BLACK RUSSIAN
BLACK RUSSIAN
SPIRIDONOV MANSION
Duration 1 hour 30 minutes
Director Maxim Didenko
Premiere took place on 18 September 2016
CREATIVE TEAM
Composer Ivan Kushnir
Choreographer Evgeny Kulagin
Playwright Konstantin Fyodorov
Stage Designer Maria Tregubova
Costume Designer Evgenia Panfilova
Lighting Designer Igor Fomin
Video artists Oleg Mikhailov, Ilya Starilov
Creative producers Elena Novikova, Daria Zolotukhina
CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS
Masha Ravshana Kurkova / Maria Vorozhi / Elena Nikolaeva
Dubrovsky Artem Tkachenko / Ilya Del / Vladimir Koshevoy
Troekurov Vladimir Del / Andrey Rebenkov
Dunya Nadezhda Igoshina / Anna Nebo
Dubrovsky, coachman Stanislav Rumyantzev / Makhib Gladston
Dubrovsky, bear Igor Sharoyko / Ruslan Shabirov
Arkhip Evgeny Plitkin / Marat Domansky / Anton Kostochkin
Shabashkin Ilya Kiporenko / Stas Rizhevich
Spitzyn Sergey Azeev / Artem Tulchinsky
Vereysky Andrey Rebenkov / Marat Domansky
Dead wife Yulia Loboda
Bear, Vasilisa Ekaterina Dar / Ekaterina Efimova
Lukeria Maria Selezneva / Anastasia Aleksandrova / Natalya Vinokurova
Dead father Anton Kostochkin / Vasily Brichenko
Sasha Vano Mironyan
Arina Irina Bragina / Sofya Lebedeva
An immersive theatrical performance.
A mystical journey through a Russia you have never seen, based on Alexander Pushkin’s unfinished novel “Dubrovsky.”
“Black Russian” takes place in a nineteenth-century mansion in the center of Moscow: at the door you’re handed a mask and invited to follow one of the characters.
Choreography, song, neoclassical music, and video art, staged by Maxim Didenko, one of Russia’s most radical directors, known for unorthodox, postmodern work. Produced by Ecstatic, a pioneer of interactive theatre (creative producers: Daria Zolotukhina and Elena Novikova).
GQ, Vogue, and others hailed it as the most important theatre event of the season.
PRESS
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Сноб — Спектакль Максима Диденко «Черный русский» (2016)
The Moscow Times — Immersive Theater Takes Hold in Moscow (2016)
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Interview Russia — «Черный русский»: репортаж с репетиции (2016)
Sub-cult — Black Russian: с широко открытыми глазами
Men’s Life — «Черный русский»: полное погружение в театральное действие