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WHILE
THE RAIN
WAS
FALLING
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Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
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EVERYONE IS HERE
Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life. Nominated for five 2022 Golden Mask Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. Featuring Alexander Feklistov and a memorable Maria Smolnikova.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ILLUSIONS
Nikolai Gostiukhin’s reimagining of Ivan Vyrypaev’s ILLUSIONS is presented as a teleplay, with Vyrypaev’s series of separate monologues transformed into a couples therapy session, allowing the protagonists to talk about the anxieties and worries they have accumulated during their marriage through the metaphorical account of the lives of two elderly married couples. This conceit adds a new dimension to Vyrypaev's masterful text, with the viewer losing the sense of a fourth wall, as the characters are talking to it, to us.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
WHILE THE RAIN WAS FALLING
Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating “While the Rain was Falling” is a philosophical parable, narrated by the language of the body and music. It is a journey into our childhood, into our past, into the world of ghosts. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one fine day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his love, his losses, his childhood and his regrets, in search of the one primary memory for which he has lived.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls” tells the story of a disgraced government official, Pavel Chichikov, who by manipulating the inefficiencies of the Imperial Russian government by purchasing the rights of dead serfs from middle-class landowners, is able to amass a personal fortune. Roman Kocherzhevsky’s endlessly inventive reimagining of the classic Russian poem shakes off a layer of dust from the revered work to help us answer questions we all face today. It doesn’t matter whether Kocherzhevsky has dressed his actors in waterproof trench coats or embroidered tailcoats, furnished the stage with delicate antiquities or Danish modern. In the end, as Gogol himself asks of us, “Isn’t there some part of Chichikov in me too?“
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
SUN LINE
5 AM. Barbara and Werner, 7 years into their marriage, have been arguing since 10 PM. They are on the verge of paying off their mortgage, but look into the abyss of “what’s next?”, opening up the floodgates of pent up anger and resentments. Nominated for 5 Golden Mask Awards, including best actress, best actor, best director and best play, Viktor Ryzhakov‘s staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s razor sharp comedy “Sun Line” explores the many ways in which modern couples are prevented from making real contact with one another, delving into discourses on unity and difference, unnecessary and important, and about the invisible yet palpable solar line that divides us. Featuring stage and screen stars Yulia Peresild and Andrey Burkovskiy.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
IRAN CONFERENCE
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EVERYONE IS HERE
Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life. Nominated for five 2022 Golden Mask Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. Featuring Alexander Feklistov and a memorable Maria Smolnikova.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ILLUSIONS
Nikolai Gostiukhin’s reimagining of Ivan Vyrypaev’s ILLUSIONS is presented as a teleplay, with Vyrypaev’s series of separate monologues transformed into a couples therapy session, allowing the protagonists to talk about the anxieties and worries they have accumulated during their marriage through the metaphorical account of the lives of two elderly married couples. This conceit adds a new dimension to Vyrypaev's masterful text, with the viewer losing the sense of a fourth wall, as the characters are talking to it, to us.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
WHILE THE RAIN WAS FALLING
Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating “While the Rain was Falling” is a philosophical parable, narrated by the language of the body and music. It is a journey into our childhood, into our past, into the world of ghosts. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one fine day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his love, his losses, his childhood and his regrets, in search of the one primary memory for which he has lived.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls” tells the story of a disgraced government official, Pavel Chichikov, who by manipulating the inefficiencies of the Imperial Russian government by purchasing the rights of dead serfs from middle-class landowners, is able to amass a personal fortune. Roman Kocherzhevsky’s endlessly inventive reimagining of the classic Russian poem shakes off a layer of dust from the revered work to help us answer questions we all face today. It doesn’t matter whether Kocherzhevsky has dressed his actors in waterproof trench coats or embroidered tailcoats, furnished the stage with delicate antiquities or Danish modern. In the end, as Gogol himself asks of us, “Isn’t there some part of Chichikov in me too?“
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
SUN LINE
5 AM. Barbara and Werner, 7 years into their marriage, have been arguing since 10 PM. They are on the verge of paying off their mortgage, but look into the abyss of “what’s next?”, opening up the floodgates of pent up anger and resentments. Nominated for 5 Golden Mask Awards, including best actress, best actor, best director and best play, Viktor Ryzhakov‘s staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s razor sharp comedy “Sun Line” explores the many ways in which modern couples are prevented from making real contact with one another, delving into discourses on unity and difference, unnecessary and important, and about the invisible yet palpable solar line that divides us. Featuring stage and screen stars Yulia Peresild and Andrey Burkovskiy.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
IRAN CONFERENCE
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EVERYONE IS HERE
Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life. Nominated for five 2022 Golden Mask Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. Featuring Alexander Feklistov and a memorable Maria Smolnikova.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ILLUSIONS
Nikolai Gostiukhin’s reimagining of Ivan Vyrypaev’s ILLUSIONS is presented as a teleplay, with Vyrypaev’s series of separate monologues transformed into a couples therapy session, allowing the protagonists to talk about the anxieties and worries they have accumulated during their marriage through the metaphorical account of the lives of two elderly married couples. This conceit adds a new dimension to Vyrypaev's masterful text, with the viewer losing the sense of a fourth wall, as the characters are talking to it, to us.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
WHILE THE RAIN WAS FALLING
Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating “While the Rain was Falling” is a philosophical parable, narrated by the language of the body and music. It is a journey into our childhood, into our past, into the world of ghosts. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one fine day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his love, his losses, his childhood and his regrets, in search of the one primary memory for which he has lived.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls” tells the story of a disgraced government official, Pavel Chichikov, who by manipulating the inefficiencies of the Imperial Russian government by purchasing the rights of dead serfs from middle-class landowners, is able to amass a personal fortune. Roman Kocherzhevsky’s endlessly inventive reimagining of the classic Russian poem shakes off a layer of dust from the revered work to help us answer questions we all face today. It doesn’t matter whether Kocherzhevsky has dressed his actors in waterproof trench coats or embroidered tailcoats, furnished the stage with delicate antiquities or Danish modern. In the end, as Gogol himself asks of us, “Isn’t there some part of Chichikov in me too?“
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
SUN LINE
5 AM. Barbara and Werner, 7 years into their marriage, have been arguing since 10 PM. They are on the verge of paying off their mortgage, but look into the abyss of “what’s next?”, opening up the floodgates of pent up anger and resentments. Nominated for 5 Golden Mask Awards, including best actress, best actor, best director and best play, Viktor Ryzhakov‘s staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s razor sharp comedy “Sun Line” explores the many ways in which modern couples are prevented from making real contact with one another, delving into discourses on unity and difference, unnecessary and important, and about the invisible yet palpable solar line that divides us. Featuring stage and screen stars Yulia Peresild and Andrey Burkovskiy.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
IRAN CONFERENCE
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EVERYONE IS HERE
Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life. Nominated for five 2022 Golden Mask Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. Featuring Alexander Feklistov and a memorable Maria Smolnikova.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ILLUSIONS
Nikolai Gostiukhin’s reimagining of Ivan Vyrypaev’s ILLUSIONS is presented as a teleplay, with Vyrypaev’s series of separate monologues transformed into a couples therapy session, allowing the protagonists to talk about the anxieties and worries they have accumulated during their marriage through the metaphorical account of the lives of two elderly married couples. This conceit adds a new dimension to Vyrypaev's masterful text, with the viewer losing the sense of a fourth wall, as the characters are talking to it, to us.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
WHILE THE RAIN WAS FALLING
Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating “While the Rain was Falling” is a philosophical parable, narrated by the language of the body and music. It is a journey into our childhood, into our past, into the world of ghosts. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one fine day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his love, his losses, his childhood and his regrets, in search of the one primary memory for which he has lived.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls” tells the story of a disgraced government official, Pavel Chichikov, who by manipulating the inefficiencies of the Imperial Russian government by purchasing the rights of dead serfs from middle-class landowners, is able to amass a personal fortune. Roman Kocherzhevsky’s endlessly inventive reimagining of the classic Russian poem shakes off a layer of dust from the revered work to help us answer questions we all face today. It doesn’t matter whether Kocherzhevsky has dressed his actors in waterproof trench coats or embroidered tailcoats, furnished the stage with delicate antiquities or Danish modern. In the end, as Gogol himself asks of us, “Isn’t there some part of Chichikov in me too?“
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
SUN LINE
5 AM. Barbara and Werner, 7 years into their marriage, have been arguing since 10 PM. They are on the verge of paying off their mortgage, but look into the abyss of “what’s next?”, opening up the floodgates of pent up anger and resentments. Nominated for 5 Golden Mask Awards, including best actress, best actor, best director and best play, Viktor Ryzhakov‘s staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s razor sharp comedy “Sun Line” explores the many ways in which modern couples are prevented from making real contact with one another, delving into discourses on unity and difference, unnecessary and important, and about the invisible yet palpable solar line that divides us. Featuring stage and screen stars Yulia Peresild and Andrey Burkovskiy.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
IRAN CONFERENCE
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EVERYONE IS HERE
Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life. Nominated for five 2022 Golden Mask Awards, including Best Play and Best Director. Featuring Alexander Feklistov and a memorable Maria Smolnikova.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
"Dmitry Krymov is one of the world's finest theatermakers", The New York Times
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Production: Moscow Theatre "School of Modern Play"
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ILLUSIONS
Nikolai Gostiukhin’s reimagining of Ivan Vyrypaev’s ILLUSIONS is presented as a teleplay, with Vyrypaev’s series of separate monologues transformed into a couples therapy session, allowing the protagonists to talk about the anxieties and worries they have accumulated during their marriage through the metaphorical account of the lives of two elderly married couples. This conceit adds a new dimension to Vyrypaev's masterful text, with the viewer losing the sense of a fourth wall, as the characters are talking to it, to us.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Nikolai Gostiukhin
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Process Theater Bureau
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
WHILE THE RAIN WAS FALLING
Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating “While the Rain was Falling” is a philosophical parable, narrated by the language of the body and music. It is a journey into our childhood, into our past, into the world of ghosts. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one fine day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his love, his losses, his childhood and his regrets, in search of the one primary memory for which he has lived.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Valery Ushakov
Inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
DEAD SOULS
Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls” tells the story of a disgraced government official, Pavel Chichikov, who by manipulating the inefficiencies of the Imperial Russian government by purchasing the rights of dead serfs from middle-class landowners, is able to amass a personal fortune. Roman Kocherzhevsky’s endlessly inventive reimagining of the classic Russian poem shakes off a layer of dust from the revered work to help us answer questions we all face today. It doesn’t matter whether Kocherzhevsky has dressed his actors in waterproof trench coats or embroidered tailcoats, furnished the stage with delicate antiquities or Danish modern. In the end, as Gogol himself asks of us, “Isn’t there some part of Chichikov in me too?“
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Roman Kocherzhevsky
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Production: Lensoviet Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
SUN LINE
5 AM. Barbara and Werner, 7 years into their marriage, have been arguing since 10 PM. They are on the verge of paying off their mortgage, but look into the abyss of “what’s next?”, opening up the floodgates of pent up anger and resentments. Nominated for 5 Golden Mask Awards, including best actress, best actor, best director and best play, Viktor Ryzhakov‘s staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s razor sharp comedy “Sun Line” explores the many ways in which modern couples are prevented from making real contact with one another, delving into discourses on unity and difference, unnecessary and important, and about the invisible yet palpable solar line that divides us. Featuring stage and screen stars Yulia Peresild and Andrey Burkovskiy.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Directed by Viktor Ryzhakov
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Production: Art for the People
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
IRAN CONFERENCE
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Igor Sergeev, Vladimir Kuznetsov
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Classic Works
ANNA KARENINA
Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anželika Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
KING LEAR
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of King Lear tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring 4 time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE SUICIDE
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
UNCLE VANYA
Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE BLACK MONK
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ANNA KARENINA
Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anželika Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
KING LEAR
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of King Lear tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring 4 time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE SUICIDE
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
UNCLE VANYA
Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE BLACK MONK
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ANNA KARENINA
Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anželika Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
KING LEAR
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of King Lear tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring 4 time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE SUICIDE
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
UNCLE VANYA
Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE BLACK MONK
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ANNA KARENINA
Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anželika Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
KING LEAR
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of King Lear tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring 4 time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE SUICIDE
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
UNCLE VANYA
Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE BLACK MONK
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
ANNA KARENINA
Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anželika Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.
Directed by Anželika Cholina
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
KING LEAR
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of King Lear tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring 4 time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yury Butusov
Production: Satirikon Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE SUICIDE
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause. Flattered by this noteriety but panicked at the prospect of actually having to go through with it, he must find a way out that somehow leaves his dignity intact.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
The play, originally written in 1928, forms a link in Russian literary history between the satirical mastery of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Written by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Sergey Zhenovach
Production: Theatre Art Studio
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
UNCLE VANYA
Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
We are given an empty space from which life has departed, a theatre space with grey slips, a plaster of Paris lion – a symbol of Petersburg, perhaps the ancestor who built the house came from there, a workbench made out of rough boards, an old sofa, several chairs of different colors.
This "Uncle Vanya" is about what Chekhov’s characters think and what they admit to only at moments of emotional turmoil. They are at times tongue-tied or overly brutal, but their revelations break out of them fervently, desperately just as a man breaks out of a stuffy room into the open air.
A Golden Mask Winner for Best Drama, featuring the inimitable Sergey Makovetskiy as Voynitsky.
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Production: Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
THE BLACK MONK
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production, Best Director (Ginkas), Best Actor (Sergey Makovetskiy) and a Golden Mask award for Best Stage Design (Sergey Barkhin).
Written by by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kama Ginkas
Production: MTUZ
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.