Author and director Savva Saveliev reimagines the core literary theme of Soviet postmodernism. While Erofeev’s hero journeys by train from Moscow to Petushki, this production features five central characters, with the setting relocated to the waiting hall of Kursky Station. Fragile souls, strangers to one another, await their train and transform this pause into a collective session of psychotherapy. It becomes clear that they share more in common than they realize, and only through their connection with each other can they rediscover happiness.

Savva about his play: "One of my favorite books is ‘In the Depths of November’ by Tove Jansson. The Moomins leave their home, yet its warmth draws together the lonely residents of the enchanted valley. ‘Petushki,’ in a way, explores this same theme. Our performance is a hymn of empathy, sung in a loud whisper."

The soundtrack is composed by the group "Bomba-October" — Vasily Mikhailov and Igor Ushakov. Vasily Mikhailov describes his latest album, "My Dear Macabre", from which several songs are featured in the performance: "It’s an overloaded, sometimes avant-garde, sometimes playful journey through labyrinths of fears, hopes, and poetic reflections that leads to the summit of a mountain — cold, solitary, and breathtaking."