«THE TASTE OF CHERRIES»

How often on trains do we tell our life stories to random fellow passengers? A long journey and the steady rhythm of the wheels invite confession.

This is a story about how He and She found themselves in the same compartment. Both have recently gone through a divorce. In midlife, they share worries and memories, trying to understand why their lives turned out this way, who their former spouses truly were to them, and why love slipped away. Or maybe it didn’t - and something can still be mended?..

Within a single compartment, in a matter of moments, laughter turns into tears, joy into bitterness; holidays give way to weekdays, youth to maturity. To the sound of live music, the train will carry you into a warm spring scented with blossoming cherry trees - where tender stories unfold about a Man and a Woman, confused yet still holding on to faith in love.

Characters and Cast:

Male role - Vyacheslav Balashov
Female role - Viktoriya Pavlenko

Stage Director
Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Vitaliy Grishko

Production Designer
Laureate of the National Theatre Award «Sahnager»
Sergey Meltser

Costume Designer
Laureate of the National Theatre Award «Sahnager»
Lyubov Vozzhenikova

Musical Design
Live band «Helicon project»

Music Performance
Arslan Omarov, Aybek Ushurov, Yan Tomingas

Accompanist
Marina Voronova

Ballet Master
Yulia Basheeva