“ He is alive and glows. I perceive performances as different substances. Quite often as drinks. After one, the soul is cheerful and tickles in the nose, like champagne. From the other, the head becomes heavy, since the bust with the strength, breathes with the consistency of an oak barrel. The third, like a petrol puddle: entertaining drawings that can be looked at with interest, but cannot be consumed inside. Here is the VGIK graduation performance “Timur and his team. Stories about that "based on the story of Arkady Gaidar, for me I felt fresh water from a pump on a sultry summer evening. With water, which you wash off the dust adhering to your face and, folding your hands in a ladle, you try to get drunk. You take one, two, three sips, and the thirst seems to slowly recede. But you drink everything because the water is so delicious! I am very glad that I saw this miracle. I would like to invite all my friends and friends of friends. How well the guys conveyed the atmosphere of that almost calm pre-war summer. And then the story began, or rather stories. The story of how Zhenya and Olya were going to the dacha. The story of how Olya came to the dacha, and Zhenya stayed in the city to finish household chores and send a telegram to dad. The story of how Zhenya did not send a telegram in the city, but tried to find a post office in the village. And there are many, many different stories that fill the entire space of the performance with bright pictures. Gaidar talked about the boys and girls who lived in his time. It is possible that he came up with a lot, but his dreams became a reference point for young people. I would like the current younger generation to have similar examples to follow. The performance is both nostalgia for those ingenuous times and a compass showing the correct direction of movement. Such performances cannot be lost. Great takeoff. I would like to wish you a long flight.

“ For the first time, we visited the theater of the Central Department of the Arts, on the recommendation of a friend chose the play “Old House”. The performance left a complex impression. On the one hand, the brilliant Elena Yakovleva, the wonderful game of all the actors without exception, live music that accompanies the entire performance, an interesting solution to the stage space, the simultaneous presence of heroes on the stage at different ages. From what was not pleasant: the performance was too delayed, often the music did not allow to hear the speech of the actors at the other end of the scene. For some reason, they did not feel shrill nostalgia for a bygone youth, for old Moscow. I thought about the movie "Pokrovskie Gate". A play by L. Zorin "The Pokrovskie Gates" on the same topic as the "Old House", but the impression is different, there is no sense of hopelessness from the clumsy fates of the residents of the communal "Old House"

“ Very strong non-classical performance, where there is no logic at all, but it is very fascinating. I advise those who want to "change their clothes" to recharge

“ I liked the performance. I and my daughter (10 years old) were delighted. About unconditional love, about loneliness, about true friendship and how insignificant words for adults can hurt the soul of children. In short, the play is about everything that may worry teenagers. The feed is awesome. The children sat holding their breath. The optimal age for viewing 10+

“ A beautiful, very lyrical musical performance. Bravo to the director!

“ The duration of this event is not an hour as stated, we left at the interval after the start has already passed 1:40, so that in total it takes about 3 hours. I absolutely did not like Mandelstam's verses trying to sing, with almost one motive. And it's even hard to call a song, continuous howls, at times words were not even intelligible. In my subjective opinion this is a disgusting sight and it is not worth the time spent on it.