Chelyabinsk viewers are waiting for the premiere of Sigarev’s play "Alexei Karenin" in the drama and. Orlova

CHELYABINSK. Quite a bit of time is left before the premiere of the play “Alexey Karenin”. The premiere will take place on November 24, and now in the drama to them. Orlova are the final rehearsals. The play, directed by Yevgeny Malenchev, director of the Tula Drama Theater, was written in 2012 by Vasily Sigarev, a Yekaterinburg playwright. It was created specifically for the Moscow Art Theater (Moscow Art Theater).

The author created an unusual stage reading of the famous novel by Tolstoy. If Anna is the main character in the novel, then the center of the plot of the play in the version of Sigarev was Alexei Karenin. From the novel, the playwright singled out the relations of his three main characters - Alexei Karenin, Alexei Vronsky and Anna.

Working on the play, Sigarev questioned the cause of the tragedy. In his opinion, Anna gave preference to another for a banal reason - she did not love her husband at all. Eugene Malenchev, after reading the play, noted that such a development of the famous plot is much more interesting.

In Sigarev’s play, Karenin does not look old or boring. Therefore, the question immediately arises - if Anna’s husband is not an unpleasant person, then what was the reason for her love for Vronsky. The audience of the performance together with its participants will try to answer this question.

The Chelyabinsk Drama Theater got the opportunity to stage Sigarev’s play thanks to the support program for young directing conducted by the Ministry of Culture. Of the 52 applications received for the competition, only a third was approved. The list also included the Chelyabinsk Drama. Orlova.

Director Evgeni Malenchev collaborates with the Chelyabinsk Theater for the first time. He also began the production of Vasily Sigarev’s dramaturgy for the first time, although he was always interested in his work.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru