Theater festival "Russian Classics. Pages of Prose" opened in Samara

SAMARA. A new festival has appeared in the Russian theater world, dubbed “Russian Classics. Pages of Prose. " Its concept can be considered unique, since theater directors do not too often turn to staging prose works. Sofya Rubina, the director of the Samara Theater “Chamber Scene” for many years, became the author of the idea of the festival.

She believes that the director, working with literary material, making the basis of a dramatic work from it, gains the freedom to rethink it. Such work on a prosaic text even gives him the opportunity for a symbolic “dialogue” with the author of the work. Sofya Rubina also speaks about the possibility of expanding the repertoire of theaters with the help of author-made prose scenes, which is important for introducing viewers to the masterpieces of Russian classics.

The first performance of the festival, which opened on October 14, was the performance of the Our Home theater, which arrived in Samara from the city of Khimki. Artists showed the work of Sergei Metelkin “Doctor. First year". To create the play, Sergei Metyolkin used Bulgakov’s stories, known as the cycle “Notes of a Young Doctor”. The director is not only the author of the staging, but also the set designer. At the same time, he also plays the main role in the play he created.

The next day, the audience got acquainted with the work of the festival hosts. In the afternoon, the Chamber Scene showed the play based on Kuprin’s work “The Duel”, and in the evening actors from the Penza Theater Dr. Dapertutto came out, showing the audience their reading of Saltykov-Shchedrin’s works - the play “Russian Play”.

The festival will be held on October 19th, so that the Samara theatergoers will find many more interesting things. On the last festival day, artists from Moldova - the “From the Roses Street” theater, will show two performances.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru