The audience still remembers the previous production of «It's Not All Shrovetide for the Cat» with brilliant and unforgettable Vitaly Solomin. This play is considered to be one of the wittiest and finest of Ostrovsky’s works. The new production was staged by director Vitaly Ivanov and features music written by composer Maxim Dunaevsky. The actors of Maly Theatre will tell you quite a memorable and instructive story about the wealthy merchant Ermil Zotych Akhov and his steward Ippolit, who aspire to the hand of a modest, but at the same time determined girl Agnia. The sketches of the XIX century Moscow life are still relevant nowadays.
The performance is accompanied by Russian folk songs performed by Galina Guseva, guitar - Honored Cultural Worker of Russia Mikhail Ivanov and award winner of international competitions Roman Chikaidze.
Performance Director- Vladimir Ivanov
Scenography – Alexander Glazunov
Composer - Maksim Dunayevsky
Costume Designer – Alexei Trefilov
Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov
Choreographer – Anton Leschinskiy
Premiere – March 15th, 2016
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
A comedy in 2 acts
Scenes from Moscow life
The performance runs with one intermission
Roles and actors:
Ermil Zotych Akhov, a rich merchant заслуженный артист России Viktor Nizovoy
Ippolit, Akhov’s steward Vladimir Tyaptushkin
Daria Fedoseevna Kruglova, the merchant’s widow Irina Zheryakova Lyubov Eshchenko
Agnia , Kruglova’s daughter Daria Mingazetdinova
Malania , Kruglova’s cook Nataliya Boronina
Feona, Akhov’s housekeeper and distant relative заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva заслуженная артистка России Tatiyana Skiba
Townspeople Andrey Sergeev Evgeniy Sorokin Vladimir Alekseev Aksiniya Pustylnikova Karina Sakhanenko Alexandra Ivanova Mariya Dunaevskaya Ekaterina Kazakova
The audience still remembers the previous production of «It's Not All Shrovetide for the Cat» with brilliant and unforgettable Vitaly Solomin. This play is considered to be one of the wittiest and finest of Ostrovsky’s works. The new production was staged by director Vitaly Ivanov and features music written by composer Maxim Dunaevsky. The actors of Maly Theatre will tell you quite a memorable and instructive story about the wealthy merchant Ermil Zotych Akhov and his steward Ippolit, who aspire to the hand of a modest, but at the same time determined girl Agnia. The sketches of the XIX century Moscow life are still relevant nowadays.
The performance is accompanied by Russian folk songs performed by Galina Guseva, guitar - Honored Cultural Worker of Russia Mikhail Ivanov and award winner of international competitions Roman Chikaidze.
Performance Director- Vladimir Ivanov
Scenography – Alexander Glazunov
Composer - Maksim Dunayevsky
Costume Designer – Alexei Trefilov
Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov
Choreographer – Anton Leschinskiy
Premiere – March 15th, 2016
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Roles and actors
Ermil Zotych Akhov, a rich merchant заслуженный артист России Viktor Nizovoy
Ippolit, Akhov’s steward Vladimir Tyaptushkin
Daria Fedoseevna Kruglova, the merchant’s widow Irina Zheryakova Lyubov Eshchenko
Agnia , Kruglova’s daughter Daria Mingazetdinova
Malania , Kruglova’s cook Nataliya Boronina
Feona, Akhov’s housekeeper and distant relative заслуженная артистка России Zinaida Andreeva заслуженная артистка России Tatiyana Skiba
Townspeople Andrey Sergeev Evgeniy Sorokin Vladimir Alekseev Aksiniya Pustylnikova Karina Sakhanenko Alexandra Ivanova Mariya Dunaevskaya Ekaterina Kazakova