William Shakespeare
, translated by David Samoilov,
Renaissance Comedy, 14+

Premiere date: April 28, 2023

The performance lasts 2 hours 20 minutes with an intermission.

The following people worked on the performance:

Stage Director — Sergey Pukhlyakov
Set Design — Sergey Pukhlyakov and Aurelia Georgieva
Stage Fight Director — Alexander Petrov, Artist Emeritus at RM
Costume Designer — Tatyana Dvoretskaya
Assistant Director — Elena Oprinenko
Choreography — Angela Betsishor

Characters and performers:

  • Orsino, Duke of Illyria - Dmitry Dubina
  • Sebastian, Viola's brother - Maxim Gustoy
  • Antonio, the ship's captain, Sebastian's friend - Evgeniy Bognibov, Artist Emeritus at RM
  • The ship's captain, Viola's friend - Vyacheslav Azarovsky, Artist Emeritus at RM
  • Valentina, a warrior lady from Orsino's retinue - Alisa Osinskaya
  • Curio, a courtier from Orsino's retinue - Tatiana Yakovenko, Anastasia Pykălău
  • Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's uncle - Stanislav Binkovsky
  • Sir Andrew Aguecheek - Dmitry Gustoy
  • Malvolio, Olivia's steward - Alexander Shishkin, Maestru în Artă al RM,
  • Feste, Olivia's jester - Alexei Shtyrbul, Sergei Blanita
  • Olivia, the rich countess - Alina Uncu, Anastasia Pycalau, Daria Mazur
  • Viola, the shipwrecked lady who disguised herself as Cesario – Yulia Evstifeeva
  • Maria, Olivia's chambermaid - Olga Sofrikova, Artistă Emerită al RM, Irina Azarovskaya
  • Olivia's second chambermaid is Maria Chebotar
  • First Officer – Adam Rotar
  • Second officer - Daniil Gavrilitsa
  • Priest - Alexander Petrov, Artist Emeritus at RM
  • Sailors – Students of the City Theatre Lyceum named after Y. Harmelin

Synopsis of the performance

The play "Twelfth Night," based on the great Shakespeare play, is one of his finest comedies.
It's elegant, brilliant, life-affirming, full of humor, zest for life, and optimism. The production, directed by Sergei Pukhlyakov, is no different.
It's a play about the joy of life and the vagaries of love. The core of the comedic intrigue in both the play and the performance is a chance coincidence that dramatically changes a person's destiny. The director successfully conveys the idea that, despite all the vagaries of fate, a person must fight for their own happiness.

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