Director - Svetlana Zemlyakova. The author of the stage design is Denis Sazonov. The light designer is Sergey Vasiliev.
In the performance are busy: Maxim Sevrinovsky, Maria Berdinskikh, Denis Samoilov, Yuri Polyak, Olga Borovskaya, Vitalis Semyonovs, Polina Chernyshova, Vladimir Logvinov, Ksenia Kubasova and Yuri Tsokurov.
The story of writer Oleg Zayonchkovsky is inhabited by people of a small town where almost everyone knows each other. They are different - absurd, funny, rude, affectionate, aggressive and peace-loving, there is among them a writer - a strange, vulnerable, romantic man, but weak-willed.
There are eight chapters in the story and each of them is a story of life, love, parting, funny misunderstanding, sitting with a song under a button accordion, which often end in brawls. Different people, different characters - the flow of life, where each page opens its new face, which makes one laugh, then grieve, and then rejoice at the wit of an unexpectedly resolved situation.
Happen to characters and tragic stories, but in describing them the author avoids strong emotions, they calmly fit throughout life, leaving a mild sadness without tearing and desperation.
In describing these people, their characters, their actions, the author's intonation is kind, slightly ironic, they write about people they know and love, and so indulgently forgive their weaknesses and eccentricities.
Svetlana Zemlyakova, director:
"Oleg Zayonchkovsky writer - novelist was born in Samara. A descendant of an ancient noble family now lives in the suburbs in Khotkovo. In 2004, the OGI publishing house published his novel in short stories "Sergeev and the Town", which entered the final lists of the "Booker-Open Russia" award (2004) and "National Bestseller" (2005).
Time stopped in the small town where Sergeyev lives. The times were mixed and messed up and came "always".
People, unnecessary stories, living far from the Great Deeds and wandering in a space where you still live, or is already dead. The meaning of their existence is apparently to become a fertilizer for the earth, from which a new plant life grows. "
Pre-premiere screenings of the play on the New Stage of the Vakhtangov Theater - on May 24 and 27.
The premiere of the play "Sergeev and the Town" will be held in September 2017.
“ Feeling from viewing as after reading the poetry of Boris Ryzhiy. Poetry and the darkness of provincial life. Constant transitions from tragedy to humor and hope, excellent acting work. Not entertainment, but a thing for the soul.
“ We went to the play "Sergeev and the Town" in the Vakhtangov Theater. Got pleasure. True gratitude for what he saw. The theme of the performance is far from light and airy, but serious. Time cannot be determined right away - whether it is the Soviet era, or the 90s, or the early zero, or, most likely, all together at once - such a mobile “timeless” in which the Russian province is stuck. Different families, different lives, different fates. And people live and do not cease to be human. If you go to an “adult” thing, take your head and heart with you. There is no place to rest. We must worry, think, think how and why. Do not harshly condemn or accept the life of people at that time, but analyze all the circumstances and prerequisites. The game of actors honed to amazement. The performance involved mainly young people. It is laid out, passing all through itself. The performance is long, but it looks very easy and dynamic. The main tractor in the performance is Maxim Sevrinovsky. His voice and manners of the game just fascinate and envelop, taking into the life. As if an acquaintance tells you a very personal story, and you experience it with him. Bravo! Nice and young actress Olga Borovskaya, Maria Berdinskikh, Polina Chernyshova, Ksenia Kubasova. They have roles in different scenes. They have to quickly reincarnate. And how the play is decorated with their voices! Especially distinguished is the voice of Polina Chernyshova, distinctive and strong. We advise everyone to watch the play “Sergeev and the Town”! Especially the residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg, because there are small cities in which noble and honest people live.
“ I really liked the performance. Indeed, prose also responds and the actors play is gorgeous. You look at one breath in anticipation, and what's next, get used to the plot. The first part is more ironic, many funny moments. But in the second, there is more sadness and there is something to ponder about, Perfectly selected music, scenery, interesting stage solutions. Has received huge pleasure!