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Opus 48. Ostrovsky
Category: Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
Director Alexander Karpushin’s original stage fantasy, based on numerous works by Alexander Ostrovsky.
A provincial town on the Volga becomes a metaphor for its inhabitants’ internal state. At the heart of the scenography is an old carousel with a patina finish—a mere reminder that life once thrived here. Its rotation creates an illusion of movement within this frozen world. The characters exist as if in a closed loop: they change positions, yet essentially remain within the bounds of a single perception. Flanked by an amphitheater and a transforming "shell" bandstand, the setting establishes a tone of theatrical convention, where the boundary between performance and life dissolves.
Location
76/21 Zemlyanoy Val, Moscow, Russia, Moscow Taganka Theatre
Project Website
About the Applicant
The Taganka Theatre was founded by director Yuri Lyubimov in 1964. Since 2015, the theatre has been led by Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Irina Apeksimova. Today, the Taganka Theatre comprises four stages and is renowned for its innovative style, pursuit of new stage forms, and an open dialogue with the audience. Its productions are laureates of the Golden Mask and Made in Russia awards.
Project Authors
Konstantin Solovyov is a theatre designer, a multiple laureate and nominee of theatre awards and festivals. As a set designer, he has worked on more than seventy productions in theatres including: the Taganka Theatre, Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow Theatre of the Young Spectator (MTYUZ), “The Comedians,” Baltic House, Old House, Novokuznetsk Drama Theatre, Nizhny Tagil Drama Theatre, Krasnodar Gorky Drama Theatre, Russian Drama Theatre of Udmurtia, Chelyabinsk Youth Theatre, Omsk Drama Theatre, and many others. The artist’s works have been featured in projects such as: an exhibition of young theatre designers for the anniversary of the Theatre Academy at Lenexpo (St. Petersburg), an exhibition of artists’ works in the Theatre Laboratory project at ON.Teatr (St. Petersburg), and the “Results of the Season” exhibition at the Union of Theatre Workers (St. Petersburg).
Images
Igor Chervyakov, Maria Yampolskaya
Extra visual materials
Other participants
Director: Alexander Karpushin, director of the Taganka Theatre. Lighting designer: Igor Fomin. Choreographer: Daria Avratinskaya. Sound designers: Igor Rubanov, Evgenia Bilinkis, and Nikolai Smirnov. Assistant director: Mira Ardasheva.
