People started to come to the final performance of the 12th International Theatrical Festival “Voices of History” in Kirillov an hour prior to it. When the actors of the Vologda Drama Theatre entered on the scene, the stands were packed to capacity.
The play that was included into the additional program “Echo of the Festival” promised to be very interesting. It was about three things that accompanied human relations – money, craftiness and love. Spectators could see a typical Soviet communal flat and its residents. Their life was so rich in events that one more character – a policeman - appeared there very often. They always drew parallels with the events that had taken place far back in the past with participation of famous historical figures.
People liked the comedy based on the works of Mikhail Zoshchenko. They laughed, constantly applauded the actors and even took part in the performance. Six characters aroused such interest that time flashed by. Nobody wanted to part with the flamboyant dwellers of the communal apartment.
Zurab Nanobashvili, artistic director of the Vologda Drama Theatre, shared his impressions of the event: “We have been presenting the performance “Money. Craftiness. Love” in our chamber theatre for a long time. We would like to bring large plays to Kirillov, for example, “Hamlet” or “Richard II”. But it is connected with certain problems – both technical and financial. I hope that we will find opportunities to do it in future, especially taking into account that Kirillov is located not far from Vologda. At least, we have taken the first step. It is great that “Echo of the Festival” has reached Kirillov. It is a good idea to come and to perform in the museum. You feel the life in a different way here. The audience is sincere. I saw that nobody was bored. We were also lucky with the weather: it rained in the evening, and suddenly, like in a fairy tale, it stopped to rain just 15 minutes before the play”.
In the evening, museum employees received grateful comments and requests to hold such events like the Theatrical Festival “Voices of History” in future.
Members of the group “Far Out Frequency” performing in the genre titled acoustic ethno-fusion appeared on the museum scene right after the play. Young musicians use ethnic instruments from different parts of the world. They adapt and interlace the sounds of these instruments in the improvisation creating unique music that reflects various styles. In Kirillov, the group used the Iranian santur (Vadim Batura), percussion (Mark Pykhov) and the Moroccan instrument (Ruslan Nesterov).
