Performance "Blagovolitelnizy" (Les Bienveillantes)
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik/ Malaya Bronnaya Theatre
"Blagovolitelnitzy/ Les Bienveillantes" — the first performance in Russia based on the same name novel by Jonathan Littell, one of the most discussed novels about World War II and the Holocaust.
This is a story about the war through the eyes of SS officer Maximilian Aue, who against his own will becomes the embodiment of evil, and then comes to terms with his role. Not a Nazi fanatic, but a cog in a terrible state machine, he has seen concentration camps, the occupied Caucasus, the destroyed Stalingrad and the fall of Berlin, and for him these are peculiar psychological stages. We do not see the war as such in the play: there are no Nazi or Soviet symbols, and documentary is minimized in the artistic portrayal. The director's intention here coincided precisely with the author's main wish for the production: this is a play, first and foremost, about people and how trauma affects them.
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik/ Malaya Bronnaya Theatre
"Blagovolitelnitzy/ Les Bienveillantes" — the first performance in Russia based on the same name novel by Jonathan Littell, one of the most discussed novels about World War II and the Holocaust.
This is a story about the war through the eyes of SS officer Maximilian Aue, who against his own will becomes the embodiment of evil, and then comes to terms with his role. Not a Nazi fanatic, but a cog in a terrible state machine, he has seen concentration camps, the occupied Caucasus, the destroyed Stalingrad and the fall of Berlin, and for him these are peculiar psychological stages. We do not see the war as such in the play: there are no Nazi or Soviet symbols, and documentary is minimized in the artistic portrayal. The director's intention here coincided precisely with the author's main wish for the production: this is a play, first and foremost, about people and how trauma affects them.
Performance "Cherry Orchard"
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik / big stage of Malaya Bronnaya Theatre
Act I. A large pavilion - a hall hinting at a monumental and soulless past (marble floors, high ceilings, a heavy chandelier, oppressive geometry of space). However, upon closer examination it becomes clear that this is a child's room. All the walls of the room are hung with collections of dissected insects - the boy was interested in entomology, loved frozen dead beauty - a hint at an unhealthy atmosphere in the house, which unconsciously affects the child's psyche. The room is not inhabited, nothing has changed here since Grisha's death, five years have passed.
For me, this play is about the difficult and painful process of abandoning the past and the hopeless attempt to enter an unstable and uninspiring future. The play is about people who have nothing to hold on to during the transition to a new stage of life, a situation that is hopeless for those who are used to living yesterday. In the space I wanted to show the presence of a cold mystical energy that presses, not allowing anyone to breathe freely. This is the once lively but now frozen space of a Сherry orchard.
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik / big stage of Malaya Bronnaya Theatre
Act I. A large pavilion - a hall hinting at a monumental and soulless past (marble floors, high ceilings, a heavy chandelier, oppressive geometry of space). However, upon closer examination it becomes clear that this is a child's room. All the walls of the room are hung with collections of dissected insects - the boy was interested in entomology, loved frozen dead beauty - a hint at an unhealthy atmosphere in the house, which unconsciously affects the child's psyche. The room is not inhabited, nothing has changed here since Grisha's death, five years have passed.
For me, this play is about the difficult and painful process of abandoning the past and the hopeless attempt to enter an unstable and uninspiring future. The play is about people who have nothing to hold on to during the transition to a new stage of life, a situation that is hopeless for those who are used to living yesterday. In the space I wanted to show the presence of a cold mystical energy that presses, not allowing anyone to breathe freely. This is the once lively but now frozen space of a Сherry orchard.
Performance "Denk ich an Freiheit in der Nacht"
set designer
director Konstantin Frank
Brotfabrick Berlin Weißensee
The play is based on the biographies of people with prison experience, and their participation in the play as actors.
set designer
director Konstantin Frank
Brotfabrick Berlin Weißensee
The play is based on the biographies of people with prison experience, and their participation in the play as actors.
Musik clip NAND «SOS»
production designer
set designer
Berlin
production designer
set designer
Berlin
Performance "Соседи/ Суседзi" ("Neighbours")
set designer
director Sergey Gindilis
Theatre DOC.
Documentary verbatim performance dedicated to the events in Belarus in August 2020. The performance tells the stories of those who suffered from the actions of the security forces after the elections in Belarus.
In the performance, created using the headphone verbatim technique, we look at Belarusian events through the eyes of their direct participants. The actor hears the voice of the hero in the headphones and reproduces it in real time, which ensures the maximum degree of reliability of speech and intonation. The form of such a performance implies openness and constant addition of new materials.
The premiere of the performance was twice disrupted by security forces.
set designer
director Sergey Gindilis
Theatre DOC.
Documentary verbatim performance dedicated to the events in Belarus in August 2020. The performance tells the stories of those who suffered from the actions of the security forces after the elections in Belarus.
In the performance, created using the headphone verbatim technique, we look at Belarusian events through the eyes of their direct participants. The actor hears the voice of the hero in the headphones and reproduces it in real time, which ensures the maximum degree of reliability of speech and intonation. The form of such a performance implies openness and constant addition of new materials.
The premiere of the performance was twice disrupted by security forces.
Performance "LEAR`S DAUGHTERS"
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik
Boyarsike Palati (Union of the Theatre Workers)
Elaine Feinstein's text "Lear's Daughters", written in collaboration with the "Woman's theater group", is one of the main dramatic feminist statements of the second half of the 20th century. The play is based on Shakespeare's plot, where Goneril, Regan and Cordelia became hostages of Lear's patriarchal system.
set designer
director Mikita Ilyinchik
Boyarsike Palati (Union of the Theatre Workers)
Elaine Feinstein's text "Lear's Daughters", written in collaboration with the "Woman's theater group", is one of the main dramatic feminist statements of the second half of the 20th century. The play is based on Shakespeare's plot, where Goneril, Regan and Cordelia became hostages of Lear's patriarchal system.
