Christmas Bazaar: New Year’s program for children at the Museum of Moscow Automatic translate

On December 1, the Museum of Moscow starts the New Year’s programs festival "Christmas Bazaar", which includes four museum trees with master classes and gifts and six festive performances - "A Christmas tree was born in the forest", "Emily Brown and her rabbit. New Year’s version "," Christmas "," Chelovekkin "," Music from everything "and" Game in the New Year ". Museum visitors will have the opportunity to create holiday souvenirs, learn the history of Santa Claus and arrange a New Year’s parade of shadows.

Museum trees:

Warm tree

Participants of this event will first see a fabulous performance that reveals the secret of the birth of Santa Claus, talk to his main character in person, and then create a New Year’s souvenir as a keepsake.

WONDERFUL Christmas tree

A festive museum program from the "Impressive Clownery" project, the participants of which will unpack the gifts hidden in an old chest, and then see how the events unfolded around the famous New Year tree at the play "A Christmas tree was born in the forest."

Nutcracker and Mouse King

Participants will get acquainted with the writer Ernst Hoffmann and his fairy tale "The Nutcracker", look at the magic diorama created by the studio’s artists, visit the carnival costume workshop, transform into the heroes of the work and arrange a real New Year’s parade of shadows.

Christmas stories about Moscow and Muscovites

The participants of the festive event will travel to Moscow during the times of the writer and journalist Vladimir Gilyarovsky to find out what the festive city looked like, how they lived, what they did and how Muscovites prepared for Christmas. The museum program includes a quiz with game and creative tasks and a master class on creating a Christmas star.

New Year’s performances:

"Music from Everything"
Theater "Scientist Bear"
December 4 at 18:00, 3+

In this unusual performance, everything sounds, sings, and sometimes even dances. Young viewers will learn how to make musical instruments from literally everything that surrounds them. This performance is a unique experience, after which you can look at the music with different eyes and listen to it with different ears.

"Chelovetkin"
Project "Theater from plasticine"
December 12 at 11:00, 4+

A story filled with love for home and family. On an ordinary morning, the main character, a twig from a tree, goes for a run, not suspecting which way he will have to go in order to get back. Fire, water and copper pipes await him ahead. All the scenery and characters in this story are hand-made by the actress and director Olga Gulevich. The performance includes the music of Saint-Saens, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Tariverdiev, as well as Grigory Pozhenyan’s poem "The Tree" performed by actor Timofey Tribuntsev. At the end, the audience will become participants in a master class, where, with the help of magic plasticine, the simplest twigs and sticks will come to life and turn into Chelovekina.

"A Christmas tree was born in the forest"
<project "impressive clowning"
December 19 at 11:00, 3+

An interactive performance based on the plot of the New Year’s song "A Christmas tree was born in the forest." On the stage, spectators will be waiting for two clowns who wake up in their house and decide to play out a story about a Christmas tree. The tights will become bunny ears, the green blanket will become the crown of the tree. Thanks to the simple plot, we will focus all our attention on interacting with the artists. Let’s feed the hare, drive away the evil wolf and dress up the Christmas tree, which one of the performers has become. Then we’ll dance around her and go to bed until next New Year.

Emily Brown and her rabbit. New Year’s version "
Production Bureau" Opus "and the theater" Monica and the blackbird "
December 19 at 18:00, December 25 at 19:00, 4+

This is the story of friendship between the girl Emily Brown and her favorite toy, Stanley the rabbit, based on the work of the English writer Cressida Cowell. New Year is coming soon, and in England all the trees suddenly disappeared. Emily and Stanley will go in search of the main symbol of the New Year, will visit space, the desert, descend to the ocean floor, climb into the jungle and even end up in the queen’s castle. A funny story full of humor will end with friends not only finding a New Year tree, but also celebrating the holiday with the audience and giving everyone a memorable surprise.

"Christmas"
Theater "Scientist Bear"
December 24 and 26 at 19:00, December 30 at 17:00, 3+

A shadow performance based on the traditional den, in which folk songs, carols, riddles, as well as live music are played. The first part of the performance is traditional: Mary, Joseph, the birth of the Infant Jesus, the adoration of the three wise men, the palace of King Herod. The second part of the play is interactive: the audience will go on a Christmas journey.

"Game in the New Year"
Producer Bureau "Opus" and the theater "Monica and the Thrush"
December 29 at 12:00, for children from 1 to 3 years old

The play tells how the New Year comes. Accompanied by live music, the audience will learn what this magical holiday consists of. Tangerines, guests, sparkling snow, warmth, home comfort, a Christmas tree, foil from sweets, shiny tinsel, candles, garlands, cold frosty morning - all these signs of the New Year will be met in the performance. Together with the actors, little spectators will dance under the snow, catch snowflakes, make wishes and receive gifts.

"My Snow Friend"
PANAMA Theater December
29 at 17:30, 3+

A play about the life of little Sophie: moving, changing surroundings, expanding the boundaries of the familiar world. The natural and inspiring curiosity of children is mixed with anxiety, shyness, fear of crossing the threshold of their favorite room. A true friend who has emerged from the fantasy world will help the main character gain confidence in her powers, which are hidden inside each of us.