
On 7 May 2013, Latvijas Radio and the philanthropists Boris and Ināra Teterev signed a memorandum of intent regarding their collaboration during the period from 2013 - 2015 in order to make the art of theatre throughout Latvia, to encourage the adaptation of existing and creation of new literary works suitable for the format of radio, and to develop a unique medium for presenting theatrical art: Latvian Radio Theatre [2].
Under the auspices of the collaboration project “Re!Starts”, conceptual new productions - radio series are produced. In Latvian, audiences can listen to: “Taksista stāsti” [3] (“Tales of a Taxi Driver”) (20 episodes), “Stopētāji” [4] (“Hitchhikers”) (33 episodes), “Starpbrīdis” [5](“Intermission”) (43 episodes) and “Konteksti” [6] (“Contexts”) (65 episodes). In turn, Russian, audiences can listen to: “Короткие истории неправильных слов” [7] (“Short Stories Wrong Words”) (40 episodes), “Доброе время шуток” [8] (“Good Time Jokes”) (36 episodes) and “Рассказы таксиста” [9] (“Tales of a Taxi Driver”) (37 episodes).
In order to introduce young people to radio theatre and to involve them in the development of the genre of radio theatre, youth-oriented broadcast play competitions are held and the best plays are adapted and broadcast on Latvian Radio Theatre. In 2014, 28 broadcast plays and in 2015, 32 broadcast plays were submitted for the competition. 1st place was awarded to the following plays which were subsequently produced: Aiva Birbele’s radio saga for teenagers “Būda mežā” [10] (“Buddha in the Forest”) (in four parts) and Arta Dzīle’s broadcast play “Mūsu virtuve” (“Our Kitchen”) (in Latvian [11]; in Russian [12]) - the winner of the competition “Latvia. More Important than Ever Before”.
In turn, a 20 programme series presented by Professor Jānis Siliņš comprised of conversations with actors who performed in previous years’ Latvian Radio Theatre productions are broadcast in Latvian Radio Theatre’s TOP 20.