entire family that entertain, enlighten, excite. The festival takes place every year, and every other edition is dedicated to productions for children and teenagers.
The festival has gained wide publicity as well as the respect and recognition of audiences, theatre professionals, and critics. In 2016, it received the Latvian Television and Latvian Radio award “Kilograms kultūras” (“Kilogram of Culture”)as the surprise of the year. The festival has also won several “Spēlmaņu nakts”(“Players’ Night”) accolades, including for the best play for teenagers (2019), the best play for children (2020), the best dance play for children and teenagers (2021) as well as the jury award (2019) and prizes for individual festival artists.
