Moliere's Tartuffe, born in the 17th century, oddly enough, today is becoming more and more relevant. The hypocrisy, hypocrisy, and infantilism of society seem to have reached their peak. Infantilism in this case is expressed in the desire to do whatever it takes in their own way, without thinking about the consequences. At Orgon's house, everyone is busy endlessly sorting out relationships and fighting for spheres of influence. No one notices the approach of a real catastrophe. It looks funny until it gets scary. And who is worse in this story - Tartuffe? or those around him? Society itself creates the Tartufs, who have their own time. This time, sensual seduction, rock and punk aesthetics will not do.
Yuri Muravitsky, director: “I want to rehabilitate comedy, which is considered to be a“ low ”genre. Laughter, like tears, has a cleansing effect. It gives you the opportunity to look at yourself. Our performance plays with the aesthetics of the areal theater, its carnival-farcical nature. For me, the names of those directors whose portraits hang above the entrance to the Taganka Hall are very important. First of all, Bertold Brecht, Evgeny Vakhtangov, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yuri Lyubimov. These names are formed for me in a certain theatrical tradition or rather a direction. It is in this direction that we are moving in our work. ”
Performance team:
Director - Yuri Muravitsky
Artist - Galya Solodovnikov
Composer - Louis Lebe
Lighting Designer - Sergey Vasiliev
Assistant director for working with text - Svetlana Mikhalischeva
Assistant Director of Choreography - Daria Avratinskaya
Assistant Director - Mira Ardasheva
Roles and Performers:
Tartuffe - Roman Kolotukhin
Orgon - Vasily Urievsky
Elmira - Daria Avratinskaya
Mariana - Polina Kutsenko
Valera - Kirill Yanchevsky
Damis - Pavel Komarov
Dorina - Evgenia Romanova
Kleant - Artem Bolotovsky
Mrs. Pernel - Nadezhda Flerova
Loyal - Anton Anurov
Harlequin - Pavel Bessonov
“ I was advised to watch the play Tartuffe at the Taganka Theater, so I went. A happy mistake - the play "Le Tartuffe. Comedy" in the same place. The second Moliere in the next two weeks, which I had fun. Here I did not laugh out loud, but the whole performance sat with a stupid smile under the mask. Moliere painted Tartuffe for a production at the Palais Royal. The director Yuri Muravitsky tried to stage it so that the king would laugh too. The actors, like puppets, in the brightest costumes with masked faces painted beyond recognition, that is, they were turned into characters of the commedia dell'arte. Carnival and farce, masquerade and fun. The costumes are a separate delight, the artist Galya Solodovnikova worked on them. The play was presented at the Snob magazine prize and he received it. I deservedly confirm. And now I have to take a ticket for another Tartuffe.