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Director's assistants: N. Bondar, I. Yatsynina

Philosophy, history, politics, poetry, concert, show, video, funny, tragic, performance similar to a collage, and yet - a complete author's statement. Its foundation is the history of Russia, and its literary core is poetry from Pushkin to contemporary poets. The viewer will see Minin and Pozharsky, Peter the Great, Nicholas II, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Boris Yeltsin and others. And at the same time, all the action is strung on poetry, which reflects historical circumstances from the Time of Troubles to the present day. An important and unexpected element of the performance will be the Internet, that is, absolutely momentary information on the stage screen. Even the viewer, who will be in the hall, will see himself on the screen in the context of what is happening on the stage.

In addition, choirs, ballet, roller skates are involved in the performance, more than 250 costumes were sewn alone - in a word, we will see all the variety of concert forms in one incredible performance. The viewer will also witness unexpected behind-the-scenes incidents, which, as a rule, remain behind the scenes, see the rehearsal side of the creative process and feel like a direct participant in it. And who are we really: just spectators or nevertheless participants in the great, glorious, and often tragic events in the life of our native country?

In the play are involved:

Duration 2 hours 50 minutes

Photo and video

My acquaintance with the theater "Commonwealth of Taganka Actors" began with the "Concert on the occasion of the end of the world" - a performance where the entire troupe is involved. In my opinion, the perfect start. The concept is as follows: 2012 is ending (which, as we remember, was considered the end of the world) and the theater troupe has a dress rehearsal for the New Year's concert. At first glance, the rehearsal seems to be the most ordinary: everyone is running around, fussing, then one of the artists will be late, then someone will go on stage on roller skates at the wrong time .. But what do the concert participants want to convey to us?

Years ending in "12" always carry something fatal: in 1612 the Poles were expelled from Moscow, in 1812 there was a war with Napoleon, and finally, in 2012, they promise the end of the world. But hasn't it already arrived for us? There is not a single poem or song here just like that, they are all organically woven into the canvas philosophical reflections about Russia, which we have lost, perhaps already irretrievably. For example, first they show a scene from "Boris Godunov": boyars in ancient clothes are on the stage. But under the words

“Boris will wince a little more,
like a drunkard before a glass of wine,
And finally, by your grace
Accept the crown humbly agree;
And there - and there he will rule us
Still"

footage of Boris Yeltsin flashes on the screen behind. And then there is an insertion of a video fragment, where random people are being asked if they know who the monument to Minin and Pozharsky was erected and in honor of what? No one answered - someone does not know, but one young man was sure that they had discovered Siberia. But crowds of people are photographed daily on Red Square :)

I was very unpleasantly surprised by the footage from Youtube, where graduates of one of the main pedagogical universities in Moscow, namely future teachers of literature, are asked elementary questions, for example: “Who wrote War and Peace?”, “How many volumes were there in War and Peace? ”, “Who killed Lermontov?”, and they confuse Pushkin, Lermontov and Tolstoy. What will they teach the next generation? It was also unpleasant, but in a different sense, I was surprised that at the end of this video sequence, the creators of the video slammed the chant of the students of the Russian University of Economics to them. G.V. Plekhanov "Join us - you will immediately grow wiser!" I sincerely hope that it was still a campaign to enter an economic university instead of a humanitarian one, and not the creators of the video confused something and at the same time discredited the students of the university, which I recently graduated from, by the way, myself. The sediment was nasty, frankly. However, this is not the theater's fault, so let's move on.

The audience will see a series of historical events - bloody, heavy, dramatic, and the people who made them. Peter I, who built St. Petersburg on the bones of the workers, Nicholas I, who crushed the Decembrist uprising and ordered their leaders to be hanged, his meeting with Pushkin, at which the poet admits: “Inevitably, sir, all my friends were in a conspiracy, and I would be in inability to get away from them. One absence saved me, and I thank Heaven for that, ”if he were in St. Petersburg, he would be on the Senate. The charming scene of the ball is suddenly replaced by a rock band that performs the song "Leningrad" "When there is no money, there is no love."

The 19th century is followed by the 20th century, and the words of A. Blok promise that it will be even worse:

"Twentieth century ... More homeless,
Even worse than life is darkness
(Even blacker and bigger
Shadow of Lucifer's wing)."

We know what the 20th century cost our country. And it all started from that same Bloody Sunday in January 1905, when innocent workers and peasants, who came with crosses and banners to ask the tsar for equality, were shot on Palace Square. There is nothing surprising in the fact that the next scene - how the dead people rise and sing the "Internationale". But the misfortunes do not end there: people are sent to the front of the First World War, where they are already dying in the hundreds of thousands. Excerpts from the diary of Nicholas II are read out: when people died in the trenches, not even understanding what they were fighting for, he drank tea with his mother. It’s hard for me to judge Nicholas II, in my opinion he really was a useless tsar, but the situation with the execution of the royal family is terrible, this is a response with cruelty to the tsar’s escapism and the innocence of his wife and children.

And I want to dwell on one more scene, which was very difficult for me psychologically. Mayakovsky reads his 1915 poem:

"To you, who live for an orgy orgy,
having a bathroom and a warm closet!
Shame on you for being presented to George
subtract from newspaper columns?!...

Do you, who love women and dishes,
give life to please?
I'd rather be in a bar f****m
serve pineapple water!”

We are again shown a video chronicle of our days, 2009 - a scandalous party in honor of the anniversary of the Russian Pioneer magazine on the cruiser Aurora. The events that the people called the "Sabbath on the Aurora". And so, after demonstrating such a desecration of the symbol of the courage of our sailors, a choir came on stage, singing "What are you dreaming about, the cruiser Aurora?". I saw that many people in the hall really shed tears.

After the intermission, we quickly walked through Lenin and Stalin: how people cried when the leaders died, how, in hunger and cold, thousands stood on Red Square to pay their last respects ... And how conflicting opinions about them are now. I do not agree with all the accents that have been placed: Lenin really put the country on the path out of poverty, on the path of equality, but at what cost ... Revolution and Civil War, NEP, dispossession… My great-great-grandfather was shot, the family was left without property and a horse, great-great-grandmother harnessed herself to the plow to plow at least a small part of the field.

Under Stalin, thousands of people were shot and sent to camps. But the worst thing is that after his death, when the repressed were gradually returned back, they felt complete internal devastation - Stalin was a part of their life, how could it be without him. But Joseph Vissarionovich really was strong man(True, as one of the respondents said, he would be in our country for a week now to put things in order here), but how much he loved children, how much he did for them - the elimination of illiteracy, the development of sports, children's camps ..

Only a couple of minutes of the performance is devoted to the flight of Yuri Gagarin into space. But they dwell very, VERY in detail on the 1990s. The August coup, M. Gorbachev's "abdication", B. Yeltsin's coming to power, Chechnya.. I was born in the mid-90s, so I didn't catch all these events either.

In general, I do not want to delve into modern politics, but about the "Concert on the occasion of the end of the world" I will say that it is a must-attend for everyone who reflects, who is not indifferent to what is happening in our country, who wants to think about both historical and modern events. The story is shown concisely, but the main points are highlighted, in my opinion, perfectly. The transitions between historical and current events are beautifully done, I am in awe. You just need to remember that the vision of the director still plays a big role here, with which, for example, I do not agree on everything. But you have to watch it and form your own opinion. Just come in the right mood. Here you need to be mentally prepared, for example, I have never left the theater with such an oppressive feeling. You involuntarily ask yourself questions: “Why, why does our country have such a difficult fate?” and "What's next for us?"

7 out of 10 for disagreeing with the director's point of view

The basis of the performance is the history of Russia, and the literary core is poetry from Pushkin to contemporary poets. The viewer will see Minin and Pozharsky, Peter the Great, Nicholas II, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Boris Yeltsin and others. And at the same time, all the action is strung on poetry, which reflects historical circumstances from the Time of Troubles to the present day. An important and unexpected element of the performance will be the Internet, that is, absolutely momentary information on the stage screen. Even the spectator who will be in the hall will see himself on the screen in the context of what is happening on the stage. In addition, choirs, ballet, roller skates are involved in the performance, more than 250 costumes were sewn - in a word, guests will see all the variety of concert forms in one incredible performance. The viewer will witness unexpected behind-the-scenes incidents, which, as a rule, remain behind the scenes, see the rehearsal side of the creative process and feel like a direct participant in it. And who are we really: just spectators or nevertheless participants in the great, glorious and often tragic events in the life of our native country?

That's how many times I tell myself - you don't have to go to the theater without getting acquainted: about what, whose script, director, reviews. And then I got, as they say, "one woman said" that this is a cheerful skit.
What a fun there, and even a skit. It turned out that this performance is the whole long-suffering history of Russia.

Having already come home from the theater, I went to the site " Playbill". Here is what the Afisha review of this performance writes:

"Philosophy, history, politics, poetry, concert, show, video, funny, tragic, a performance similar to a collage, and yet - a holistic author's statement. Its basis is the history of Russia, and the literary core is poetry from Pushkin to modern poets The audience will see Minin and Pozharsky, Peter the Great, Nicholas II, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin. , that is, absolutely momentary information on the stage screen.Even the viewer, who will be in the hall, will see himself on the screen in the context of what is happening on the stage.
The performance involved choirs, ballet, more than 250 costumes were sewn. The viewer will also witness unexpected behind-the-scenes incidents, which, as a rule, remain behind the scenes, see the rehearsal side of the creative process and feel like a direct participant in it. And who are we really: just spectators or nevertheless participants in the great, glorious and often tragic events in the life of our native country?

And here is my impression.
Were on 01/22/2015 at this performance. The hall was full house: half of the hall - pensioners from SOBES on preferential tickets, the rest of the hall - students of theater schools.
What can I say, the performance is the history of Russia through the eyes of the communist N. Gubenko. And although we ourselves are already elderly people who have lived through all periods, from Stalin to the present, we completely disagreed with his vision of our history. The activities of Novodvorskaya are shown with denial, and vice versa with sympathy - the coup of 1991.

The performance is very cumbersome, tedious (it takes about 3 hours, given that there is no air conditioning in the theater hall) and this is not even a collage, as they think, but a hodgepodge. The performance is very costly - everything seems to be involved. media: cinema, dance groups, ballet, choirs, jazz bands, pop singers, reciters, etc.
And what the viewer can endure as a result is a complete mess.
The only thing I agree with in the course of the plot is criticism of the failure of modern politicians and the degradation of society and youth, ignorance of their history and culture. But N.N. Gubenko has been at the head of the whole culture for so long, and what...?
No, I didn't like the show. The idea may not be bad, but there is no raisin, that is, Lyubimov's talent.

The only thing that I really liked was the exhibition in the form of stands in the foyer of the theater, telling about its entire history, starting from the 19th century. With photographs and reconstruction of the theater building (once it was a cinema), a chronological listing of all artistic directors, directors and directors of the theater, wars, quarrels and separation. Orders for the theater of the Soviet era, for example, about the salary of Vysotsky -150 rubles, Zolotukhin - 165 rubles. So the exhibition deserves attention, you can’t tell everything.

Still, the Theater of the Commonwealth of Taganka Actors should be visited, after carefully choosing a performance.

There are performances for which prizes are given and awards are given, and there are plays staged to please an undemanding audience. And sometimes there are productions born of our conscience and memory.

Collage, staging, phantasmagoria, historical drama - the performance “Concert on the occasion of the end of the world”, which is taking place in the theater “Commonwealth of Taganka Actors”, is called differently. What does he talk about new job directed by Nikolay Gubenko, artistic director theater? About our past, present or future? Or about the possible end of the world?

According to the author of the text, director of the performance Nikolai Gubenko, the creative idea must find its own unique solution. The content of the performance "Concert on the occasion of the end of the world" dictated to the director the necessary form: a rehearsal. The spectator who comes to the theater becomes an accomplice to what is happening on the stage, watching how the structure of the performance is born out of chaos.

The play is a kind of educational program on history Russian state: from the reign of Ivan the Terrible to the present day. The events are broadcast by the classics of Russian literature and musical art People: Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov. Historical figures pass in a string: from Minin and Pozharsky to the figure of Boris Yeltsin.

Artistic decision of the performance

The first viewers saw the End of the World Concert in April 2014. On the stage, actors, sailors, pioneers, ballerinas in tutus, roller skaters and bloodhounds are conducting a dress rehearsal for the upcoming apocalypse.

Despite the seeming absence of a familiar plot, the production appears to be a holistic statement of the author. An unexpected character for the viewer of the play "The End on the Occasion of the End of the World" in Moscow is the Internet. The screen displays not only historical events and facts, but also what is happening in the hall: the audience can see themselves on the monitor.

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