Performance by the G. A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT), St. Petersburg
Habima Theater, hall with up to 930 seats
The show is in Russian with Hebrew subtitles.
Performance duration – 2 hours and 35 minutes, including intermission
Director – Andrey Moguchi, Production – Alexander Shishkin, Lighting Designer – Stas Svistonovich, Set Designer – Zhanna Serdyuk
For ages 18 and up
“The Drunkards” won the Russian National Prize at the Golden Mask Theatre Competition (2016) in the category “Best Directorial Work” (by Andrey Moguchi). “The Drunkards” also received the Jury Prize at the Golden Mask for the Best Cast (2016). The play won the “Theatre Lovers Spectators” award in St. Petersburg (2016).
“The Drunkards” is based on a play by contemporary director and playwright Ivan Virifiyev. The BDT Theater produced it and the director is Andrey Moguchi. “The Drunkards” conveys the message that each of us can learn to live without fear, can love, forgive and change the world around us. The play is a comedy.
On a philosophical note about the search for truth. “Everything you see is only an external form. Do not try to understand what is inside, sit aside and drink wine,” wrote the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.
