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The performance of the Theater of Nations toured half the world and was equally successful everywhere. The lively and witty texts by Vasily Shukshin, the stellar cast and the delicate direction of Alvis Hermanis (Latvia) have created an ideal recipe in which a complex theatrical drawing coexists with the everyday stories of the Russian hinterland, the vivid characters of the stories turn into accurate acting images. In each character, the viewer can recognize himself or his acquaintance. "Shukshin's Tales" is full of nostalgia: the actors do not seek to portray Soviet villagers from the 70s, but try to remember and understand what makes their characters the way they are. Through humor and irony, tragic notes of ordinary human relations emerge here, about which, as a rule, no dramas are written. This production is the debut of the world famous director Alvis Hermanis in Russia. The performance, a laureate of many prestigious awards, has taken part in many major European theater festivals.

There are not many performances that are capable of captivating audiences from all over the world. Latvian director Alvis Hermanis managed to create a unique cocktail of a simple plot, subtle humor and complex theatrical design. The highlight that made the production of the Theater of Nations "Shukshin's Tales" truly unique was the stellar cast.

About the play "Shukshin's Tales"

Shukshin's Stories is not just a play. Actors portraying ordinary villagers from the 70s of the last century manage to reach out to every viewer. After all, many recognize themselves in the heroes. At the same time, the uncomplicated plot is not devoid of subtle psychologism - the main task of everyone who goes on stage is not only to play a talented role, but also to answer the question without words: why is my hero exactly like that and what makes him do this and not otherwise. All this is generously "seasoned" with humor and irony.

And, of course, one cannot fail to note the work of the costume designer, who managed to convey the atmosphere of the 70s as clearly as possible and "immerse" each of the actors in it.

"Shukshin's Tales" at the Theater of Nations is a truly "star" performance. The audience will meet with Evgeny Mironov, Chulpan Khamatova, Alexander Novin, Dmitry Zhuravlev and other famous actors who have appeared not only in the theater, but also in the cinema.

Shukshin's Stories is the only production by Alvis Hermanis in Russia. After that, the name of the talented director "thundered" in Europe more than once. So, for example, in 2016 he presented to the public at once two performances at the Teatro alla Scala - "Madame Butterfly" and "Two Foscari". Nevertheless, Hermanis received the prestigious Golden Mask precisely for his work at the Theater of Nations.

Despite the fact that the premiere of the play took place quite a long time ago, on November 22, 2008, it is still sold out every time, and in order to buy tickets for "Shukshin's Stories" one has to remember the already forgotten Soviet word "get it."

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"Shukshin's Stories" performed by the actors of the Theater of Nations have been stirring the theatrical world of Moscow for more than one year. All art connoisseurs dream to see how an uncomplicated plot turns into an exciting action. This performance is considered one of the best to date. It is no coincidence that he became the best in three nominations of the theatrical awards "Golden Mask" and "Crystal Turandot".

You can endlessly talk about what is happening on the stage. But still this is exactly the case when it is better to see once.

Even if you have never encountered the village life of the seventies ... Even if you do not understand why people around admire the work of Vasily Shukshin. Even if you are wary of theater directors from Latvia ... Even if you nodded in agreement reading the previous sentences, you should still visit the play "Shukshin's Tales" at the Theater of Nations.

An amazingly kind, delightfully lively production will undoubtedly captivate every spectator in the hall. Everyone is comfortable here, because life stories are told not by actors, but by their people.

The director of the play Elvis Hermanis and the artists of the Theater of Nations specially went to the writer's homeland, to the village of Srostki, Altai Territory, in order to better feel the heroes of Vasily Shukshin, immerse themselves in the atmosphere of village life, and look at the world through the eyes of local residents. They visited the residents, took pictures of them, took part in everyday life, while Chulpan Khamatova even lived for several days in a wooden house with local residents.

Photographer Monica Pormale took many photographs of the inhabitants, which became the basis for the set design of the performance. On the stage, in addition to photographs, you can see a wooden floor and wooden benches, on which the hero tells each other stories that happened more than 30 years ago. And although the events took place for a long time, "Shukshin's Tales" are close to every viewer. The production is extremely positive and wise.

The play uses the stories: "Stepkina Lyubov", "Boots", "Microscope", "Mil pardon, madam", "Ignacha has arrived", "Bespaly", "The wife of her husband saw off to Paris", "Cut off", "On Sunday mother -old woman "," Stepka ". A series of stories allows the viewer to discern a holistic picture of the life of these people.

The performance begins with the short story "Stepkina Love". Here we see two village gossips sitting on a bench (Chulpan Khamatova and Yulia Svezhakova), who tastefully snap the seeds and tell how Styopka once, giving a ride to a city fashionista, fell head over heels in love with her. Stepka himself appears (Pavel Akimkin) - a meter with a cap, dressed in a jacket up to his knees, looks with loving eyes at a tall, slender beauty (Julia Peresild) with a false braid. Styopka decides to confess his love to her. Then Stepka's huge father (Dmitry Zhuravlev) appears. Father and son stare awkwardly at the bride, while the gossips chatter with their tongues. And only the grandfather, who turned away on the bench with his back to the audience, now sings a song, then mumbles a nonsense, and then completely shoves them in a fist wrinkled utterly cramped ties. In contrast to other characters, this half-witted grandfather is like a real physiognomy inserted into the hole of a primitive picture. It seems that he was dragged here right from the village stove. The grandfather is played by Evgeny Mironov. In the next story, he appears in the same trousers, jacket and sneakers. This is Sergei from the story "Boots", who came to the city, saw stylish women's shoes, saw and lost peace, and then bought boots for his wife, spending 65 rubles. He did not even think about the size of his wife, the main thing - he made his dream come true.

Changing beyond recognition, alternating outfits, caps, glasses, Mironov, one after another, brings a number of Shukshin's heroes onto the stage. The hero of the story "Microscope" spends all his savings on a microscope - this is how his scientific life attracts him. Front-line soldier Bronka Pupkov lies endlessly that he almost killed Hitler ("Mil pardon, madam"), and Earring from the story "Bespaly" falls madly in love with a nurse.

And for the finale, the director prepared the best story of Shukshin - "Stepka". Styopka missed his home very much, so he escapes from the camp three months before his release. The village is walking, because Styopka has returned from the camp, even the old mother (Yulia Peresild) is dancing merrily and singing ditties, only the mute sister (Chulpan Khamatova) hums, hanging on her brother. But Styopka only once managed to walk in a dance, and is already giving testimony to the policeman, who cannot understand where such fools come from: after all, now they will add two more years to his sentence. "Nothing ... I have refreshed now. Now you can sit," Styopka brushes off briskly. This is how the fun ends imperceptibly and the policeman takes Styopka away, and a mute sister remains on the stage, to whom she just wants to tell what happened next - about Styopka, and about herself, and about everyone, everyone ...

About a special village world that does not allow the slightest falsehood. After all, these simple stories can happen to anyone, they are understandable to everyone, so you should definitely visit the play "Shukshin's Tales" at the Theater of Nations.

Shukshin's Stories is known to be one of the most popular performances in Moscow. The Theater of Nations plays it regularly, but getting there for relatively reasonable money is not so easy. But I was lucky, even though this time I had to walk alone, but when it stopped me. "Shukshin's Tales", among other things, received many Golden Masks in due time, which also says something. In particular, this is the best male and female role, and the best performance. What can I say ... The basis of the performance is absolute minimalism. There is a long bench on the stage, and behind it, in a row, are four scenery photographs. It would seem that we have already begun to get used to screens and projections, and not only in musicals, but also in the drama theater (for example, the “Jubilee of the Jeweler” of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater or “August” of the Mayakovsky Theater). And here is something like a predecessor - large photographs, which, nevertheless, are so expressive that they make an impression and create a sense of presence no less than screens. However, the feeling of belonging is created, first of all, by the actors - the best of the best. No, they don't walk around the hall, small enough, by the way. But they are so lively and convincing on stage that it is impossible not to believe them. Even though Evgeny Mironov has a Mask for his role in this performance, I still think that he is not the soloist in "Stories". Women are much cooler here. And the main and best of women is Chulpan Khamatova! Her reincarnations are something. She easily goes from a seductive swell to an old woman, and from an old woman to a deaf girl. Here she is secondary, she is a storyteller, nibbling seeds, and here she is in the center of the action. Looking at her, you forget about the rest. She changes so much that she literally becomes a different person, with different gestures, voice, movements. Such transformations! I do not remember a more versatile actor in one performance. However, I would describe this actress as an actress with tears in her eyes. She has it, even if she skillfully hides it. Chulpan is beautiful. Point. Evgeny Mironov also changes images like gloves, but he is always recognizable, and there is no such amazing effect of complete transformation. Is it more difficult for men to transform than women? I don’t know, but this performance was directed specifically at women. Even when the male character is at the center of the story, he is always associated with the woman, who immediately comes to the center of the story in one way or another. Men in this performance are too often, very often observers, often weak-willed, funny, changing their minds under the influence of the wind. The men in this play are afraid of the power that women have over them. Men here fall at women's feet and do everything for the sake of women. Men are more often fools here than women. Of course, there are female strange characters here, but still there are more such male characters here. Here are simple chamber plots, simple chamber stories, and the action unfolds on the same bench on which they walk, on which they sit, lie: they do whatever they want. The heroes are touchingly touching and touchingly tragic. Their stories are small, they are tiny stories of unnoticed people. But their feelings, their pain, their grief or their joy are surprisingly clear to the viewer. Because these are human emotions and human experiences. Yes, the characters may be exaggerated theatrically, but they are understandable. In each small episode, a small or growing into a large human experience, often caused by something also of little significance. Something that makes each of us upset or happy in our daily life. And all this is done in such a rustic way ... These heroes are often not young, and if they are young, then they are not good luck. As if the city washes away the best from the village, because there are simply no normal characters, there are simply no ordinary ones here. The urban ones are rather benign, but they are opposed to the rural ones, they are more cynical, but the rural ones are more sincere. The village is nature, it is an approach to the ground, and therefore the heroes are simpler and simpler here. Everything that happens is accompanied by lulling folk music, either simply sounding on the stage, or hummed or played by the actors themselves. I would like to separately note how skillfully the change of images, costumes and even make-up of actors and actresses takes place. Okay, they often dress up or wear wigs. But the actresses sometimes with painted eyelashes, sometimes not, sometimes with nails painted with bright red varnish, then this varnish has already been erased! As soon as we had time to change costumes, make-up: I can't put my mind to it. Amazing. The costumes here are quite simple, but there is beauty and laconicism in this simplicity. Minimum funds, but maximum effect. Many of the actors performing secondary characters are remembered. This is the classic "bugay" Dmitry Zhuravlev, who sometimes plays a completely learned person (paradox), this is Alexander Grishin, who appears in many images, and surprisingly beautiful, but more often here playing unlucky images, Alexander Novin, and very often the loser clown Pavel Akimkin ... And also Yulia Svezhakova, Natalia Nozdrina, who are reincarnating from beauties to witches and back. Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages. The hall at the Theater of Nations is not very comfortable, although the rise on the balcony is quite decent. And when actors play grandparents, it is not always easy to make out the words, and just in action too. Either the acoustics (although it seemed that it was normal, as if it could not be compared with MAMT - there is horror), or the film actors employed here began to lose this skill of theatrical speech. Of course, it is noticeable that this performance has been on stage for many years, now it seems like something else is in vogue. This performance is neutral, it does not flirt and does not speak with modernity. He is warm, calm, peaceful. Even reconciling with reality. There are, of course, performances that I liked a lot more, but I cannot deny that "Shukshin's Tales" is an amazing performance.