The Chekhov Moscow Art Theater will tour Irkutsk Region and stage four plays based on works by Chekhov, Turgenev, Astafyev and Vampilov. Audiences will see Duel, A Noble Nest, The Passing Goose and Last Summer in Chulimsk, and the actors will also hold 12 creative meetings and master classes for young actors and students.
The MKhT tour will open on August 28 and 29 with a stage version of Anton Yakovlev’s Chekhov play “The Duel.” On August 30 and 31, the troupe will present the production “The Noble Nest” based on Ivan Turgenev’s novel. On September 1 and 2, audiences will see the play “The Migratory Goose” based on stories by Viktor Astafyev. And the tour will close on September 4 and 5 with Alexander Vampilov’s play “Last Summer in Chulimsk.”In addition to the performances, MKhT actors Eduard Chekmazov, Kristina Babushkina, Yulia Chebakova, Valery Troshin, Olga Litvinova, Marina Brusnikina, Pavel Vashchilin, Natalya Egorova, and Stanislav Druzhnikov will hold 12 creative meetings and master classes for young actors from the city’s professional and amateur theaters, as well as students of the Irkutsk Theater School.
Vitaly Baryshnikov noted that during the days of the MKhT tour, the Irkutsk drama theater will present the plays “Boeing-Boeing,” “Dinner à la Française,” and “Romeo and Juliet” in Ust-Ilimsk and Bratsk.
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region