Family WEEK-END in Salute Automatic translate
“We planned that on-site performances of Moscow theaters will be held in every cultural center (House of Culture) in the outlying districts… Of the latter - the Moskvich Cultural Center with the October Revolution festival, co-invented with the Open Stage. So I think that this will develop… ”- said in one of his interviews Sergey Kapkov, head of the capital’s Department of Culture.
Inspired by the success of the October Revolution, we continue to promote theatrical art outside the Garden Ring. From November 29 to December 1, in the usual Tushino sleeping area, celebrate the Family WEEK-END Festival.
Among the many productions, within the framework of the Festival, the premiere of a plastic performance by the famous director and choreographer Giedrius Matskevičius, based on the tales of G.Kh., will take place. Andersen and restored by the choreographer of the Plastic Drama Theater T.M. Borisova - "The Seasons". This is the story of the little Prince, who, accompanied by the Fairy in love with him, and Stork’s best friend from his “Country of Childhood”, goes on a journey in search of True Love. Fairy-tale heroes fall into different kingdoms and go through numerous trials of human passions and vices that await us in life at certain stages of it.
The play includes music by A. Vivaldi, I.S. Bach, L. Beethoven, E. Bodensatz, B. Britten, H.V. Gluka, C. Debussy, S. Kalosha, V.A. Mozart, A. Nemtin and others.
Guests of the event will also have a unique opportunity to see a real hit among the productions of the Meyerhold Center - “Alice and the State”. Events unfold around student Alice, who fails on an exam on the basics of state and law. Moreover, it literally fails - into the labyrinths of the Russian bureaucracy. Then Alice is faced with the state, but not in theory. Lewis Carroll characters have a recognizable connotation. There are flowers here, Roza Naumovna, Lilia Sergeevna and Margarita Semenovna, who at the entrance are thinking about housing and communal services problems. There is also a deputy Caterpillar, inventing new interesting laws in smoke clubs. Alice will be invited to the Swamp Tea Party and try to arrest Patrol.
A play by Sasha Denisova. Director Alexei Zherebtsov. Performed by: Inna Sukhoretskaya, Alexander Gorelov, Andrey Smirnov, Daria Demidova, Anna Rud, Oleg Tolkunov.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Friday 29th November
19:00 Performance "Therefore" (The kindest theater). Big scene
The performance about poets included graduates of the Russian University of Theater Arts GITIS, but also actors, directors, playwrights and writers - the Golden Mask 2012 winner in the nomination Experiment, young playwright and columnist of the Russian Reporter Sasha Denisova, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, writer Arkady Arkanov. The heroes of the play are young poets Kostik, Bystry and Decadent, not finding poetry in the modern world, go on an unusual journey in time and space, where they reflect on the fate of Pushkin and Brodsky, Tsvetaeva and Voloshin, Ovid and Okudzhava, trying to realize and feel their place in today’s reality to restore the broken connection of time.
Authors and performers: Arkady Arkanov, Sergey Aronin, Sasha Denisova, Miriam Sekhon, Monika Santoro, etc.
Saturday November 30th
11:00 Performance for children "The Theater of the Theater Spectator" (Open Stage). Big scene
This is an interactive theater and educational project for students. In the form of a visual theatrical lecture, the actors tell and demonstrate to children the various types and genres of the theater, indicating their distinctive features and features. Based on excerpts from the most famous works of the world repertoire, such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, Tosca, Carmen, etc., the artists will explain the basics and hallmarks of the theater to young viewers. They will tell you what the main features and differences of various theatrical genres are, how the theater begins, how it ends, in which cases it is appropriate to throw flowers, and in which tomatoes should be thrown. Director Arseny Epelbaum.
19:00 The Seasons ballet (Open Stage). Big scene
The plastic performance of the famous director and choreographer Giedrius Matskevičius, based on the tales of G.Kh. Andersen ("Swineherd", "Snow Queen", "History of the Year", "Shadow", "Snowdrop", "Road Comrade" and others) and restored by the choreographer of the Plastic Drama Theater T.M. Borisova. This is the story of the little Prince, who, accompanied by the Fairy in love with him and Stork’s best friend, from his "Country of Childhood" goes on a journey in search of True Love. Fairy-tale heroes fall into different kingdoms and go through numerous trials of human passions and vices that await us in life at certain stages of it. The play includes music by A.Vivaldi, I.S.Bach, L. Beethoven, E. Bodenšac, B. Britten, H.V. Gluck, C. Debussy, S. Kalosz, V. A. Mozart, A. Nemtin and other
Sunday 1st December
11:00 Performance for children "Clown Sapiens" (Theater of Taste). Small scene
This is a good performance of the clown-mime, a student of Vyacheslav Polunin for the whole family. It is musical and touching. Once in the hall, the audience turns out to be guests in the clown’s house, where they manage to spy on his life a little. After the performance, you understand that the art of theatrical clowning is not a fair booth, and a clown is not a mask. With the help of pantomime, an eccentric, a parody, a puppet theater, he talks about very serious and, even, philosophical things. This is a unique genre that is understandable and interesting to people of all ages and nationalities. This art exists and develops, giving pleasure to all viewers.
19:00 Performance "Alice and the State" (Meyerhold Center). Big scene
Student Alice fails on an exam on the basics of state and law. Moreover, it literally fails - into the labyrinths of the Russian bureaucracy. Then Alice is faced with the state, but not in theory. Lewis Carroll characters have a recognizable connotation. There are flowers here, Roza Naumovna, Lilia Sergeevna and Margarita Semenovna, who at the entrance are thinking about housing and communal services problems. There is also a deputy Caterpillar, inventing new interesting laws in smoke clubs. Alice will be invited to the Swamp Tea Party and try to arrest Patrol
A play by Sasha Denisova. Director Alexei Zherebtsov. Performed by: Inna Sukhoretskaya, Alexander Gorelov, Andrey Smirnov, Daria Demidova, Anna Rud, Oleg Tolkunov.
About the organizer
“Open Stage” is a project created on the day of support for young directors who are actively engaged in the search for a new theater language.
With the support of the Open Stage and the Government of Moscow, such distinguished directors as Mindaugas Karbauskis, Evgeni Kamenkovich, Yuri Kantomirov, Dmitry Krymov, Anatoly Ledukhovsky, Karen Nersesyan, Dmitry Petrun, Nikolai Roshchin, Viktor Ryzhakov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Vladimir Skvortsov, Alexander Ogarev, Harold Strelkov, Boris Yukhananov, Igor Yatsko and others.
Official site of the “Open Stage” project www.o-stage.ru