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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Category: Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
The familiar story of Katerina Izmailova, who commits horrific crimes under the influence of unrestrained passion, was created by Leskov not simply to thrill the reader. He explores the very nature of the desires that arise in a young woman and prove destructive both to herself and to those around her.
The authors of the production, playwright Yaroslavа Pulinovich and director Egor Chernyshov, have followed the same path of inquiry. It is not Katerina’s crime itself that becomes the focus of the action, but the awakening within her of an inhuman rebellion against the life imposed upon her, from which there is ultimately only one way out. And her only hope of salvation through love turns into an even greater deception.
The set design by Maria Lukka and music by Sergey Ushakov support the director’s vision, creating at once a world of chthonic darkness and hope for the salvation of the soul. Once again, the theatre poses questions before the audience that have occupied the human mind for centuries: questions of faith and forgiveness, of whether love and passion can be justified, and, ultimately, who is to blame?
Location
19 Karl Marx Ave., Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Project Website
About the Applicant
Stage director, St. Petersburg. Egor graduated from the Directing Department of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts, studying under G. M. Kozlov (2001). Over the course of his career, he has directed more than 50 productions in theaters across St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Veliky Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, and other cities.
Project Authors
Set designer Maria Lukka
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National Theatre of Karelia
Other participants
The project was implemented using a grant from the Russian Cultural Foundation. Playwright Jaroslava Pulinovic. Stage director Egor Chernyshov. Composer Sergei Ushakov. Musical director Ksenia Kogan. Choreographers Natalya Shurganova, Oleg Shchukarev. Lighting designer Emil Avramenko. Assistant director Polina Mishina.
