«The Seagull»
About the Performance
Masha loves Kostya. Kostya loves Nina. Nina dreams of becoming an actress. The actress Arkadina loves a writer. The civil servant Sorin once dreamed of being a writer too, now retired, he simply wants to «live». Doctor Dorn does not treat Sorin. He came here not for the patient, but for Arkadina… Soon, the performance staged by Kostya begins. No scenery. An empty space. Why The Seagull again? What answers is a small theatre in 21st-century Kazakhstan searching for in this play for the hundred-thousandth time? What matters more - tradition or experiment? Does talent destroy, or elevate one above the crowd? What is the meaning of life, and how does one survive a crisis - by writing a play about the apocalypse, or by hiding away in a small country estate, fishing by the lake? How do we learn to live in a world where «hate» and «cancellation» have become the norm? Once again, a performance is staged. Once again, it begins with the words: «People, lions, eagles, partridges, horned deer…»
The production of The Seagull was created with the support of Freedom Ticketon, partner of its 25th anniversary season.
About the Director: Galina Pyanova is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at Saint Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences. Director, founder, and artistic director of ARTiSHOK Theatre, one of Kazakhstan’s leading theatre directors, and recipient of Russia’s prestigious Golden Mask Theatre Award. Her productions have been featured at major international festivals, including High Fest (Armenia), Sibiu (Romania), NET Festival and the International Theatre Improvisation Festival (Netherlands), Tampere (Finland), Kijimuna Festa (Okinawa, Japan), Theater der Welt (Germany), Sens Interdit and Off Avignon (France), among others.
About the Playwright: Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer, playwright, publicist, and physician. A world literature classic and one of the most influential dramatists in history, whose works continue to explore the fragile complexity of human existence.
