Director: Pavel Ursul
Cast: Mikhail Efremov, Mikhail Krylov, Mikhail Politseymako, Pavel Sborshchikov, Maria Kozakova / Ekaterina Smirnova, Vladimir Maisuradze, Timofey Savin
Performance with intermission Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
The cult performance based on the cult novel "Chapaev and Emptiness" is one of the most successful and non-standard performances on the modern Russian stage.
Unusual literary material, bold direction and stellar cast have enjoyed incredible success with the public for 15 years now.
The unpredictable Mikhail Efremov as Chapaev, the virtuoso Mikhail Krylov as Pyotr Void, the merry fellow and showman Mikhail Politseymako as Kotovsky, the young and talented Maria Kozakova as Anka the machine-gunner, and the brutal handsome Pavel Sborshchikov as Serdyuk. Undoubtedly, this is exactly the case when the sum of all the terms is greater than each actor individually.
Staging a performance based on Pelevin is not just a challenge. After all, to embody on stage an action that “occurs in absolute emptiness” is not an easy task. But the creative trio - Evgeny Sidikhin, Alexander Naumov and director Pavel Ursul - skillfully gave out their vision of the sensational novel, because the production is understandable even to those who have not read the book. And, judging by the longevity of the performance, it succeeded!
The viewer finds himself between two worlds, in one of which - the hero commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his squire Petka are trying to figure out the expediency of everything that happens in the universe, and in the other - a patient of a psychiatric hospital is in the world of his surrealistic dreams.
Other “psychos” are also included in the incredible game: a bearded man introduces himself as Just Maria and goes on dates with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a group of patients led by Kotovsky “eats mushrooms in search of an eternal buzz” ...
Despite the seeming recklessness of the plot, "Chapaev and Emptiness" is a philosophical performance, piercingly sad and, at the same time, incredibly funny and modern. Theater and film stars Mikhail Efremov, Mikhail Politseymako and the rest of the actors involved in the production manage to meticulously unite all the eras in which events unfold - the civil war, the modern psychiatric hospital and the great Void, into which the heroes finally go ...
Description
On May 23, 2018, the comedy performance CHAPAEV AND THE VOID based on the novel of the same name by Viktor Pelevin will be shown on stage at the Moscow Musical Theater. Unusual acting heroes - the inhabitants of a psychiatric hospital will give you a good mood and make you laugh for three whole hours!
"Chapaev and Emptiness" is one of the most successful and non-standard performances on the modern Russian stage. Unusual literary material, bold direction and stellar cast have enjoyed incredible success with the public for 15 years now.
The unpredictable Mikhail Efremov as Chapaev, the virtuoso Mikhail Krylov as Pyotr Void, the merry fellow and showman Mikhail Politseymako as Kotovsky, the young and talented Maria Kozakova as Anka the machine-gunner, and the brutal handsome Pavel Sborshchikov as Serdyuk. Undoubtedly, this is exactly the case when the sum of all the terms is greater than each actor individually.
To stage a performance based on Pelevin is not just a challenge. After all, to embody on stage an action that “occurs in absolute emptiness” is not an easy task. But the creative trio - Evgeny Sidikhin, Alexander Naumov and director Pavel Ursul - skillfully gave out their vision of the sensational novel, because the production is understandable even to those who have not read the book. And, judging by the longevity of the performance, it succeeded!
The viewer finds himself between two worlds, in one of which - the hero commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his squire Petka are trying to figure out the expediency of everything that happens in the universe, and in the other - a patient of a psychiatric hospital is in the world of his surrealistic dreams.
Other “psychos” are also included in the incredible game: a bearded man introduces himself as Just Maria and goes on dates with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a group of patients led by Kotovsky “eats mushrooms in search of an eternal buzz” ...
Despite the seeming recklessness of the plot, "Chapaev and Emptiness" is a philosophical performance, piercingly sad and, at the same time, incredibly funny and modern. Theater and film stars Mikhail Efremov, Mikhail Politseymako and the rest of the actors involved in the production manage to meticulously unite all the eras in which events unfold - the civil war, the modern psychiatric hospital and the great Void, into which the heroes finally go ...
It is now possible to buy tickets for the cult performance Chapaev and Emptiness online on the iCity.life website.
Actors and performers:
CHAPAEV - Mikhail Efremov,
Petka Emptiness - Mikhail Krylov,
KOTOVSKY - Mikhail Politseymako,
SERDYUK - Pavel Collectors,
ANKA - Maria Kozakova / Ekaterina Smirnova,
JUST MARIA - Vladimir Maisuradze,
PANIC - Timofey Savin.
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A cult performance based on the cult novel by Viktor Pelevin
Date: May 23
Venue: Moscow Musical Theater
Start: 19:00
"Chapaev and Emptiness" is one of the most successful and non-standard performances on the modern Russian stage. Unusual literary material, bold direction and stellar cast have enjoyed incredible success with the public for 15 years now.
The unpredictable Mikhail Efremov as Chapaev, the virtuoso Mikhail Krylov as Pyotr Void, the theater and film star Gosha Kutsenko as Kotovsky, the young and talented Maria Kozakova as Anka the machine-gunner, and the brutal handsome Pavel Sborshchikov as Serdyuk. Undoubtedly, this is exactly the case when the sum of all the terms is greater than each actor individually.
Staging a performance based on Pelevin is not just a challenge. After all, to embody on stage an action that “occurs in absolute emptiness” is not an easy task. But the creative trio - Evgeny Sidikhin, Alexander Naumov and director Pavel Ursul - skillfully gave out their vision of the sensational novel, because the production is understandable even to those who have not read the book. And, judging by the longevity of the performance, it succeeded!
The viewer finds himself between two worlds, in one of which the hero divisional commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his squire Petka are trying to figure out the expediency of everything that happens in the universe, and in the other, the patient of a psychiatric hospital is in the world of his surrealistic dreams. Other “psychos” are also included in the incredible game: a bearded man introduces himself as Just Maria and goes on dates with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a group of patients led by Kotovsky “eats mushrooms in search of an eternal buzz” ...
Despite the seeming recklessness of the plot, "Chapaev and Emptiness" is a philosophical performance, piercingly sad and, at the same time, incredibly funny and modern. Theater and film stars Mikhail Efremov, Gosha Kutsenko and the rest of the actors involved in the production manage to meticulously unite all the eras in which events unfold - the civil war, the modern psychiatric hospital and the great Void, into which the heroes finally go ...
Actors and performers:
CHAPAEV - Mikhail Efremov,
PETKA EMPTINESS - Mikhail Krylov,
KOTOVSKY - Gosha Kutsenko,
SERDYUK - Pavel Collectors,
ANKA - Maria Kozakova / Ekaterina Smirnova,
SIMPLY MARIA - Vladimir Maisuradze,
PANIC - Timofey Savin.
All fans of bright and non-standard productions should definitely watch the play Chapaev and the Void. Through the very unusual scenery and costumes, the non-standard situations and the uncertainty of what is happening, the most important thought and the need to know oneself run like a red thread. The play was staged based on the work of the same name by V. Pelevin, a Russian writer who became a cult during his lifetime. This is one of his loudest and brightest works, and putting it on stage is a great difficulty for the director, but M. Didenko undertook to cope with this task.
The work is interesting in that everything in it takes place in absolute emptiness - this is the first such work of its kind. It is not easy to convey the absolute emptiness on the stage, so the scenography of the performance deserves special praise. Hurry up to get tickets for the play Chapaev and the Void to personally see the story on the verge of everyday life and reality, somewhere between the past and the present, on the border of Asia and Europe. However, it does not matter when and where the events take place - it is important whether the characters can learn to comprehend themselves. The director warns that his performance is not an attempt to retell the book, it is just a commentary on the novel, a vivid illustration to it, so only those who are well acquainted with the original work will be able to fully understand everything that happens on the stage.
Viewers get the opportunity to go through a difficult path together with the characters, solve some of the mysteries of the famous work, delve into themselves and draw very important conclusions and observations. All this makes the performance important, exciting and worthy of close attention.
