In 1998, a group of young theater critics led by Marina Davydova and Roman Dolzhansky jump-started the New European Theater (NET) festival, providing jaded Moscow audiences with a platform for experimental drama. A play on words, "net" both means "no" in Russian and connotes the computer-savvy generation of the 21st century. Over the years, NET has included productions by such cutting-edge directors as Thomas Ostermeier, Grzegorz Jarzyna and Oskaras Korsunovas. In short, NET amplifies new voices that change the landscape of contemporary theater. This year`s festival, which starts Tuesday and runs to Nov. 26, features yet another impressive array of guest artists. Audiences at the Theater Center Na Strastnom can catch an English-language performance of "The Wanderer," from Finnish director Kristian Smeds. A restless talent, Smeds moved from Helsinki to the rural north of Finland to create theater. For almost five years he was snowed in as the artistic director of Kajaani City Theater, producing groundbreaking interpretations of works by Georg Buchner and Anton Chekhov. "The Wanderer" is an experiment with a religious text that came together over two years. Another production questioning faith comes from Belgium. Bulgarian-born director Galin Stoev brings a French translation of "Oxygen," the provocative play by contemporary Russian playwright Ivan Vyrypayev, to the Mossoviet Theater on Nov. 21 and 22. "Oxygen" is a parable based on the Ten Commandments and rendered as a rhythmic rap, which probes the numbness and pollution of the modern Russian soul. Stoev`s production of it, performed by the Cie Fraction Theatre of Brussels, retains the vernacular harshness of the Russian original. TheMoscowTimes