5 December, 18:00. 9 December, 19:00. Performance
FAIRY TALE OF THE NIGHTINGALE, THE EMPEROR AND THE DEATH
St. Petersburg State Children's Musical Theatre “Zazerkalie (Behind the Mirror”
Running time — 2 hours and 15 minutes
6+
A Taoist parable in two acts and four transformations.
A well-known Andersen’s fairy tale about the events, that take place in Celestial Empire, came alive on the stage of “Zazerkalie (Behind the Mirror)” as an enchantingly beautiful, stylish oriental fairy tale — the Taoist parable that is fraught with the depth and wisdom of simple human truths. Can we always distinguish the voice of a live nightingale from the singing of an expensive mechanical toy, and precious gifts from the gifts of the heart? And are we always ready to meet our evil and good deeds in the face of death?
The play is a laureate of the festival “Theatres of St. Petersburg for Children” of St. Petersburg Branch of Theatre Union and a winner of a Special Prize of the Highest St. Petersburg Theatre Award “Golden Soffit”.
A. Petrov’s play is based on the fairy tale by H.С. Andersen “The Nightingale”
Directed by Alexander Petrov, People's Artist of Russia
Theatre designer —Vladimir Firer, Honored Artist of Russia
Ballet master — Maria Bolshakova
Lighting designers — Honoured Culture Worker of the RF Svetlana Nikolaenko and Elena Maximova
Sound directors - Viktor Lazarev, Dmitry Biryukov
Music by S. Hasanov, A. Nikiforov, M. Ogorodov
Actors engaged in the performance:
Marina Tekhteleva, Honored Artist of the RF Vitaly Gordienko, Kirill Zhukov, Sergei Yermolaev, Anna Snegova, Oleg Nesterov, Philip Shilovsky, Kirill Kostromin, Sergei Patrakeev, Sergei Rumyantsev, Honored Artist of the RF Andrey Matveev, Irina Obrezkova, Pavel Sopov, Daria Korovashkova, Nikolay Pogorelov, Semyon Fatykhov, Irina Gorbacheva, Victoria Romanova, Elena Sushko, Yevgeniya Ispavskaya, Julia Khutoretskaya, Anna Scherbakova, Lubov Golubeva, Ekaterina Efimova, Lubov Okel, Daria Grigorieva, Liliya Gimazova, David Timiraev, Andrey Mikheev, Andrey Bakun, Nikolay Pinsky.
The play is presented by Anna Zhuravleva
