To the barrier!

«To the barrier» - a joke performance based on two of the most famous humorous plays by A.P Chekhov «The Bear», «The Proposal».

In a number of literary anniversaries of 2018 almost unnoticed remained a round date - the 13Oth anniversary of two jokes of genius, the famous one-act comedies of A. Chekhov «The Proposal» and «The Bear». Temirtau did not pass by this date: the theatre for children and youth presented a new stage interpretation of these plays, creating a joke performance «To the Barrier!», which is played in a chamber format.

Here the familiar Chekhovian text is framed by unpredictable ironic interludes of shadow theatre, actively working on the director's idea of parodying Shakespeare's tragic techniques. Sudden is the very first visual image of a scaffold with an axe. However, after a moment it is clear that it is not a scaffold... And the items of furniture and props in the production sometimes behave quite unexpectedly for the audience: a chair suddenly turns into a woman, a plaid into a baby, and the portrait in the drawing room reveals something quite fantastic.

Actors:

Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov - Vladimir Khomutov
Natalya Stepanovna - Anastasia Agafonova, Irina Malchikhina
Ilya Vasilyevich Lomov - Nikita Kolesov
Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov - Vladimir Khomutov
Elena Ivanovna Popova - Nina Sytina, Natalia Ershova
Luka - Roman Guzhel
Portrait - Mikhail Maskalyuk