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ERMOLOVA THEATRE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Duration 2 hours

Director Maxim Didenko

Premier took place on 30 March 2021

Author Dmitry Glukhovsky

Set and costumes by Galya Solodovnikova

Composer Alexander Karpov

Video Oleg Mikhailov, Ilya Starilov

Choreographer Ira Ga

Lighting designer Sergey Vasiliev

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CAST
Kristina Asmus

Alexey Kanichev

Alexander Kudin

Ilya Malanin

Olga Matushkina

Daria Melnikova

Elena Silina

Artem Tkachenko

Egor Kharlamov

Artem Tsukanov

Joint project of the Moscow Drama Theater named after M.N. Ermolova and producer Leonid Roberman

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“The Text” is the first production based on the novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of several national best-sellers, including “Metro 2033” and “Metro 2034”.

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The story depicts several days in the life of a student philologist, who returned to Moscow after being in prison. During his absence, the technology has changed peoples’ relations, and the phone became the second “I” of a man.

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The fate gives to the protagonist the cell phone of his enemy, drug police lieutenant, who sent him to jail on false accusation 7 years ago.

The protagonist starts the life of another person using his phone…

On stage, this gadget becomes a character of the story together with real actors. And all that is happening during the performance is shot by a camera on a flying drone.