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The repertoire of Moscow theatres this season includes classic works in unexpected interpretations and modern plays, anticipated premieres and performances that have been on stage for many years. Theatre and film actress Elena Zakharova told mos.ru readers about the productions that particularly impressed her.
“I have a pretty busy schedule: work in the theater, filming, touring. And going to the theater as a spectator does not happen as often as I would like. Nevertheless, I try not to miss interesting theater events in Moscow whenever possible. Visiting the theater always means new emotions and vivid impressions. I am happy to share with you a short list of performances that can transform gloomy autumn evenings,” says the actress.
“Sashashishin” at the Sovremennik Theatre
Address: Chistoprudny Boulevard, Building 19, Building 1
Dates: November 27 and 28, December 14 and 15
Age limit: 12
The play “Sasha Shishin” is a reason to remember childhood, to be touched and to think at the same time. The main character Sasha Shishin lives with a despotic mother, is in love with the neighbor girl Tanya and hates his classmate Bobrykin. In his imaginary world of childhood, he experiences all feelings with equal intensity and does not want to grow up at all. Sasha likes to look at the Moscow courtyard of the 1980s through bottle glass and see the Emerald City, where there is no hostility, malice and the hated Bobrykin. There is only joy, naive dreams and incredible love for Tanya.
A magical phantasmagoric world comes to life on stage thanks to animation, choreographic numbers, double puppets, songs by Petr Nalich and spectacular tricks.
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“Solo for a Chiming Clock” at the Mossovet Theatre
Address: Bolshaya Sadovaya street, house 16, building 1
Dates: November 20, December 6 and 22
Age limit: 12
Every Friday, František Abel’s old friends from the nursing home gather in his small apartment, which he shares with his grandson Pavel, and reminisce about the happy past. Pavel, having decided to get married, suggests that his grandfather move in with his friends – he thinks it will be better for everyone. But he does not understand how important his home is to František – the only place where reality is not so harsh.
Oswald Zahradnik’s play is tragicomic, but its parable essence immerses the characters in a fantasy world, a timelessness between the past and the present.
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“The Marriage of Figaro” at the Moscow A.S. Pushkin Drama Theatre
Address: Tverskoy Boulevard, Building 23, Building 1
Dates: November 4th and 5th, December 17th and 18th
Age limit: 12
Director Evgeny Pisarev turned Beaumarchais’ classic comedy of situations into a real celebration with spectacular sets and beautiful costumes, charming characters extricating themselves from complex intrigues, and an inevitable happy ending.
Figaro is pursued by failures in all his endeavors, but the hero, full of dignity and love of life, does not despair. Even having experienced the betrayal of a friend and the imaginary betrayal of a young wife, he does not lose faith in love and himself.
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“An absolutely incredible event” at the “Pyotr Fomenko Workshop”
Address: Taras Shevchenko Embankment, Building 29
Date: November 13
Age limit: 12
The main conflict of the famous Gogol’s play is at first glance very clear – matchmaking, albeit involving trickery and confusion, but still with an inevitable wedding in the finale. And how far from this the comedy turns out to be – everything in it seems to be turned inside out, everything is the opposite.
A simple everyday story turns into a wonderfully absurd and ridiculous buffoonery, a carnival with grooms’ viewing and a lot that the bride is ready to draw. That is why “The Marriage” by director Evgeny Kamenkovich turned into “An Absolutely Incredible Event”.
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“The Lady of the Camellias” at the Theatre on Trubnaya
Address: Neglinnaya street, house 29, building 1
Dates: November 15 and 16, December 12, 13, 26 and 27
Age limit: 18
“The Lady of the Camellias” is the most famous work of Alexandre Dumas (fils), it is based on real events: the prototype of the Parisian courtesan Marguerite was the author’s beloved. The novel was transferred to the stage of the Theater on Trubnaya this season by Dmitry Astrakhan, the main roles are played by Valeria Lanskaya and Sukhrab Khaylobekov.
Margarita loves camellias because they have no scent, candied grapes because they have no taste, and rich men because they have no heart. But behind the desire to escape from feelings lies fragility, vulnerability, and a thirst for true love. A chance encounter gives Margarita hope for a different life, but will the heroine be able to allow herself to be real?
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“The Entertainer” at the Sfera Theatre
Address: Karetny Ryad Street, Building 3, Bldg. 3
Dates: November 16 and 29, December 5 and 18
Age limit: 16
Two friends who haven’t seen each other for a long time meet at a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast. Valentin is a successful civil servant, a married man who came to relax, and Sergey, a lonely entertainer, works and lives at this recreation center. In the past, they courted the same girl, Galina – then Valentin won thanks to his influential father. How will this love story end many years later?
The plot is based on the play of the same name by Viktor Rozov.
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“Beethoven” at the Praktika Theatre
Address: Bolshoy Kozikhinsky Lane, Building 30
Date: November 25
Age limit: 16
Beethoven has come a long way from obscurity to worldwide fame, from despair to hope. The path that lay through the struggle with the most terrible illness for a musician and composer – deafness. However, the life of a genius is not limited to the years indicated in the biography, Beethoven lives today – in his works.
The Praktika Theatre’s production is about a composer who wanted to “embrace all of humanity.” The creators told his story without pathos, through acting and mummery, an endless change of masks, and in the diverse and contradictory context of his time.
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“Fathers and Sons” at the Moscow Theatre of Illusion
Address: Perovskaya street, house 75
Date: November 8
Age limit: 12
The novel Fathers and Sons became a landmark for its time, and the image of the main character, Yevgeny Bazarov, was perceived by young people as an example to follow – they were enchanted by his uncompromising nature, his lack of worship of authorities and old truths.
The worldview conflict of generations intersects in the play with love triangles. “Fathers” defend their foundations from rebellious “children”, women defend their rights. The line between the modern and classical vision of Ivan Turgenev’s work at the Moscow Theatre of Illusion is very thin.
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“The Storm. Temptation” at the N.V. Gogol Theatre
Address: Kazakova street, house 8
Dates: November 2 and 22, December 6 and 30
Age limit: 16
The classic play by Alexander Ostrovsky for the renovated Moscow Drama Theatre named after N.V. Gogol was interpreted by Anton Yakovlev. His production immerses the viewer in the world of mystical drama with elements of tragicomedy, revealing the story of a person’s struggle with temptations – absurd, funny and sometimes frightening.
The plot centers on Katerina, for whom forbidden love becomes a source of internal conflict. Perceiving passion as a challenge from the surrounding reality, the heroine is forced to fight the moral foundations and pressure of a stagnant conservative society. And the path to liberation will be a very difficult test.
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“Antigone” at the M.N. Ermolova Theatre
Address: Tverskaya street, building 5/6
Dates: November 8 and 19, December 8 and 17
Age limit: 16
In Athens they used to say: “The law is above all in human life, and the unwritten law is above the written.” This is what Antigone, written by Sophocles in 442 BC, is dedicated to. In the early 1940s, Jean Anouilh created his own version of the famous tragedy – and the image of the main character then became one of the embodiments of the highest morality.
The play is based on the mythological plot of the Theban cycle. Polynices, the son of King Oedipus, fought with his brother for power after the death of his father and died at the walls of Thebes. The new king Creon forbade the burial of Polynices’ body, while the defender of the city Eteocles was buried according to the law. Their younger sister Antigone, who disagreed with this decision, buries Polynices at night, bypassing the guards, knowing that she would die for it.
Fate or will? Laws of the country or laws of conscience? What is a person willing to do, driven by love? Answers to these eternal questions have not been found for many centuries, but everyone has the opportunity to make their own choice. And director Vladimir Kimmelman considers the play more relevant today than ever.
Tickets are available at mos.ru.
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