Project
Walpurgis Night, or the Steps of the Commander
Category
Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
About the project
Walpurgis Night, or Chódotypalenje, is the night of burning, a blast taking people from one world to another.
The basic scenographic concept of the staged version of Venedict Erofeev’s book is all about the layered space with corridors and tiers. This is the anatomy theater, the bottom of a faceted glass, the section of Shakespeare’s theater, Dante’s hell, the spaceport. The decoration is much smaller than the stage. The very common things happen in the center, but the closer to the edge, the more infernal existence and action. The final composition is an installation of bottles that represents a rocket, a tower, and an arrow at once.
Location
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, Moscow, Russia
Project implementation year
2021
Project website
https://mxat.ru/performance/main-stage/walpurgis/
Extra visual materials (photos, videos etc.)
https://www.evgeniyashutina.com/aiaxi6wmf0
Applicant and author of the project
Evgenia Shutina, scenic artist
