Chinghiz Aitmatov
Based on the novel of the same name, the play tell the story of the family of Abutalip Kuttybaev, which occasionally ended up at a tiny station village Bornaly-Buranny at the endless Kazakh steppes in 1953. Soulful story is told by 4 actors and 9 puppets. Their tiny toy world tries to embrace the Universe and its limitlessness: from a camel, which runs alongside railroad track to space ships, which are sent to other galaxies. You are discreetly moved from close huts to a vast spaceport. There is train going just nearby. And then you are already riding the train yourself. Just a minute ago, Asian songs surrounded the stage, and now you are floating in starry space.
The real museum artefacts are present during the play that was created by GULAG History Museum. All of them were collected during expeditions to the former camp sites. A life of a real person lays beyond every prisoner’s plate, lamp from sinister uranium mines of Chukotka, barbed wire, shovel, pick.
Directors
Roman Romanov
Producer
Designer
Olga Shaidullina
Composer
Cast:
Actors
Oleg Shapkov, Evgeny Kozlov
Irina Latushko, Tatiana Sarukhanova.
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