Tale of Vanya and the mysterious Russian soul.
Near to us, far or near, the Dragon must certainly live. Even if there is no Dragon, it must be invented.
If there is no Dragon, then who to fight with? Why then need a miracle hero? And we definitely need them! Otherwise, who will help us? .. Who will save us? .. Who will protect us? .. At least in a fairy tale.
Of course, Vanya!
From the story of how miraculously Vanya happened, how he went to a monster filthy (Dragon, then) to search, and how these wanderings ended, you will learn a little more about the mysterious Russian soul.
The play was staged by one of the most outstanding directors of the puppet theater, the main director of the Minsk State Puppet Theater Alexei Lelyavsky. His performances are successfully held in Russia, Belarus and European countries, are participants and winners of the largest international festivals. Austria, Poland, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Serbia, Croatia, Iran, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, this is only a small list of countries where its performances were staged or shown. The performances of Alexei Lelyavsky are always different, not similar to each other. The only thing that remains unchanged is the tremendous talent, inspiration and imagination that accompany his work. This allows him to remain one of the most popular directors in our country and abroad.
The performance "Odyssey", which A.Lelyavsky and A.Vahrameev put in the theater "Karlsson Haus" in 2014 received the Higher Theater Award of St. Petersburg "Golden Sofit" ("the best work of the director") and nominated for the National Theater Award "Golden Mask" ("Best performance", "the best work of the director", "the best work of the artist")
Director: Alexey Lelyavsky
Artist: Alexander Vakhrameev
Composer: Leonid Pavlionok
Actor: M. Shelomentsev / I. Lisitsyn
“ Yesterday I watched in the theater "Karlsson Haus" "VANYA" - the performance - laureate of the highest theater prize of St. Petersburg "Golden Sofit" in the nomination "Best Performance in the Puppet Theater" and "The Best Actor in the Puppet Theater" - Mikhail Shelomentsev. The play "VANYA" is a chamber production for adults, in which a true puppet theater appears in front of the audience, which is rare in our time. The author of the play is the famous Belarusian director Alexei Lelyavsky. Stylish and charming dolls please the eye, and a touching story about the archetypes of Russian consciousness, filled with humor and will not leave anyone indifferent. Near to us, far or near, the Dragon must certainly live. Even if there is no Dragon, it must be invented. If there is no Dragon, then who to fight with? Why then need a miracle hero? And we definitely need them! Otherwise, who will help us? .. Who will save us? .. Who will protect us? .. At least in a fairy tale. Of course, Vanya! From the story of how miraculously Vanya happened, how he went to a monster filthy (Dragon, then) to search, and how these wanderings ended, you will learn a little more about the mysterious Russian soul. "Despite the presence of typical characters of the Russian fairy-tale (grandfather, grandmother, three sons), the performance can not be called just a fairy tale, it's something more - a fantasy on the theme, composed by the protagonist - a pilot who crashed.The story seems unpretentious, A new doll or an object makes the narrative more interesting, lively and understandable.The amazing clay dolls, devoid of any plasticity, acquire specific plasticity and characters of the characters, and actor Mikhail Shelomentsev is both a drunk Otom-narrator, and every hero in particular "