The tiny theatre in The Fountain House was set up four years
ago. Three plays were already staged here. St.-Petersburg actors and children
are engaged in plays, also puppets are used; it is an alternation of phonograms
and live guitar playing, unobtrusive using of ‚dell arte‘ elements and
the traditions of home theatres staging which took place at the beginning of
the century. In the twinkle of an eye spectators became involved into the action
that they can watch at arm’s length.
One of the characteristic features of the tiny theatre connected
with the peculiarities of the museum’s space is the fact that it is thematically
linked together with the exhibition. It is single whole including an interactive
tour through the exposition with a performance at the end.
The first play of the tiny theatre was ‚The tree which
makes your dreams come true‘. It was performed at the exhibition ‚Christmas
dreams‘ in 2003 – 2004. Based on the only fairy-tale written by U. Folkner
‚The magic tree‘ this play combines sincerity and irony, sadness and
humor, naive childish philosophy and getting to the simple truth.
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Director: Larisa Artyomova.
St.-Petersburg actors engaged in plays: Anastasiya Artyomova, Ekaterina Minulina,
Andrey Obarukhin, Pavel Ryabenkov, Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Shaposhnikov,
Ruslan Smirnov
Musicians: Pavel Ryabenkov, Igor Lunev, Dmitry Tykvin, Oleg Molev
and children: Nastya Aleksandrova, Alya Timonina, Andrey Chirkov
Bookings can be arranged by telephone: 579-72-39
WONDERS FROM THE CASK
This Christmas project (2004-2005) was dedicated to the 200th anniversary
of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth. The play shows new sides of the famous
tale-teller’s creative work and tells about his unknown works.
A SHRED OF ZANGEZI'S MANUSCRIPT
The play ‚A shred of Zangezi’s manuscript‘ is an audacious experiment
of the theatre. The play is after Velimir Khlebnikov’s book ‚Zangezi‘.
Search for a new way of expression which would be clear for anybody all over
the world is the principal theme of the play and the exhibition ‚For a voice.
The book of 1920s’ avant-garde‘
