In honour of Mikheil Tumanishvili · Tbilisi · since 1997GIFT 2026 — Autumn 2026 — dates soon

GIFTFestival

World theatre, dance and music in Tbilisi every autumn since 1997 — the Georgian International Festival of Arts in honour of Mikheil Tumanishvili.

Ministry of Culture of Georgia Tbilisi City Hall Embassy of Italy in Georgia La Biennale di Venezia — Biennale College Teatro Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan EFFE Label 2019–2021 European Festivals Association

Editions

Twenty-eight editions of world theatre in Tbilisi.

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28th edition

25 October – 20 November 2025

Opened by Sankai Juku at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre. Strands: Focus Italia, the Basque–Georgian Cultural Crossroads and the GIFT Biennale College for young Georgian artists.

01 Sankai Juku — Meguri
02 Kulunka Teatro — André & Dorine
03 Focus Italia with Marco Martinelli & Ermanna Montanari
04 Kukai Dantza — Basque–Georgian Crossroads
05 Hoi. — Maro (Biennale College)

Programme

Performances, dates and venues.

DatePerformanceVenueCountry

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Gallery

Moments from the stages of GIFT, 2014 to today.

Film archive

Performances and stories captured on film.

01/02

Sharon Eyal & S-E-D — Delay the Sadness · trailer (2026)

About

GIFT was created so the world’s artists would come to Tbilisi — at a time when Georgian artists could barely travel — and has brought them every autumn since 1997.

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