Current edition2025
Characters
Contemporary Dramaturgy Festival
The 2025 edition brings new plays from Azerbaijan and the region to Baku. Readings, talks and workshops with playwrights and directors.
Curation
Events
Characters is a contemporary dramaturgy festival focused on new plays from Azerbaijan and beyond, bringing together playwrights, directors and audiences around bold, author-driven theatre.
Archive
Past editions
Previous seasons of Characters in Baku.
2024
Characters
Second edition of Characters. New plays, readings and discussions.
2023Characters
First edition. Contemporary dramaturgy, new plays, jury and programme in Baku.
Programmes
Readings, labs & workshops
Thematic seasons, development labs and reading series.
Lab
Limbo – interactive performance
Commissioned by UNHCR. Interactive performance at Azerbaijan Carpet Museum exploring displacement and borders.
Learn moreReading series
Script readings & development
Regular reading series and development labs for new plays. Details on request.
Learn moreSelections
Festival participation
Plays selected and presented at leading contemporary dramaturgy festivals.
Lubimovka
2019Moscow / online
Play selected for the Lubimovka festival of contemporary Russian-language dramaturgy.
First Reading
2020Russia
Participation in the First Reading festival with a new play.
Remarque Festival
2021Russia
Work presented and recognized at the Remarque contemporary playwriting festival.