We celebrate our birthday in an eventful way - today we were awarded the Arkady Raikin Theater Award for the first time! The Arkady Raikin Foundation for Cultural Support and Development has put together a large and interesting cultural and educational program for this season. The prize distribution at the Higher School of Art and Design is its first event. The ceremony was prepared by director Sergey Tunishev, artist Philip Shane and video artist Alan Mendelstam, hosted by Alexandra Ursuliak and Ilya Rogov. We celebrate those of our colleagues and friends whose work is close in spirit to the theatrical phenomenon called "Arkady Raikin". Knowing the impeccable taste and theatrical philosophy of Arkady Izkovich, we can say with confidence that he will definitely appreciate the talent, passionate service to culture and love for the theater of today's laureates, - Konstantin Raikin So, the award goes to: Kama Ginks and Henrietta Yanovskaya - theater managers; Maria Smolnikova - theater and film actress; Sergey Ursuliak - film director and screenwriter; Denis Sukhanov - theater and film artist; Andrey Komarov - entrepreneur, patron of art Well done to the award winners, the organizers and everyone involved!