Leading actor "Contemporary" Sergey Garmash said that he left the theater because of the policies of the new leadership and "the terrible situation inside of the troupe".
"Dissenters just shut your mouth"
Informed source told RIA Novosti that the actor Sergei Garmash goes from "Contemporary". According to the interlocutor of the Agency, Garmash was announced at a closed meeting of the troupe. Reasons for leaving he explained in an open letter, which has addressed to colleagues.
"I was hard the decision to leave the theatre. I have lived here for 36 happy years. This is my home, leave that to me in pain. But after realizing and seeing that which is directed the vector development of the theater, I realized I needed to do" – said in an open letter Garmash, which is posted in Facebook, the rector of the University Grigory Zaslavsky.
Harmash said that he tried in this regard to contact the authorities, remembering the words of the former artistic Director of theatre of Galina Volchek, who urged not to allow "to make theatre fashionable place". Garmash underlined that "I did it openly, but it was not heeded."
According to the artist, today, "the situation in the troupe monstrous". He writes that in the company of an obvious split, which was never. From his point of view, personally responsible for the schism carries the artistic Director of the "Contemporary" Viktor Ryzhakov.
He added that the will finish in September announced the performances, and then leave the company.
"can’t do otherwise, because I remember everything that is said at the tomb Volchek. And if not, can you confirm this and realize, I’m leaving. Thank you for the happiness to come together on stage for the joy of mutual creativity, the warmth and understanding that I received from you always", – said Garmash.
People’s artist of Russia, leading actor of "Contemporary" Sergey Garmash was accepted into the troupe in 1984, the artistic Director of which was Galina Volchek. She died in December 2019.
