OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2010. This year, Raiffeisenbank is again supporting the international festival "New European Theatre" (NET), which will be held in Moscow, reported the press-centre of Raiffeisenbank.

The festival was first held in 1998, and there will be performances by various European theater groups on theatrical stages across the capital. The festival is one of the most important autumn cultural events in Moscow, and will begin on November 9 with the play "The Gronholm method" at the Pushkin theater.

The NET festival enjoys a solid international reputation in the theatrical community and has already brought young Russian theatrical groups a passage to major European theater festivals.

The main aims of the festival are to increase the level of interest in contemporary theater arts among the residents of Moscow, as well as to develop within Russia new creative ideas inspired by European theater and to maintain the status of Russian theater as one of the leaders in Europe.

"Raiffeisenbank has previouly supported the NET festival, as it contributes to the creation of a unified cultural space between Russia and Europe. As part of the festival, performances by various European theater groups are held in Moscow, which we are sure will be interesting not only to lovers of contemporary theater, but also to the general public," said Pavel Gurin, the CEO of Raiffeisenbank.