The VKN theater team regularly participates in various theater festivals: "Mokyklų teatras" (Vilnius), "Kanapė" (Trakai), "Mozaika" (Vilnius-Visaginas), the republican artistic reading competition "Native language", the republican theater festivals "Shimtakojis" and " Reflections". The theaters were awarded: laureate diplomas at the international theater festival "Russian Classics in Latvia", diplomas in the nominations "The Brightest Debut of the Season", "The Brightest Female Episodic Role Performer of the Season", "The Brightest Foreign Dramaturgy Play", in the inspection-festival of Lithuanian adult amateur theaters "Atspindžiai", and in 2013 Actor Igor Šiškin of theater studio "Mēlynoji paukštė" was awarded with a statute and a laureate's diploma in the nomination "Most outstanding actor".