once removed the quarantine, the Ermolova Theatre was one of the first resumed the rehearsal process. And everywhere — on the main stage, on the small and in the rehearsal rooms. And as if no quarantine and was not at all, no one isolated themselves — the theatre is full of life, without reducing the degree. First, because they have a lot to catch next season in the Ermolov special — 95th anniversary, inside which will be a few important dates. Not the season, but a solid Anniversary Yulievich Anniversaries. And secondly, Oleg Menshikov in a quarantine calm can not live. And do not want.
However, Oleg Menshikov, who can’t stand the pretentious chatter, on the dates of your looks with chilling indifference. Well, Yes, 95 years of the Company. Well, Yes, destiny it is not easy (and where you saw a theatre with a simple or good fortune?). Besides, at the end of August 90 years will be Vladimir Andreev, honorary President of the theater, a wonderful artist and teacher. And Oleg Evgenevich in November miss. Mood now his colors “thing in itself”. Immersed in the material and encrypted.
“the Anniversary” is a bold word, it forces everyone to speak in platitudes and don’t want to pronounce them, he says. — They give false and “false” is not our word. Want to all our plans happened, but let’s be realistic: the coronavirus, and everything stopped. So live and work today, here and now. Point.
Oleg, are you doing the anniversary season, as I can see, betting on the young. Unknown names. And the audience is looking for is known. Your name wants to see on the poster, and something new.
My still see. Young and unknown, you say? And I’m not afraid to take risks. Now onto the big stage immediately after the lifting of the quarantine came Dima Acres, and small exits Sergei Okunev — he puts on a play “Rap mi” Irina Vaskovskaya. We were all young once, and if we did not have a chance… who knows, we’d be talking now with you here.
so, Ermolov machine is running and in a hurry to gain momentum to leave the company in mid-July. Menshikov himself is developing a strategic plan of action: the quarantine and doing just that, from time to time breaking the isolation. But to the chagrin of fans, joyless message — Oleg on stage in the premiere performances of no plans to go. He is the Director and point. However, knowing O. E., I can say that there are surprises expect the unexpected.
Ahead of him the artistic Director of the Ermolova missed young Dmitry Acres on the big stage in full rehearsing a play based on the cult novel by Ken Kesey “one Flew over the cuckoo’s nest” with Nikita Tatarenkov in the title role. And at this time in the rehearsal room upstairs is twisted interesting story — “summer residents” bitter in the holds��e Yevgeny Marcelli. The Director had begun rehearsals. During a short break to talk to him.
— yesterday, We broke away from the table and try massive paintings to place on feet — says Marcelli. — This piece I like.
the Foot text try Kristina Asmus, Dasha Melnikova, Beyonce Miloslavskaya, Vladimir Zaitsev, Oleg Filipchuk, Boris Mironov, Anastasia Svetlova, Elena Puris.
I Must say that this play by Maxim Gorky downright fatal in the fate of the Director and as if to haunt him, each time with different focuses. The first “Cottagers” was in Omsk is satirical, sharp, radical. The cottagers No. 2 was repeated in Kaliningrad, but in a more radical, provocative versions of what Marcelli was accused of all moral sins, and to the point even joined the Prosecutor’s office. The actors and Director were summoned for interrogations.
— And the third attempt was supposed to happen a few years ago in the Moscow art theatre, where I was invited Oleg Tabakov. But then he was in the hospital, and Marina Zudina, who was rehearsing the title role, was with him. Decided to temporarily defer the work, and as a result it was postponed permanently.
But it took two years, and another Oleg — Menshikov — Marcelli offers to do it Thoroughly.
— Jack, “Gardeners” in the Company will be even more radical?
— no, I have a different view of the play. If the previous history was, for me, was purely female, but now the Cottagers — the history of men’s and women’s Dating, which happens once in a lifetime… and none of them are no-th-th. And a struggle of ideologies, philosophies inherent in Gorky, only the background is absolutely not required. Here a long time, not the beginning of the last century. As a continuation of “the Cherry orchard” — a house with a garden sold and there came the Cottagers.
— Or you’re just afraid of another scandal after Yaroslavl, when the Volkov theatre wanted to merge with the Alexandrinsky?
— Why should I be afraid? I’m not responsible for any theater. Actually, in a sense, the scandal of the theatre is good. But now, with all changes in life, I approach the material more delicate, or something. Today, I’m not joking, not teasing. I am now more free and independent.
Tell me honestly you’re happy with their current position freelance artist?
— To work on the show is probably better when you’re irresponsible. But, on the other hand, when thirty years run theaters, you become a human system. Like it or not, but I’m the one who builds a theatre, who wants to create his ideal model. Exactly a year since I’m a freelance artist, and it’s great.
Rehearse a gentle “Gardeners” will be two months, and the premiere promises to play at the end of September after the premiere of “one Flew over gne��house cuckoo”. And Menshikov wants to run a train of Yermolova Theatre with its history and modernity.
