If at the beginning of the pandemic in the digital theater was more a technical addition, now he is the king of the scene. And, as expected the present monarch, the attitude is very special – a specially written play, tens of multi-channel cameras and thousands of virtual spectators. Last Tuesday, the Alexandrinsky theatre presented to the court audience interactive detective story “drama on sossa. Trial” at exclusive play by Boris Akunin. On stage – a real meeting, at the Zoom – a panel of eminent jury at the screens – 3,000 spectators.
the Alexandrinsky, like most theatres across the country, has officially closed its building, but the activity has not stopped. The result of this almost clandestine work became multi-genre project “Another scene”, where young Directors, artists and playwrights to try their hand at digital plane through various social networks, instant messengers and online platforms. The premiere of the first of such performances was the work of 32-year-old St. Petersburg Director Anton Okoneshnikovo. Based – written especially for the theater play by Boris Akunin “drama on sossa. Trial”.
Now for the performances go on tickets, and links. The room is illuminated only by the laptop screen, quickly filled the live votes. The audience something unintelligible mutter to each other, sometimes turning on the polite laugh and then go back to the pleasant rumbling. But somehow in English.
However, after 10 minutes, the voices fall silent. On the screen red curtain, but contrary to expectations, the camera floats behind him and opens the viewer to the scene where in readiness sat the artists. It was nearly empty: from the decorations only a few chairs and two desks. Twilight hurriedly go stage workers in black masks and gloves – correct make-up, set up the equipment. The camera slowly zooms in on each of the characters. This virtual version of applets.
so, we have a judge (Igor Volkov), Secretary (Sergei Mardari), older sugar harlampi Skorobogatov (Pyotr Semak), a lovely girl in mourning Mizintseva Maria (Elena Varakina), her husband and the accused by the court Alex little fingers (Victor Shuralev), their maid Lusha (Anna Blinova). And also a prosecution witness, Lieutenant Lipnitsky (Alexey Lushin), the Prosecutor (Igor Masuk) and a lawyer (Stepan Balakshin).
that actors do not end there. The judge is the jury – artistic Director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, Konstantin Bogomolov, actress Maria Mironov, pianist Polina Osetinskaya, journalist Alexey Pivovarov, the writer Tatyana Tolstaya and historian Nikolai Svanidze. They, as usual today, participate in the process of using Zoom.
From the very beginning, the play takes the form of a detective quest with his coordinate system. Given: ��automobile accident, which killed 5-year-old boy Vanya. There are all confessed the young man the little fingers, but no commensurate punishment. This is a matter for the jury and the audience. To send the accused to six months of corrective labor with the Church repentance or exile for 10 years of hard labor?
While the Prosecutor insists on the maximum punishment, the defendant’s lawyer makes a doubt in the seemingly solved case. It turns out that the driver was drunk and overheated spouse, and little fingers is only trying to save the careless. But the twists don’t end there. Boris Akunin gives each character a motive to kill the boy. After a child, the heir to a large fortune of his grandfather, the sugar Skorobogatova, who was going to deprive money niece, Mary Mizintseva. And a servant, besides, heard the young couple complain about their plight.
such turns make your head spin. But the audience only twice allowed to influence the plot – the choice of the foreman of the jury (hundreds of votes confidently chose Tatyana Tolstaya, what then collectively regretted) and in the final sentence, “to justify or to condemn.” Of course, the humane the audience decided to let Mizintseva. But the star of the jury was not unanimous.
– the Accused need to be acquitted for lack of evidence, the first said Alexei Pivovarov.
– You what? Little fingers obviously guilty. He put a drunken woman behind the wheel – retorted Maria Mironova.
– Yes, of wine wife more obvious –it supports Polina Osetinskaya.
– I’m more inclined to further investigation, but there is no option of excuse, – said Nikolai Svanidze.
– Wait, why did you decide that the boy was alive at the time of impact? There is no evidence that the child has moved. He could be dead – breaking through Konstantin Bogomolov.
the Discussion turns into a bitter argument in the spirit of the show “Let them talk” for a long 15 minutes And the main talker it turns out Tatiana Nikitichna (Fat), which the judge and then renames to the “job”. “Drama on shosse” that’s ready to become “the School for scandal”, Intervened the court apologized for the hundredth time for warped middle name and made short “conditionally acquitted for insufficiency of evidence.”
No time to rant about the peculiarities of the laws of the twentieth century, ahead of the denouement! Only the fingers reached out to close the lid of the laptop, as Akunin pulls out his signature trump card – of Erast Fandorin. Late to the meeting, the CSI reveals the true state of Affairs. The boy was dead at the time of arrival! Wonder tat “I.” Nikitichna laughed at by Konstantin Bogomolov. The Director sees the root. And did all of the prosecution’s key witness – Lieutenant Lipnitsky whose mighty l��shade crushed the kid’s skull with his hoof.
“the Theater, you are surprised!”, – wrote a happy spectator in the comments under the stream. And then to it was added 170 more enthusiastic man. “That’s just Thick don’t bother. The entire experience was spoiled”.
