Chapters from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov. Young Spectator's Theatre, Volgograd
The Volgograd Young Spectator's Theatre presented Dostoevsky's boys to the public
The Volgograd Young Spectator's Theatre presented Dostoevsky's boys to the public
Photo: theatre website
The Volgograd Young Spectator's Theatre held a public showing of its new work, Alyosha Karamazov. Actors, directors, cultural workers, teachers and Volgograd residents who had dropped in “toward the light” gathered in the hall.
The production, staged by Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Albert Avkhodeev, is based on the most tragic chapter of Fyodor Dostoevsky's great novel — “The Boys.” Leading actors of the theatre and participants of the children's theatre studio at the Young Spectator's Theatre appear in the performance.
The audience, which filled the hall to capacity, received the performance warmly. Of course, one cannot form a complete and final judgment from a public showing alone. But one thing is beyond doubt: a genuine artistic phenomenon has appeared in Volgograd's theatrical space, one that meets not only society's expectations but also the most contemporary professional requirements. The stage machinery, scenography — a splendid burst by Andrey Medvedev — costumes by our wonderful Elena Orlova, and musical design by Andrey Shishlyannikov, multiplied by the impressive acting — and the actors deserve a separate discussion — have given the city and the world a creation for the long term.
Work on the performance continues. The final — final? — accents will be set on March 1 at the premiere in the Young Spectator's Theatre.
The Volgograd Young Spectator's Theatre will show the relationship between children and the adult world
Young Spectator's Theatre, Volgograd
March 1, 2019
In the 1970s, the remarkable Soviet playwright Viktor Rozov created a play based on one of the novel's storylines, centering on the relationships among adolescents, the theme of eternal moral choice, cruelty and forgiveness. “Times change, but the human soul does not... Fyodor Mikhailovich digs into such depths of our Russian reality,” says the director, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and director of the Volgograd Young Spectator's Theatre, Albert Avkhodeev.
The play is about children's relationships with the adult world, internal contradictions, and the unwillingness to accept someone who stands out from the crowd. This production will be interesting both to the younger generation and to their parents.
To be an individual, to respect the interests of others and defend one's own, not to let oneself be broken by people or circumstances, and to remain human in every situation — is this not contemporary today? Dostoevsky is difficult to embody in his characters, and that is precisely what makes him so interesting.
Photographs by Gennady Bisenov
