Ilkhom Theatre
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Ilkhom Theatre (Ильхом Театр Марка Вайля) is a theatre company based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Founded by Mark Weil (Марк Яковлевич Вайль) in 1976, it was the first independent theatre in the Soviet Union, and remains self-supporting to this day.[1][2][3]
The theatre is described in a BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents documentary in April 2008[4], which deals primarily with the murder in September 2007 of Mark Weil. His last production was the Greek tragedy The Oresteia; despite his murder the day before it was scheduled to open, the actors went ahead because the show must go on.[5].
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- ^ Crosscut Seattle - At ACT: an inspiring theater company from Tashkent
- ^ The Arts | Ilkhom Theatre: The realization of a dream, clouded by tragedy | Seattle Times Newspaper
- ^ Mark Weil | Times Online Obituary
- ^ BBC NEWS | Programmes | Crossing Continents | Uzbekistan
- ^ BBC NEWS | Programmes | Crossing Continents | Uzbekistan
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