“Canary Soup” is a comedy performance based on a play by Milos Radovic. In the center of the plot - he and she, who have been living for 13 years in a civil marriage. The performance is touring with great success throughout our vast Motherland. Starring famous artists: Tatyana Vasilyeva and Igor Sklyar.
Plot
The play “Canary Soup” was staged, as already mentioned, based on the play by modern writer Milos Radovic. A married couple who has been living in a civil marriage for 13 years, suddenly decides to legalize relations and submits an application to the registry office. The audience will find answers to questions in this performance. Are there any differences between civil marriage and legal marriage? Can a stamp in a passport guarantee a happy family life for spouses? The characters of the play also ask themselves these questions and try to find answers to them before they are already legitimate husband and wife.
Sparkling comedy, filled with witty jokes and funny dialogs, will allow the audience to laugh and reflect on the problems that many of us face.
As the author of the play says, “this performance is a spicy dish with tears and laughter.”
The couple crosses the registry office, before the registration of their marriage, there is only five minutes left that they spend in thought about whether their decision to become legal spouses was right, whether something will change in their relationship after the stamp appears in the passport, or it’s better to leave it as it is and continue to live in a non-burdensome civil marriage.
This problem has been relevant for many years. Mankind is still arguing and does not find the only right answer to the question of what is better - a civil marriage or a stamp in the passport.
Famous actors who are known for their many works in cinema and theater, People's Artists of Russia Tatyana Vasilyeva and Igor Sklyar will appear in the role of spouses in front of the public. They truthfully and with enthusiasm will tell the life story of a couple in love, what it can become after they enter into a legal marriage: wedding, wedding night, the birth and upbringing of children, old age ... Humor and drama are closely intertwined in the play, it will make the audience laugh and and cry.
Both sides of the coin called “Family Life” will be demonstrated to the viewer by the sparkling, funny and at the same time slightly sad story “Canary Soup” (performance). The music was staged from the repertoire of French artists such as Maury Yeston and Haris Alexiou. It perfectly complements the plot. The transforming scenery of Anastasia Nefedova helps to make the game of actors even more expressive.
Producer
The play “Canary Soup” was staged by theater and film director Roman Samgin. He graduated from GITIS. Initially, Roman was educated as an actor and served in the Lenkom Theater. Then he graduated from the directing department, the course of one of the brightest directors of Russia - M.A. Zakharova. After that he began to teach. Today, R. Samghin works both in the theater and on television. The youth audience is known for such a comedy series as "Univer". It is Roman who is his director. In addition, his works are known to a wide audience and such:
- sketch show on NTV channel “The Pinochet couple”;
- sketch show on the First channel "Nona, come on";
- sketch show on REN TV and Ukraine “Live Will” channels;
- a television series on the REN TV channel "Three on Top";
- sketch show REN TV channel "Fools, Roads, Money."
Roman was awarded the Moscow Debut Prize for his directorial work. And also one of his productions at the Brno Theater Festival won the nomination for “The Best Performance”.
Performance reviews
The most important indicator of the success or failure of a production is audience feedback. "Canary Soup" is very popular with the public. In their many responses, viewers write that he is amazing, sparkling, one of the most "truly theatrical". The performance pleases with the absence of flat jokes. The audience notes that the play itself, according to which the performance is staged, is magnificent.
Director's work is also awarded laudatory reviews. The performance is touching, vital, it makes both laugh and cry. In addition to the main two characters, a mime takes part in the production. His presence does not in the least distract the audience from the main action, and even vice versa - brings a twist and adds different moods.
Tatyana Vasilyeva
The main female role in the play “Canary Soup” is played by actress Tatyana Vasilyeva, a public favorite and winner of a large number of awards for her creative work. She is on the list of the most outstanding actresses in our country. Tatyana Grigoryevna - a graduate of the legendary Moscow Art Theater School. She served in theaters such as the Moscow Theater of Satire, the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater, and since 1996 has been playing at the School of Modern Play theater. T. Vasilyeva played about 120 roles in the movie. The most vivid images of the actress managed to create in the paintings:
- "Duenna";
- "Hello I'm your aunt";
- "Matchmakers";
- "New Year's tariff";
- "Svaty";
- "Happy New Year, Mom."
Vasilyeva Tatyana Grigoryevna conducts active touring and performs in many cities of Russia with various entreprise, including “Canary Soup”.
Igor Sklyar
The play “Canary Soup” in a duet with Tatyana Vasilyeva is played by a talented actor, Igor Sklyar, winner of various theater awards. For more than 20 years he was an artist of the Lev Dodin Maly Drama Theater , and in 2000 he joined the Baltic House Theater.
His very first film role was the film “Jung of the Northern Fleet”, in which he starred as an eighteen-year-old boy, and the film “We Are From Jazz” made him famous. He is also known as a performer of popularly beloved hits: Komarovo, Old Piano and so on, which he sings at various concerts to this day.
Reviews about the actors
The play “Canary Soup” delights the audience with its cast. In the reviews of the admiring public, a lot of laudatory words are addressed to Igor Sklyar. It is called interesting and ingenious. Viewers also note the fact that he is not inclined to rush around the stage too much, he clearly and collectively plays his part, a good acting school is visible in his work.
As for how Vasilyev performs his role in the production of Vasilyev’s Canary Soup, the reviews about her are no less laudable than about the work of I. Sklyar. Spectators call her an actress of rare talent, a genius, her game catches. Although there are those to whom the image that she creates on the stage in this performance seemed somewhat unexpected, nevertheless this fact does not at all cause any negative emotions.