In the "Queen of Spades" festival that opened the Pushkin festival, cards came to life on stage

PSKOV. The performance “The Queen of Spades” of the St. Petersburg Theater “Liteiny”, which took place on the stage of the Regional Philharmonic on February 5, launched the Pushkin Theater Festival, which is being held on Pskov land for the twentieth time.

At the opening ceremony of the festival, the national artist Vladimir Receptor, who is the artistic director of the Pushkin School Theater, spoke about the difficulties that accompany the organization of the festival and congratulated its participants. He also conveyed greetings from theaters, whose desire to attend the festival did not materialize.

Representatives of the administration of the Pskov region, which is the founder of the festival, spoke. On behalf of the administration, the chairman of the Committee on Culture A. Golyshev promised that the next festival will be held on the stage of the updated Pskov Drama Theater.

The play The Queen of Spades, which took place in the evening, was defined by the author of the play Igor Larin as a “mystical joke”. Larin has already taken part in the festival earlier, acting both as an actor and as a director. Opening the festival, his new work of the audience was impressive. The lively maps that were seen on the stage, the old women-deceased and independently moving furniture did not leave the opportunity to look at what was happening on the stage with indifference - the production was creepy, but exciting.

During the festival, guests of the festival will be presented 11 projects of collectives. In addition to the hosts of the festival, who represented the Pskov creative team, representatives from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Vologda will participate. Dramatic works, productions of puppet theaters will be shown, and two musical concerts will be a pleasant addition. The festival will end with a master class by Konstantin Raikin.

Ludmila Trautmane