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A large-scale festival will be held for the third time in Zaryadye Park on June 21 and 22 “Theatre Weekend”. He will become part of the project. “Summer in Moscow” and will be dedicated to important historical dates: the 165th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birth and the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The program includes street performances, plays, concerts and master classes, which will take place from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Admission to all events is free.
This year’s festival is expected to be a record-breaking one in terms of the number of participants and the program’s content — 13 theaters and theater schools, 16 productions. Guests will get acquainted with both recognized stage masters and talented debutants.
Visitors will be able to see productions by students of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts – GITIS, the Moscow Art Theatre School and the Moscow State Institute of Culture. In addition, they will be shown fragments of plays performed by actors of the Russian Academic Youth Theatre and the Praktika Theatre, as well as works by young directors. The special guest of the festival will be the team of the Donetsk Republican Academic Youth Theatre. In addition, viewers will see fragments of plays by the Moscow Art Theatre named after A.P. Chekhov, the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre, the Et Cetera Theatre under the direction of Alexander Kalyagin, the Moscow Academic Theatre named after Vladimir Mayakovsky and the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army.
Watch performances dedicated to Anton Chekhov
The festival days will traditionally be themed. The first day, June 21, will be dedicated to the 165th anniversary of the birth of writer Anton Chekhov. Spectators will see multi-genre productions on the stage of the large amphitheater. At 16:00, the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater will present fragments of the play “My Life” directed by Sergei Tonyshev. At 17:00, the bright program “Chekhov-gala” directed by Alexei Borodin of the Russian Academic Youth Theater will begin.
In addition, the anniversary day program will include excerpts from the play “Your Chekhov” (starts at 17:40) directed by Anna Artamonova of the Et Cetera Theater under the direction of Alexander Kalyagin, as well as fragments of the production “Ward No. 6” (starts at 22:00) directed by Evgeny Zakirov of the Mayakovsky Theater. Fourth-year students of Sergei Zhenovach’s workshop and graduates of Yuri Butusov’s course of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts – GITIS will show a series of sketches “Chekhov. Stories” (starts at 20:00). The evening will continue with second-year students of Marina Brusnikina and Sergei Shchedrin’s workshop from the Moscow Art Theater School. They have prepared a performance of “Chekhov’s Stories” (starting at 19:00) and a dedication concert “The Seagull” (starting at 21:05).
Remember the Great Victory
On June 22, the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, the stage of the large amphitheater of Zaryadye Park will feature performances dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. At 4:00 PM, actors of the Russian State Academic Youth Theater will show the production “Amazement Before Life” directed by Alexey Mishakov based on the works of the war veteran writer Viktor Rozov. At 5:00 PM, third-year students of the Moscow State Institute of Culture will perform the literary and musical composition “Frontline Brigades” directed by Alena Khovanskaya. The play “On a Clear Day,” directed by Marina Brusnikina based on the story of the war veteran writer Viktor Astafyev, will be presented at 6:15 PM by actors of the Donetsk Republican Youth Theater.
At 19:30, actors from the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre will show fragments of the play “A Tale. The Story of an Extraordinary Love”, staged by Marina Brusnikina based on Anna Baturina’s play “Front-line Soldier”. At 20:10, students from the Moscow Art Theatre School will present a musical and literary programme “Russian Poets about the Great Patriotic War”. It will feature works by Bulat Okudzhava, Alexander Tvardovsky, Andrei Voznesensky, Olga Berggolts, Vladimir Lugovskoy, Yuna Moritz and other authors.
People’s Artist of Russia Konstantin Raikin will read the poem “Snowfall” by David Samoilov at 21:00. The festival will end with a musical and theatrical program of actors from the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army. Director – Yulia Shulva. The open rehearsal will begin at 21:15, the concert – at 22:00.
Take a trial exam
Over the course of two days, June 21 and 22, in the small amphitheater from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, anyone who wishes will be able to take trial exams to enter a theater school and demonstrate their talents to a professional admissions committee. The committee will include theater figures, including Marina Zudina, Svetlana Kolpakova, Igor Gordin, Oleg Topolyansky, and Igor Vernik. In addition, the participants’ performances will be assessed by directors — artistic director of the A.S. Pushkin Theater Yevgeny Pisarev, artistic director of the Mayakovsky Theater Yegor Peregudov, as well as chief director of the Russian State Academic Youth Theater and artistic director of the Praktika Theater Marina Brusnikina.
Participants in trial exams will be able to demonstrate themselves in various genres: read prose or poetry, sing a song. Everyone will receive a professional assessment and useful recommendations from stage masters. Improvised auditions will help aspiring actors test their strength before entering theater universities and gain valuable experience communicating with professionals who are ready to share their knowledge and suggest the future path in an acting career.
Learn improvisation and stage speech
On June 21 and 22 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the Big Meadow will host acting, improvisation and stage speech classes for the youngest guests, “Theater from Childhood.” They will be conducted by Oleg Sapiro, an actor from the Mayakovsky Theater. Participants will not talk about theater — they will play it: recall lines from different works, complete tasks for imagination, liberation and improvisation. Both children and adults will enjoy body warm-ups, speech and rhythm, as well as acting training.
See open-air performances
A stage for street children’s (family) performances will be located near the Zapovednoye Posledstvo pavilion. On June 21, from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM, viewers will see the premiere – the play “Tales of the Resourceful Soldier” directed by Olga Levitina. Actors from Akulina Svetelkina’s artel will show an interactive, fun performance about the extraordinary valor and ingenuity of ordinary soldiers during Peter the Great’s time. On June 22, there will be a play “Theater on the Carpet” (from 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM) – a project of the Taste Theater, a resident of the Praktika Theater, as well as the production “My First Business” (from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM) by the Russian State Academic Youth Theater.
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Project “Summer in Moscow” — the main event of the season, uniting the brightest events of the capital. Every day in all districts of the city there are charity, cultural and sports events, most of which are free. The project “Summer in Moscow” is held for the second time, and the new season will be more intense: new festivals and events will be added to the traditional ones — original and colorful.
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