Where to go: 6 best performances of September
"The Thomas Passion"
Where : Theater of Nations
When : 7, 8, 17, 18 September
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The former head of the Yaroslavl theater named after Fyodor Volkov, who is now in free floating, took up the story of another Fyodor - Dostoevsky. The funny and scary story about tyranny “The Village of Stepanchikovo and its Inhabitants” may be familiar to many from school. But Evgeny Marcelli is going to surprise us. He declares: “I want the viewer to gasp: this is a story about me!”
It is noteworthy that the work was selected for the actors, so we can definitely expect it to hit the target. Foma Opiskin, who is often called not a character, but a Russian phenomenon, is played by a brilliant master of grotesque roles, Avangard Leontyev. Besides him, Olga Volkova and Vitaly Kishchenko are announced in the play.
"Field"
Where : "Practice"
When : September 23, 24
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Another premiere. Under the direction of Marina Brusnikina, the star-studded female cast (Paulina Andreeva, Alexandra Ursulyak, Marina Petrenko, Victoria Korlyakova, Yana Gladkikh, Nina Guseva and Anna Zaikova) will play in the play based on the story by Chingiz Ai. Time period: Great Patriotic War.
Marina Brusnikina is a director with a keen sense of literature in general and the word in particular and knows how to both work with modern prose and find relevant works among authors of the past.
What you should definitely expect from the performance is piercing tenderness and transparent sincerity, indecent for today. A simple conversation about love, relationships and pain, which, unfortunately, cannot be avoided.
“I’m afraid to become Kolya”
Where : Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
When : September 10, 28
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Another performance by Marina Brusnikina - but of a completely different nature. An ironic, light and poignant play by the Ural playwright Ivan Andreev won the Eurasia competition four years ago, and for good reason. It sounds not so much the voice of a talented author, but the voices of our contemporaries and young people trying to break out of the vicious circle of clichés.
The main location of the action, a reserved seat car of the Ufa-Ekaterinburg train, becomes a kind of cross-section of Russian reality. The companions of the main character Alik (Danil Steklov) are painfully familiar characters with conversations and discussions about life typical of long-distance routes.
"Misanthrope"
Where : Gogol Center
When : September 27-29
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Latvian director Elmar Senkov staged not a typical Moliere, but a Moliere translated anew by Dmitry Bykov. This adaptation was made specifically for the Gogol Center, and it will surprise those who have seen The Misanthrope more than once. The play, already relevant for any time, began to sound even more piercing and topical, and the images began to seem copied from the characters who surround us every day.
Today's heroes are those who flash on the screens of our smartphones and computers. Beautiful people with beautiful pictures advertising beautiful themselves and their beautiful lives. But the label turns out to not correspond to the content, but only cover it up. Starring the entire color of the Gogol Center: Alexander Gorchilin, Philip Avdeev, Odin Byron, Alexandra Revenko and, and, and.
"Snake Woman"
Where : Theater on Malaya Bronnaya
When : September 29
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This fairy tale story based on the play by Carlo Gozzi, staged by Oleg Dolin, will be interesting to watch for both children and adults. The square commedia dell'arte will not leave anyone indifferent. Indeed, in addition to the fairy-tale plot about the prince and his beloved, there is also a lot of sparkling humor.
The artists famously change roles, masks, outfits, put together a makeshift stage, and use improvised means as props. In general, they do everything so that the audience does not believe what is happening. True, this is precisely what does not work. By the end of the performance, you believe in fairies, and in animated dolls, and in the transformation of a beautiful princess into a snake and back.
"Flying over Cuckoo's Nest"
Where : Ermolova Theater
When : September 22, 23
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Staging a play based on a work that already has a textbook adaptation is a risky business. But Leonid Kheifetz’s student, director Dmitry Akrish, seems not at all afraid of comparisons. And we won’t test him for apprenticeship, but will only be surprised at how relevant Ken Kesey’s novel is today.
What is normal and who is really normal? This is not the first season that Moscow theaters have been asking this question. The role of a patient who disturbed public peace in a psychiatric hospital is played by Nikita Tatarinkov. And in addition to theater artists, students from Oleg Menshikov’s workshop at GITIS also take part in the performance.
Theater activities and acting classes for teenagers
What is better: acting courses or theater studio for teenagers? Moscow provides an abundance of such educational and leisure institutions.
What do classes in such centers give to a teenager? The younger teenage age group is children 10-12 years old. In addition to performing arts, they are taught the basics of directing and screenwriting. The basic principles of drama and the best works of classical Russian and foreign literature are studied. Serious classes in plastic arts, vocals and stage speech are conducted.
In the age groups of 12-14 and 16-17 years old, children are taught socialization and communication skills, teamwork, and personal responsibility. If you have acting skills, studying theater skills will be an excellent help for a teenager when entering a theater university.
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In classes on the basics of stage speech, children get rid of speech defects, if any. Correct articulation and a well-trained voice, competent literary expression of one’s thoughts - this is what classes in the basics of stage speech provide. Plastic arts and dancing will straighten your posture, remove psychosomatic clamps and blocks, and teach you how to control your body.
Classes in a theater studio will also be useful for a teenager who is not theater-oriented. As a result of the training programs, the child will gain useful communication and erudition skills, will gain ease and joy of movement - all together this will give the teenager confidence in himself and his abilities.
"Musketeers"
Another performance for teenagers can confidently be called “The Musketeers” (or “The Three Musketeers”). Who didn’t read the books of Alexandre Dumas as a child? Who hasn't fought in harsh battles next to the brave D'Artagnan and his friends! Boys and girls at all times are close and understandable to the adventures of these heroes, and therefore this performance is invariably in demand.
You can look at the life of desperate musketeers and enjoy wonderful acting and fencing at RAMT - Andrei Ryklin's production lasts exactly two and a half hours. Visitors to the Chekhov Theater also have a chance to watch the unforgettable heroes of Dumas; however, you need to be prepared for the fact that the performance there is much longer - a full four hours and forty minutes. True, the production includes two intermissions. This performance took place for the first time in this theater two years ago, in the fall, so we can say that this is a relatively new performance. Its peculiarity, in addition to its length, is that director Konstantin Bogomolov, when creating his performance, did not use the text of the great French classic. Based on it, a new plot was created, which is characterized by love, detective, and mysticism... To understand the director’s whole idea, you need to watch the play! In addition, wonderful actors play there - Danil Steklov, Igor Vernik, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Irina Miroshnichenko, Roza Khairullina and others. Those who have already seen the production note that it is impossible to remain indifferent. Regardless of whether you like the “trash epic” (this is the subtitle of the play) or not, you cannot disagree with the fact that it is not like anything or anyone.
In addition to RAMT and the Chekhov Theater, “The Three Musketeers” is also shown by Stas Namin. In his interpretation, this is a musical production. Good songs, good actors, a good plot - what else is needed for a wonderful performance? For two and a half hours, viewers have the opportunity to enjoy such actors as Yana Kuts, Alexandra Verkhoshanskaya, Oleg Litskevich and many others.
"Doctor Chekhov"
In the theater at the Nikitsky Gate there is a wonderful performance based on the works of Anton Pavlovich. This is the play “Doctor Chekhov” - the so-called theatrical fantasies. Director Mark Rozovsky carried out a truly titanic work - he “shoveled” mountains of literature, he didn’t just restore Chekhov’s heroes on stage, he made them come alive, and two hours in the hall simply fly by unnoticed. It’s not for nothing that critics call this work a “play-research.”
The production features leading theater artists - Alexander Karpov, Margarita Rasskazova, Vladimir Piskunov, Yuri Golubtsov, Olga Lebedeva. From the stage, viewers can see a dramatization of such Chekhov stories as “The Diplomat”, “Vanka Zhukov”, “I Want to Sleep” and others. In total, the director selected eight wonderful works by the writer from different years for the performance.
Children's theaters in Moscow
Many theaters in the capital successfully stage a variety of performances that children can watch. Before listing some of them, it is worth going into a little more detail about Moscow children's theaters - after all, they specialize in both performances for teenagers and performances for children.
There are a huge number of similar institutions in the capital of our country. Musical performances that will be of interest to both the youngest and older children can be seen by visiting the Natalia Sats Children's Theater - the first theater in the world to show opera for children, by the way. There is also a children's shadow theater in the capital. Don’t think that such entertainment is only interesting for kids. For the older category of spectators, there is also a wide selection of performances, and even teenagers are taken on a tour of the theater and told in detail about the specifics of this type of art.
We should not forget about the theater for young spectators. Moreover, in Moscow there is both a central and a regional one. In both, performances for teenagers are constantly staged, and the extensive repertoire allows you to choose a performance to suit your taste and budget. The puppet theater of Sergei Obraztsov is very popular even among adults. One should not assume that dolls are intended only for very young people: in this temple of art every viewer will find something to surprise.
The theater of the beloved and well-known “Grandfather Durov” and his animals is another wonderful place that is perfect for visiting with children. If animals are loved, then they are loved at any age - which means that even a teenager will not be bored or uninterested in watching funny animals performing a wide variety of tricks and tricks.
Teenagers can see performances based on dramatic works in the A-Z theater. This institution is unusual, firstly, in that they stage non-trivial performances - that is, the repertoire is different from others. And, secondly, the theater has its own children's troupe. And it’s always interesting to look at peers!
It should be noted that in Moscow there are only about one hundred and seventy theaters. More than a third of them are children's. Of course, it is not possible to list everything, but there is absolutely plenty to choose from to take your child there.
Theater schools at theaters - career-oriented studies
Teenagers with artistic inclinations have a direct path to serious training centers at state theater universities. Theater schools at capital theaters provide training for teenagers from 12 to 17 years old. In academic theater institutions, the preparation is quite serious. This is a somewhat age-appropriate training course for theater universities.
Classes in such schools are taught by famous teachers. During the learning process, teenagers are involved in real performances on the theater stage - in fact, universities are preparing young personnel for themselves. As a rule, acting courses at different theaters have similar features and step-by-step training. The training stages are standard. This is stagecraft, speech and plasticity.
"Undergrown"
In the same theater there is another performance for teenagers - based on Denis Fonvizin’s play “The Minor”: “The Minor. RU". An old plot with a modern twist is all that is needed to attract the attention of the children (as an example: the performance uses the music of Shnur, the leader of the Leningrad group). And the relevance of the play in all centuries has been and remains enormous! The production lasts two hours and features Alexander Panin, Irina Morozova, Stanislav Fedorchuk and other equally wonderful artists.
For those who love the Maly Theater, you can go to see “Nedoroslya” there. This performance has been on its stage for quite a long time - more than thirty years. Its duration is almost two and a half hours, and in the performance you can see such actors as Olga Abramova, Mikhail Fomenko, Vladimir Nosik, Maria Seregina, Alexey Kudinovich and others.
Of course, these are just a few of the performances for teenagers that exist in Moscow. The range of performances is incredibly wide - if you have the desire, there will be something to go to!
Genre variety of performances
For some reason, many people mistakenly believe that performances for children are mainly represented by funny, light comedies, where you don’t have to strain your head. This idea is completely wrong. Perhaps this statement is only partly true for the smallest category of spectators - three-year-olds, but even for them, sometimes more serious performances are shown. And there is no need to talk about older children: performances for teenagers are distinguished by a rich genre diversity: these are comedies, dramas, melodramas, adventures, musicals, and operettas... About some performances staged in Moscow for children - just below.
