Puppet Theater from Tbilisi - a world of love from director Rezo Gabriadze

Moscow theatergoers, many of whom are familiar with the work of the famous Georgian director Rezo Gabriadze only from the scripts of the ageless films "Kin-dza-dza", "Mimino", were unbelievably lucky. It was in the hall of the Moscow Studio of Theater Arts, located on Strastnoy Boulevard, that began its tour opening the world tour, the puppet theater from Tbilisi, created by a talented master, well-known in many areas of art Rezo Gabriadze. The tour will continue until November 11th.

Rezo Gabriadze created this unique theater in the full sense with his own hands. Scenery and dolls, scripts and directorial work - all this was done by the artist, sculptor, director in one person - the head of the theater Rezo Gabriadze. His wonderful puppets, in each of which the master invested a bit of his soul, traveled to many countries where the enthusiastic applause of the audience became the main award. The Gabriadze Theater took part and received awards in many prestigious festivals in Europe.

In Moscow, the audience got the opportunity to get acquainted with two performances from the theater’s repertoire. One of them, "Stalingrad", of course, became one of the best performances created by the master. He is familiar to Russian viewers from previous theater tours. This romantic and at the same time tragic story tells about the love of a little circus horse and a heavyweight moving artillery mounts.

The second performance is also love. “Ramona”, a play full of tenderness and sentimentality, the heroes of which were two lovers of a steam locomotive. By the end of the performance, viewers perceive them as living people who died from longing for each other. The heroes of this sad story speak with the voices of Chulpan Khamatova and Sergey Garmash.

Ludmila Trautmane