The performance of the BDT "Drunken", reviews of which are in this article, is a production of Andrey Moguchy based on the play of the same name by Ivan Vyrypaev. He has been on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater since spring 2013.
The play "Drunk"
Reviews on the performance of the BDT "Drunken" come mainly positive. And this is not surprising. This is one of the most outstanding works of this theater in recent years, awarded a large number of awards and prizes. In the BDT poster, the production is still listed. For example, in the near future you can get on it at the end of December.
The performance was awarded the prestigious Golden Mask National Theater Award in 2016 in the nomination for "Best Director's Work", and also received a special jury prize for the brightest acting ensemble. In the same year he became a laureate of the prize of the St. Petersburg Society of Spectators "Theater".
The director was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Drama Theater Andrei Moguchy. The creators note that this is a story that the main thing in life is to learn not to be afraid to live, and also to be able to forgive others and change the world around you. This performance is best described as a philosophical comedy about the knowledge of truth. The epigraph was a poem by Omar Khayyam that the essence is not visible to anyone.
Andrei Moguchy himself noted that this is not a domestic play. It corresponds to Sufi symbolism, tells about the seekers of truth, for whom wine is a stream of divine revelations. Vyrypaev said that when he wrote this play, it immediately seemed to him that he had obtained something meaningful in drama. A new stage in creativity has opened.
Performance director
The director of the play “Drunken” BDT is Andrey Moguchy. It is interesting that he initially graduated from the Institute of Aviation Instrumentation in Leningrad and only in 1989 entered the Institute of Culture at the Department of Acting and Directing.
In the early 90s, he founded an independent theater group called "Formal Theater". In particular, the performances “Petersburg” by Andrei Bely, “Bald Singer” Ionesco, “School for Fools” by Sasha Sokolov were staged there.
Andrei Anatolyevich Moguchy collaborated with the Alexandrinsky Theater, the Finnish Theater Academy, the Shelter of the Comedian Theater, and even worked in opera.
In 2013, he became the artistic director of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. In addition to the performance “Drunk” in the BDT, reviews of which are in this article, he was remembered by the plays: “What to do?” based on the work of the same name by Chernyshevsky, Ostrovsky's The Storm, Governor based on the famous story of Leonid Andreev.
Plot
The main characters of the play are four groups of characters. Spectators find them in the midst of a hard alcohol fume. Among them: the director of the film festival, a girl, a supermodel, bankers, office managers, prostitutes. By the second action, they gradually sober up, meet each other, starting to form new combinations, many experience real spiritual insights.
At the very beginning of the performance, viewers see a dance episode. This is a vivid dance melodrama stylized as Broadway musicals. At the same time, no sound is heard at all, but at the same time the dancers start dancing in a frenzy, and the male corps de ballet is dancing on the verge of madness.
The viewer can only guess that shortly before this, a certain dramatic event occurred behind the scene. Moreover, each scene has its own. But it is precisely this that is the reason that they all get together and get drunk. So, the director of a film festival finds out that he has cancer. The banker, drunk on the anniversary of the death of his mother, admits to a friend that he slept with his wife. And the supermodel arranges a large-scale drinking party on the occasion of the marriage of her ex to her best friend.
The plot of the play “Drunk” is difficult to describe, while great importance is given to this set of scenography. On the stage, we see a ramp that is inclined, on the sides it is limited by metal structures and foam rubber. All this corresponds to the state in which the drunken heroes are. They constantly fall, rise and hang on top of each other. Moreover, in the play, all the characters are maximally individualized with their own special degrees of intoxication, stages and shades of drunken fumes.
Heroes of the play
Separately, you need to talk about the most striking characters in the play. Laura gets drunk to speech loss. The audience remembers her wordless pantomime when she is standing on the stairs, holding onto the railing with all her strength, constantly waving her hand and trying to insert at least a word into the conversation or silently crying out for help.
Drunk Carl makes himself and his friend Gustav into gods. Karl has a cunning eye, with which he observes the girl in the second act, cuddles with her, but constantly looks at Laura. So the test of feelings and the strength of the relationship is arranged.
One of the most striking is the bachelor party scene of office managers. Expectedly, prostitutes come to him who take their place in the very center of the table. The most sober in this company is the prostitute Rosa, who calmly sits and quotes replicas from Iranian art house cinema.
Ultimately, all four episodes are united by a sudden white clown named Mark, who amazes everyone with his panic runs. Most recently, he found out that he has cancer in an inoperable stage.
In the second act, most of the characters are sober, their speeches become more meaningful, they begin to find contact with each other, but at the same time on the stage there is still a certain detachment.
Actors manage to convey to the audience the magical energy of the word.
Karina Razumovskaya
One of the main roles in this production is played by the domestic theater and film actress Karina Vladimirovna Razumovskaya. She appears in the role of Martha. This is a beautiful girl, whose plot is 21 years old.
She is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts. After graduation, she began working at the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she still works.
Fame came to her relatively recently, but most of all she became recognizable after the role of the head of the criminal investigation department Viktoria Rodionova in the series "Major".
In BDT, Razumovskaya Karina Vladimirovna is involved in many productions. For example, "The Night Before Christmas", "Whim", "Merry Soldier", "Black Comedy", "School of Taxpayers", "Mercy", "Three Sisters", "Ekaterina Ivanovna.
Valery Degtyar
Many actors of the "Drunk" BDT play played vivid and memorable roles. Among them is People's Artist of Russia Valery Degtyar. He got the image of the director of a major international film festival named Mark. He is 46 years old according to the script.
Valery Degtyar began his theatrical career at the Komissarzhevskaya Theater. Since 1997 he has been working at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. Played several dozens of roles in films and TV shows. His most memorable works are the multi-part mystical thriller "Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone", the drama by Andrey Malyukov "Grigory R.", the military drama by Dmitry Meskhiev "The Battalion".
Varvara Pavlova
On the BDT poster, many viewers are attracted by the big names of the actors involved in the production. Among them, it is worth noting Varvara Pavlova, who plays the 30-year-old model of Laura.
Pavlova is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts. Since 2004, is a permanent actress BDT them. G.A. Tovstonogov. It is noteworthy that she was not seen in films and TV shows.
On the stage, it is worth noting her roles in the performances “Squaring the Circle” - Capitolina, “On Foot” - Vika, “Black Comedy” - Carol Melkett, “Mary Stuart” - cameraman, Vassa Zheleznova “- Lyudmila,“ Station Warden “- Dunya,” Women’s Time "- a seller of flour," Alice "- a member of the choir," Measure for Measure "- Isabella.
Alena Kuchkova
A bright role in the play "Drunk" was played by Alena Kuchkova. She got the image of a 30-year-old friend of Laura named Magda.
Kuchkova is 29 years old. She was born in Perm, but mastered the acting profession at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts. The role in the production of "Drunk" at the moment remains one of the most successful and prominent in her creative career.
Tovstonogova came to the Bolshoi Drama Theater in 2014. Since then he regularly takes part in most productions.
Vasily Reutov
The role of Magda’s 35-year-old husband is performed by Honored Artist of Russia Vasily Reutov.
He is a graduate of the Sverdlovsk State Theater Institute. In the late 80s - early 90s he worked in the Chelyabinsk Drama Theater, then on the theatrical stage of Yekaterinburg, Tula, Latvia. He came to the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in 1992. At the moment, remains one of the oldest actors in this theater.
Recently, he has been trying not only as an actor, but also as a teacher. He periodically teaches at the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, also conducts trainings and master classes in acting in private companies.
Ivan Vyrypaev
The creator of the play "Drunk" - Ivan Vyrypaev. This is a playwright and director hailing from Irkutsk. For several years he directed the Moscow experimental theater "Practice".
He is a graduate of the Irkutsk Theater School, worked on the stage of theaters in Magadan and Kamchatka. Since 1998, he has been managing the Irkutsk Theater-Studio "Space of the Game", at the same time he entered the Higher Theater School named after Shchukin.
He gained popularity as a theater playwright not only in Russia but also in Europe. Most famous were his plays "Dreams", "Oxygen" and "Valentine's Day", translated into many languages ​​and going on stages of theaters around the world.
In 2006 he made his debut as a director. He directed the drama Euphoria, which became a participant in the main program of the Venice Film Festival, which received a special prize at the Kinotavr international film festival.
In 2009, his drama Oxygen was released, and in 2012, Delhi Dance. The last film to date has been the drama "Salvation" about a young Catholic nun on a mission to the Himalayas.
Performance reviews
In the reviews of the “Drunken” BDT performance, most viewers and critics note a brilliant acting and a lot of humor, which allows you to take a fresh look at complicated and even serious things. This production really shook many people and gave hope.
But at the same time, there were many negative opinions. Some admitted that they left the theater after the first action, because they were simply disgusted to look at what was happening on stage. Also, some theatergoers noted the vulgarity and vulgarity of the production, which frankly warped many.