"Big Tour" of the Youth Theater
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As part of the international segment of the "Big Tours" program, performances of "Thomasina" and "Our People - Let's Count" will be showcased at the State Academic Russian Theater for Children and Youth named after Natalia Sats.
In the beloved old book from 1957, "Thomasina, or The Cat Who Thought She Was a Goddess," familiar to the older generation of viewers, the ginger cat Thomasina had an ordinary girl named Mary. With an ordinary father who was a veterinarian and an ordinary mother who had passed away long ago. However, there was one extraordinary gift in this story - the gift of love and devotion so powerful that it once saved Thomasina from the clutches of death... Through a recognizable family narrative, the play speaks simply about death, God, and love to the youngest audience.
- In an age where children are immersed from birth in the worlds of Marvel and Harry Potter, it seems important to me to provide them with some alternatives. To amaze them not with wow effects, but with the human warmth and empathy that permeates this story. The main focus here is on human relationships. On care and love for one another. On the miracle when a cold person warms up, - said the director of the play, Alexandra Lovyannikova.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky titled his comedy simply: "The Bankrupt." However, upon the advice of a censor, he renamed it, and the play entered Russian literature under the title "Our People - Let's Count." Merchant Samson Silych Bolshov intended to declare himself bankrupt by transferring his wealth to "his man." But sometimes, to win, it is necessary to play the bankrupt not only in front of his creditors but also in front of his own children.
- For me, this story is not so much about human greed, pride, and fear, but about a desperate attempt by a person to take control of their life, to "grab this world by the horns," to "catch fate by the tail." In this story, good and evil "blur," becoming almost indistinguishable from one another, white turns black and vice versa… In the words of a character from one of Chekhov's stories: "No one knows the real truth," - stated the director of "Our People - Let's Count," Yegor Ravinsky.