The Aquamarine Theater is still very young, but it has already managed to fall in love with small spectators and their parents. Here, musicals for children and circus performances with dancing fountains are very successful.
About the theater
Musical Theater "Aquamarine" began its creative life in 2012. The first performance is “Kashtanka” by A.P. Chekhov. The artistic director is Nina Chusova.
Aquamarine is a mixture of music, circus and theater. Good tales reign here. As soon as you cross the threshold of this wonderful place, miracles immediately begin. Before the performances, as well as during the intermission and at the end of the action, children are met by funny characters from their favorite fairy tales, with whom you can play interesting games and take pictures. Also, children are waiting for free ice cream, a sea of balloons, rides, face painting, sweets and the real Kingdom of crooked mirrors.
The Aquamarine Theater is a hall designed for 591 spectators, it is cozy and has a good lift, so that everything that happens on the stage will be perfectly visible from any place. Armchairs are equipped with special pillows for young visitors. The theater’s website has an interactive hall layout. On it you can see how the scene will be visible from the selected location. It is very comfortable. There is a cafe in the theater where you can drink aromatic tea or coffee, as well as enjoy delicious sandwiches, cakes, crunch popcorn, enjoy cotton candy and, of course, ice cream.
Artists and creative team
Aquamarine is a large creative team, in which both large and small theater and circus artists work. The musical Treasure Island employs 48 people, seven of whom are the most talented boys playing Jim Hawkins. Each role is played in turn by several actors.
Artistic director Nina Chusova served as an actress in the theater of the city of Samara, then received a second education already as a director. After which she worked as a guest director in different cities. She is famous for being an acting teacher of the 7th season of the popular TV show Star Factory, as well as the chief director of the 18th Golden Mask Award Ceremony.
Yuri Kataev is Nina Chusova’s long-standing theater partner. At Aquamarine, he is a production director. Kataev was an actor in the Samara theater, then served as an assistant director at the Mossovet Theater and the Theater of Nations, taught acting and stage movement at the Academy of Culture of the city of Samara. He collaborated with Nina Chusova as a plastic director since 2006.
The songwriters for the productions are Vladislav Malenko and Alexey Mironov. The latter takes part in performances as an artist. Vladislav Malenko is an actor by education. He served in the Taganka Theater, and is also the leading and author of such popular TV shows as “Under 16 and older ...” (Channel One), “Dolls” (NTV), “Serve Russia” (Star) and so on. Repeatedly awarded medals by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Defense.
Also in this creative team are the stage designer Oleg Dobrovan, production designer Vladimir Martirosov, choreographer Natalya Golovkina, costume designer Anastasia Glebova and Taras Mikhalevsky - a lighting designer.
Repertoire
The Aquamarine Theater has existed for only a few years, so its repertoire is not too large. From the productions now on the stage in Broadway mode (daily) there is a musical for children “Treasure Island”. In June 2015, the premiere of another performance will take place. It will also be a musical, the main roles in it will also be performed by young artists. It is called The Ballad of a Little Heart. As for the show "Dancing Fountains", the repertoire includes such performances:
- "Enchanted city";
- "The Legend of the Sun";
- "Magic dreams";
- "Song for Christmas";
- "The shining world";
- "The sky under the dome";
- "Sail".
"Treasure Island"
An exciting and grandiose musical based on the famous novel by R. Stevenson offers its viewers "Aquamarine" (theater). “Treasure Island” is a story about pirates, about the boy Jim, about treasures, about nobility, courage, a dream, honesty, devotion and freedom. Children and adults will plunge into the world of exciting adventures and will follow with a bated breath what is happening on the stage. In addition, the performance will delight you with exciting tricks, fights, unusual scenery and special effects, beautiful songs and dances, entertainment and brightness. Due to the fact that the musical is interesting, it has been going on for several seasons with constant success and will delight its audience for a long time.
Dancing fountains
The Aquamarine Dancing Fountain Theater offers interesting shows. Amazing artists will give an unforgettable experience. In the show of dancing fountains, spectators are waiting for numbers performed by trainers, clowns, jugglers, acrobats, and skaters. Dizzying tricks, colorful costumes, funny jokes, animals that understand the language of people - all this with stunning light and video effects to beautiful and good songs.
The Aquamarine Fountain Theater is a unique project in Russia that has no analogues. Only the best artists, professionals in their field are performing here, their numbers are spectacular, amazing, vivid and enchanting. And also everyone will be uplifted by funny animals that can do tricks no worse than acrobats. Each show is an interesting story with a unique musical accompaniment, with stunning rooms performed by magnificent artists.
The second floor of the theater is occupied by the Museum “Clowns of the World”, which contains figures of these comic characters from very small to very large (in human height) who juggle, blow bubbles, train animals, and remove makeup from their faces. All of them are from the personal collection of V.A. Akishina.
"Ballad of a little heart"
Musical Theater "Aquamarine" is preparing to present in June 2015 the premiere of a new musical for children "Ballad of a Little Heart". This is a story about two children - Yulka and Alyoshka, who live in an orphanage and expect that one day they will have parents who will love them. The boy and girl become real friends, they are always ready to lend a helping hand to each other. This is a true story about children's hearts, about angels and colors, about ships and letters, about children's tears and dreams, about happiness and loneliness ...
Reviews
Spectators who have visited the Aquamarine Theater leave a large number of reviews on the Internet. Parents who brought their children to the musical “Treasure Island” note that they like the performance, they watch it with enthusiasm, although it takes a long time. Also, laudations relate to the game of actors, which is called nothing short of wonderful. Little spectators, having watched the musical Treasure Island once, dream of visiting it again.
A lot of reviews have also been written about the Aquamarine Theater of Dancing Fountains on the Internet. Viewers say that both children and adults like the show. All numbers are interesting and exciting, and the artists perform at the highest professional level. Parents who brought their children to the show note that it is rarely possible to see a performance that is made at such a high level as Dancing Fountains.
Location
The metro station, next to which is the "Aquamarine" (theater), is Kuntsevskaya. Address: Ivan Franko street, house number 14. The theater is located almost near the metro itself - only 350 meters on foot. In front of the Aquamarine building there is a convenient parking lot for those who arrive by car.