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Plays: "Frank," "I am Marlene," "Protect Your Faces," "Jump," "Roosters," "Mirror," "Check," "Loud," "Chukovsky"
Plays: "Frank," "I am Marlene," "Protect Your Faces," "Jump," "Roosters," "Mirror," "Check," "Loud," "Chukovsky"
Art is eternal, see you at the theater!
PROTECT YOUR FACES
2022 г.
"Who am I? Where am I? Where have I ended up? Where are my belongings?" — these are the questions I've been asking myself ever since I tried to contain the universe within myself...
Saving face is no simple feat, nor is completely transforming it. Behind every face lies a deeper story—about identity, truth, and the essence of being. These themes were explored in Andrei Voznesensky’s play "Protect your faces".
The story of this play is brief yet remarkable: in 1970, Yuri Lyubimov staged a production based on it at the Taganka Theatre. The play was performed three times to great acclaim, only to be banned afterward, disappearing from the stage forever and never again brought to life.
More than fifty years later, Leonid Boguslavsky and the Voznesensky Foundation provided the Gogol Center with a preserved copy of the script. Inspired by this material, director Savva Saveliev created a new adaptation, adding the story of artist Vladislav Mamyshov-Monro, a free spirit with a thousand faces.
Voznesensky’s play is a manifesto of freedom. It questions the purpose of existence, the right to be oneself, and the power of creative expression. There is an astonishing parallel between the spirit of that Taganka and our current Gogol Center’s pursuit of these essential themes. The legacy of the remarkable artist Vladislav Mamyshov-Monro—a truly free individual—serves as a guiding light in our search for answers to these profound questions.
(Savva Saveliev, Director)
General Producer: Leonid Boguslavsky
With support from the Voznesensky Center
The story of this play is brief yet remarkable: in 1970, Yuri Lyubimov staged a production based on it at the Taganka Theatre. The play was performed three times to great acclaim, only to be banned afterward, disappearing from the stage forever and never again brought to life.
More than fifty years later, Leonid Boguslavsky and the Voznesensky Foundation provided the Gogol Center with a preserved copy of the script. Inspired by this material, director Savva Saveliev created a new adaptation, adding the story of artist Vladislav Mamyshov-Monro, a free spirit with a thousand faces.
Voznesensky’s play is a manifesto of freedom. It questions the purpose of existence, the right to be oneself, and the power of creative expression. There is an astonishing parallel between the spirit of that Taganka and our current Gogol Center’s pursuit of these essential themes. The legacy of the remarkable artist Vladislav Mamyshov-Monro—a truly free individual—serves as a guiding light in our search for answers to these profound questions.
(Savva Saveliev, Director)
General Producer: Leonid Boguslavsky
With support from the Voznesensky Center
Author: Andrei Voznesensky
Director, librettist: Savva Saveliev
Director, librettist: Savva Saveliev
- Irina GaChoreographer
- Alexandra KarpeykinaArtist
- Mikhail MyasnikovVideo Artist
- Artem MarkaryanSound designer
- Ivan VinogradovLighting Designer
- Shortparis GroupMusic
- Nadezhda ReizmanAssistant Director
- Ekaterina IsaakovaExecutive Producer
ARTISTS:
- Benjamin SmekhovProfessor
- Alexander Gorchilin
Nastya Lebedeva
Ivan MulinVlad Mamyshov-Monro - Andrey RebenkovOfficial
- Irina VybornovaOfficial, Security Service Employee
- Igor BychkovAlternative Artist, Assistant Professor, Soviet Soldier, Security Service Employee
- Artem ShevchenkoArt Curator, Assistant Professor, Soviet Soldier, Security Service Employee
- Nikita YelenevBard, Assistant Professor, Soviet Soldier, Security Service Employee
- ShortparisMemory
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For collaboration inquiries, please contact:
Telegram: @SavvaSaveliev
E-mail: savvalab@gmail.com
E-mail: savvalab@gmail.com
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PHOTO CREDITS: The Gogol Center, SNOB.
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