“All life is a theater, and the people in it are actors.”
Shakespeare said, and how right he was!
In life we ​​are scriptwriters and directors.
And they themselves play the main roles.

But each of our performances is not endless,
And may we still live in it,
But we still understand that it is not eternal
Our fabulous and blessed dream.

Well then, my friend! More roles await us!
Don't cry and don't hold on to your past...
The lights went out and the tour was over
In the theater called “Our Life“...

World Theater Day, celebrated annually by ITI Centers and international theater societies March 27, installed in 1961 in Vienna on the initiative of the delegates of the IX Congress of the International Theater Institute (MIT) (French Institut international du théâtre) - international theater organization, established by UNESCO in 1948 in Prague (Czechoslovakia), uniting national centers in 100 countries.

People have always gravitated towards performances. No one can say when they arose, just as no one knows when myths and legends arose. Mention of the first theatrical production dates back to 2500 BC. The first theatrical play took place in Egypt, the plot was based on images of Egyptian mythology - the history of the god Osiris. This was also the beginning of a long and strong connection between theater and religion.

As you know, the word “theater” comes from the ancient Greek word theatron (θέατρον), which means “a place where people watch.” The ancient Greeks believed that the whole world is just theater stage, in which the actors play their role and disappear behind the scenes, that everyone comes from heaven and goes back there, having fulfilled their destined role and destiny. Therefore, it is not surprising that so much attention was paid to the theater. IN Ancient Greece theater, which was of great importance in people's lives, began to take shape as an art already in the 5th century BC, clear definitions of tragedy and comedy, as well as others, were established theatrical forms. Stage performances in those days were maximally saturated with high, heroic and solemn cosmologism, and mythological images were used.

Theater is a form of art as well as a building designed for performance dramatic works in front of the public. Traditionally includes a stage - the area where the action takes place - and auditorium. A stage designed to maximize the use of scenery is usually framed by a portal. The opposite extreme - protruding into the hall naked scene, surrounded by seats for spectators on three or even four sides. However, dramatic performances can be held without such a structure. Traditionally, the theater plays the two most popular genre- comedy and tragedy, the symbols of which were theatrical masks.

Russian drama school rich and varied. Many experts agree that it is unique and serves as a model for imitation and study for many foreign schools. The initial, playful stage originates in clan society and ends by XVII century, when, along with a new period of Russian history, a new, more mature stage in the development of the theater begins, culminating in the establishment of the permanent state professional theater-palace “Ostankino” on July 22, 1795 in Moscow on the estate of Count Nikolai Sheremetev.

“Theater Day” is a professional holiday of theater workers: actors, theater directors, producers, lighting engineers, sound engineers, set assemblers and even ticket takers and cloakroom attendants - because, back on January 23, 1933, in his letter to the Moscow Art Theater cloakroom workshop, the great Russian theater director and teacher acting skills Konstantin Sergeevich Stanislavsky: “...the performance begins from the moment you enter the theater building. You are the first to meet the arriving spectators...” This quote has evolved over time into catchphrase: “The theater begins with a hanger,” which implies the following: in the theater workshop there is no minor roles and professions.

The Soviet Union received membership in the International Theater Institute back in 1959, when the Soviet Theater was created in Moscow, on the basis of the All-Russian Theater Society. National Center International Theater Institute. Since 1961, the USSR, and then Russia, have been a permanent member of its executive committee.

In Ukraine, traditionally on occasion International Day theaters are held theater festivals, are awarded artistic groups, theaters show their best performances. Despite the fact that World Theater Day does not have Russian Federation official state status, officials at the highest echelons of power in the Russian Federation do not skimp on this day with congratulations and compliments addressed to the workers of the country's theaters. In some regions, government officials award theater workers with certificates of honor, cash prizes, thanks and valuable gifts, but such cases occur much less frequently.

Testament of Orpheus. 1960. France. Jean Cocteau

Every year, the International Theater Institute invites a famous theater figure to address the world community with a certain message, an international appeal. The first international message in honor world day theater was written in 1962 by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French writer, screenwriter, theater and film director.

Robert Lepage at BAM

In 2008, such a mission was entrusted to the famous Canadian theater director Robert Lepage, who spoke about the fact that there is no need to fear the advance of technology on theatrical stage. "Technology is at the heart of theatre; it should not be feared, it should be embraced. Preservation and survival theatrical arts depends on its ability to change using new tools and new language", the message said.

International Theater Day is not just a professional holiday for stage masters, it is our holiday - a holiday for millions of caring spectators. For lovers of theatrical art, “Theater Day” is also a real holiday, because all kinds of festive events in “temples of culture”, various theater festivals are timed to this day, and some theaters try to present premieres of new performances on this day.

Igor Guberman also marks March 27 as “Theater Day” in his calendar.

Sweeping away our destinies like rubbish,
without thinking about those who are doomed,
crazy genius director
all the time new play passionate.

Even plays on the edge
even a little beyond the edge
we play our role
even if we don't play.

By the way, if you are interested in how Burunduk is connected with the theater, then I can say that it is direct:

Our beloved, dear birthday boy, came to us

I will never grow old as long as the gypsy choir sings

8e MAPTA (label, my design)))

8e MAPTA. I'm on the left

hussar ballad ballad

Although the performances were chamber, they were a resounding success with the public.

And finally, a joke
There is a premiere at the Bolshoi Theater, tickets for the performance are sold out long in advance.
A respectable man (M) with his wife (F) approaches the administrator (A) and politely says:
M: Girl, could you help us? The fact is that I am an esthete, my wife is a philologist, and we would really like to attend the performance today...
A: Sorry, but there are no tickets.
M: You probably didn’t quite understand me. You see, I am an esthete, my wife is a philologist, and we, as educated people, we attend every premiere at the Bolshoi Theater.
A: But what can I do? All tickets have long been sold out.
M: But it is simply vital for us to watch the premiere, because I am an esthete, my wife is a philologist, so it is very difficult for us to live in a society in which cultural values ​​are being lost...
The dialogue continues in the same vein for about five minutes, finally, the wife gets tired of it, and she begins to whine pitifully:
Zh: Vasya, eh, Vasya? Or maybe, well, screw this show? Let's go to the cinema, shall we?
M: (to his wife) - Shut up, fool!
(to the administrator): Girl, you understand, I am an esthete, my wife is a philologist...
option:
Voice from behind.
- Comrade, well, they explained to you that there are no tickets. What is unclear here? Come next time.
- FUCK YOU! FUCKING CABIN... madam, you see, I'm an esthete..

Ecuadorian authorities have denied Julian Assange asylum at the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained by British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why are they taking revenge on Assange and what awaits him?

Australian programmer and journalist Julian Assange became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, which he founded, published secret documents from the US State Department in 2010, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But it was quite difficult to find out who the police, supporting by the arms, were leading out of the building. Assange had grown a beard and looked nothing like the energetic man he had previously appeared in photographs.

According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange was denied asylum due to his repeated violations of international conventions.

He is expected to remain in custody at a central London police station until he appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Why is the President of Ecuador accused of treason?

Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called the current government's decision the biggest betrayal in the country's history. “What he (Moreno - editor’s note) did is a crime that humanity will never forget,” Correa said.

London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has triumphed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. “The hand of “democracy” is squeezing the throat of freedom,” she noted. The Kremlin expressed hope that the rights of the arrested person will be respected.

Ecuador sheltered Assange because the former president had left-of-center views, criticized U.S. policies and welcomed WikiLeaks' release of secret documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to personally meet Correa: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.

However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, and the country set a course for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange “a stone in his shoe” and immediately made it clear that his stay on the embassy premises would not be prolonged.

According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador for a visit. Then everything was decided. “You have no doubt: Lenin is simply a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans on the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador is supposedly continuing the dialogue,” Correa said in an interview with the Russia Today channel.

How Assange made new enemies

The day before the arrest editor-in-chief WikiLeaks Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. “WikiLeaks uncovered a large-scale espionage operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy,” he noted. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transferred to the Donald Trump administration.

Hrafnsson clarified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks released this information. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.

Assange's expulsion was preceded by the corruption scandal surrounding Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published a package of INA Papers, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. Quito said it was a conspiracy between Assange and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.

In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior at Ecuador's London mission. “We must protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all boundaries in terms of violating the agreement that we came to with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack.” ". At the same time, back in February last year it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, his Internet access was cut off.

Why Sweden stopped prosecuting Assange

At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was because of Washington’s position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.

In May 2017, Sweden stopped investigating two rape cases in which the portal’s founder was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900 thousand euros.

Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Where did the investigation into the rape case lead?

Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to receive protection from American authorities. But he was investigated for rape. In November 2010, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.

In February 2011, a British court decided to extradite Assange to Sweden, after which a number of successful appeals followed for the WikiLeaks founder.

British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding whether to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, ​​which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own claims against the WikiLeaks founder.

What awaits Assange now?

The man was re-arrested on a US extradition request for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Head of the British Foreign Ministry Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.

In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of April 11. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. British authorities are likely to seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.

At the same time, Swedish prosecutors are considering reopening the rape investigation. Attorney Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the victim, will seek this.

Muscovites will be able to meet Galina Volchek at Sovremennik, play in the play “Running” by the Taganka Actors’ Commonwealth and listen to the pre-premiere reading of “The Inspector General” at the Et Cetera Theater.

The Moscow Department of Culture will hold a “Night of Theaters” on March 26. Almost 60 city theaters will present their programs. They will host not only repertoire performances, but also master classes, creative evenings famous actors and playwrights, excursions into the world behind the scenes.

Muscovites will be able to attend any event for free. You must make an appointment in advance by calling the theater help desk. Registration will also take place through the official websites of the platforms and their pages in social networks. Registration will open on March 20 at 12:00.

What to see on the main site

The start of the “Night of Theaters” will be given on Sunday, March 26, at 22:00 at the Moscow Cultural Forum in Manege. There, guests will see productions by the Drama and Directing Center about four eras - the revolution, the Great Patriotic War, the thaw and today. Poems will sound famous poets who worked during these periods. Excerpts from their most famous productions in the Manege will be shown by the Moscow Operetta Theater (the play “Free Wind of Dreams”), the Roman Viktyuk Theater (the plays “Phaedra” and “The Venetian”), the Moscow V. Mayakovsky Theater (sketches from the 95-year history of the theater) . During breaks between performances, artists from the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, the Praktika Theater and the Gogol Center will perform for the guests. At the end of the “Night of Theaters” in the Manege, the team of the “Ballet Moscow” theater will present a fragment of the play “Cafe Idiot” - winner of the Russian National Theater Award " Golden mask- 2016.”

Creative meetings and memorial evenings

A popular format of events at Theater Night is meetings between directors and actors and audiences. This year you will be able to attend a meeting with the head of Sovremennik, Galina Volchek. She will communicate with the audience on the small stage of the theater for two hours, from 20:00 to 22:00. Actor Gennady Saifulin will meet with the audience at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, and an evening in memory of actor Alexei Petrenko will be held at the Modern Theater. Actresses Larisa Guzeeva, Anna Ardova, Ekaterina Volkova, singer Ninel Shatskaya, actors Valery Barinov and Alexander Pashutin, as well as composer Vladimir Dashkevich will remember their colleague.

What performances can you attend?

Theater programs are very diverse; not everyone manages to fit entire performances into a series of events. Mostly fragments of productions will be performed on the stage. Those who want to enjoy dramatic art to the fullest should visit the Taganka Actors' Commonwealth Theater. There will be a performance based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “Running” - this is an interactive theatrical game (with the effect of completely immersing the viewer in the action).

Spectators will be invited to split into two groups, each of which will travel through the night spaces of the theater. One of these groups will be led by the “Red Army men”, and the other by the “White Guards”. They will meet in the final - in big hall theater, where historical photographs along with photographs of the play “Running” will be projected onto a huge screen on stage.

A pre-premiere reading of scenes from the play “The Inspector General” can be seen on the stage of the Moscow Et Cetera Theater under the direction of Alexander Kalyagin. And at the Taganka Theater they will present the play “Petersburg” based on the novel by Andrei Bely.

The Theater in the South-West will give two performances: “Moscow - Petushki” poem of the same name Venedikt Erofeeva and a one-man show based on the novel by Nodar Dumbadze “I, Grandmother, Iliko and Illarion.”

To Moscow youth theater under the direction of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, you can go to the play “How the Steel Was Tempered”, and to the Glas Theater - to a literary and historical production “ Grand Duchess E.F. Romanova."

Where will the behind-the-scenes tours take place?

An excursion dedicated to the 90-year history of the theater will be held at Lenkom. In "School modern play“The excursion will be combined with karaoke - after a walk through the theater, guests will be invited to remember and sing songs of the revolution and counter-revolution together with the actors. The night journey will end with a meeting with artistic director theater by Joseph Raikhelgauz, who at his open lecture will talk about the secrets of acting and directing.

Children will be interested in visiting educational excursions V:

— Kuklachev’s Cat Theater;

— “Grandfather Durov’s Corner”;

— Children's theater stage;

— Moscow Shadow Theater;

— Moscow Puppet Theater;

— Moscow Children's chamber theater dolls;

— “Theatrium on Serpukhovka”;

- Moscow Drama Fairytale Theater.

There will be excursions around theater halls, costume and dressing rooms. Guests will be shown how scenery and clothing are prepared for performances, where animals living on stage live and rehearse, how puppets are created for performances, and what is on the other side of the screen in productions where shadows play.

If in most theaters, where it is more interesting for adults to attend, events begin at 21:00-22:00, then in children's theaters they take place from 18:00 to 20:00.

The “Night of Theaters” event traditionally concludes the program of the Moscow Cultural Forum, and also precedes World Theater Day, which is on March 27.

The detailed program of the “Nights”, in addition to the websites of the theaters themselves, can be viewed on the portal, and information about events will appear within a few days.

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For forty-five years now, Lenkom has been setting the highest creative bar for modern theater, being a flagship for other metropolitan groups.

- Mark Anatolyevich, what is the most important thing, from your point of view, happening in Moscow theaters today?

I think that one of the noticeable trends is the emphasis on modern writers. Those who live next to us go through all the ups and downs, hardships and joys of life. In this sense, our performances turned out to be quite fruitful - both “Walpurgis Night” based on the works of Venedikt Erofeev, and “The Day of the Oprichnik” based on the novels of Vladimir Sorokin. Especially “The Day of the Oprichnik”: it is topical, despite the fact that the action there takes place “a hundred years after the premiere.” Generally speaking, life at other Moscow theaters is quite diverse.

- Which of the current capital's directors would you highlight?

Yuri Butusov works interestingly (He staged performances at Satyricon. -"VM") . I sympathize with Evgeny Pisarev (Pushkin Theater, Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, Bolshoi Theater). Sergei Zhenovach maintains the quality mark in his Studio Theatre. I could list more names, but I’m afraid I’ll forget someone and offend someone.

- How Russian theater fits into the context of the world theater movement?

It seems to me that now there is no dominant direction, since there is a focus on diversity. Although recently it seemed to many that one thing was fashionable in the theater and the other was outdated. Now there is no such feeling, but there is a multivariate theatrical search. This trend dominates in Moscow, Russia, and Europe. There are also searches for various stylistic directions. This, in my opinion, is correct and good.

- Twenty-five years ago you said with humor that the price of theater ticket should be slightly lower than the cost of a bottle of champagne. And today?

Now theaters have the right to determine the ticket price themselves. Exists erroneous opinion that the proceeds at the box office are the entire budget. But the Russian repertory theater, unfortunately, cannot exist solely on money from ticket sales. We need government assistance or reliable, definite assistance from patrons of the arts, which has always existed in the theater since the beginning of the 20th century. Moreover, the misconception about the possible self-sufficiency of theaters is so strong that from time to time we hear proposals to remove repertory theaters from state subsidies. Such a decision would be a disaster.

- And what, even the commercially successful Lenkom could not survive in these conditions?

I couldn't. The Mkhat artists, when the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Public Art Theater had just been organized, also thought that they could exist on their own. But this turned out to be a mistake. And if it were not for Savva Morozov, the theater would not have been able to produce the best of its performances - neither at the beginning of the century, nor in the 1920s.

- What then explains the payback of foreign enterprises?

When all resources - financial and acting - are collected under one project (which is impossible in the conditions of the Russian repertory theater), then it can really exist for quite a long time, traveling around the regions. But the enterprise, in principle, has long discredited itself. There are many complaints about it in terms of quality, equipment, scenography, theatrical ideas. And although I respect the manifestation of any scenic searches, this is still not the general direction in the theater. Russian repertory theater is dearer to me.

- Today there is a lot of debate about the new theater reform. Tell me, how do you feel about her?

You know, we look at this with hope, but in relation to other teams. Because they still help Lenkom: we receive a certain amount for the actors’ salaries. We earn everything else with the help of our producers, who provide start-up capital so that we can make a worthwhile performance that can interest the Moscow audience. Which is very difficult today. We've had enough here frank conversation for round table, where the heads of Moscow and regional theaters gathered under the leadership of the president. An example was given there: when someone from close friends comes to Moscow and asks what to see in the theater, experts indicate three to five performances. It’s very difficult to get into this circle, which you absolutely must see and appreciate. And this should be one of the strategic tasks of the capital’s theater in general and Lenkom in particular - to produce performances that could seriously interest the public today.

- What are you going to surprise this audience with next time? They say that you write a new stage fantasy at night...

I'm studying Shakespeare, which I admit I've been afraid of all my life. But now, after Sorokin, I have become bolder. And I think that we can still try, as Evstigneev’s hero said, “to take a swing at our William...” The images of Falstaff and Henry IV are very attractive. I’m not sure that anything will work out and I’ll make an interesting theatrical version. But I’m working on it today and thinking about it.