the Play was “she’s all That” a modern dramatist Alexander Ivanov will deliver the graduate School-Studio of MKHAT, the student Kirill Serebrennikov Alexander Sozonov in tandem with the artist Pavel Semchenko (Engineering theatre AKHE). This performance will be not only the first premiere of “shelter of the comedian” after the quarantine, but also return to the St. Petersburg theatre scene Yuliya Aug as an actress after 15-year hiatus.
Alexander Sozonov began to rehearse before the General move in the network, rehearsals continued during quarantine in an online format. According to the Director, the postponement of the premiere, enforced isolation and total transition of communication into the network has made the material more relevant.
“she’s all That” tells the story of an ordinary Russian family. After the death of his father the relationship between mother and son similar to the cold war. To understand the feelings of the teenager and help him, mother registers a fake account under the name girls of Toffee and begins to correspond with a guy. Heroes don’t just talk and become friends. But now how to combine different personalities – these who continue to live in conflict, and what is a dream? According to Sozonov, “isolation did this play not come up with the story, and the story of what happens to us every second. And after release from quarantine, on the one hand, we want to meet, embrace, go to the theater. On the other hand, to understand what we went through. Why did you start to think, act, work, breathe differently? And this piece allows you to do it.”
the Performance of “Russian classics” was ready in March, but the premiere of the play was not in time – the theater was closed. It was directed by Dmitry Volkostrelov, the Creator of “theatre post” (independent theater group from St. Petersburg), artistic Director of the Center. Meyerhold. Is it possible to put in the theater “Russian classics”? From this question began the search. The performance brings together dozens of texts created in the period from 1799 year (Pushkin was born) to 1904 (Chekhov died). However, at each performance of the actors appeal to different texts.
During rehearsals Volkostrelov asked each actor to select ten key events of this time, one for each decade. The lists do not match, so the Director decided to release five versions of the play.
– We simply took the texts of Russian classics, shuffled them, and they do, – said Dmitry Volkostrelov. Rather, we try to be in this space and time. There are several layers of action. Unchanged – actors, their behavior, what they are doing. But the music and video in performance each time, depending on historical events, chosen by a specific artist. For example, we will always mention the abolition of serfdom – perhaps one of the key events in the history of Russia in General. And depending on the version of the performance of different facts: Ryleyev was executed, there was a fire in Moscow in 1812, found “the Word about Igor’s regiment”.
What will be the format of the show performances? While the theatre is developing a new plan for the Seating of spectators at a safe distance and does not open a ticket. But now the site of the theatre can join the waiting list for those who want to see the premiere of the first, sends a special mailing list two days before the official start of sales.
