Days of the Turbins

Mikhail Bulgakov
A drama in two acts
Director: Grigory Kozlov
Production and Costume Designer: Mikhail Barkhin Light Designer: Alexandr Ryazantsev
Musical Direction: Maxim Voitov
Video: Alexandr Malyshev
Choreography: Nikolai Kuglyant
Singing Coach: Polina Gigauri
Stage Managers: Vera Lachinova, Alyona Parshina
The action takes place in Kiev in the winter of 1918-1919. The typical way of life has been destroyed and replaced by chaos and confusion, as the “damn comedy” of Hetman rule shifts to the “black fog” of Petliura.
The destructive force of the time is juxtaposed by the harmonious, comfortable world of the Turbin family, with its cream-colored curtains, fireplace and grand piano. Here, love, friendship, understanding, music and joy reign supreme. The Turbin household is a place where “the clock played a gavotte, and where the end of December always had a scent of fir- needles, and multicoloured paraffin burned on green branches” - a quiet harbor, an island of culture, spirituality and humanity in the face of tempestuous rancor and meaninglessness. Is it possible to save that world when a person’s private life enters into irreconcilable conflict with Time..?
The premiere took place on November 1st, 2011.
Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. For audiences 16 and up.
Cast:
Col. Alexei Vasilievich Turbin
Nikolai Turbin, his brother
Elena Vasilievna Talberg, their sister
Col. Vladimir Robertovich Talberg, her husband
Capt. Viktor Viktorovich Myshlaevsky
Lt. Leonid Yurevich Myshlaevsky,
personal aide to the Hetman
Capt. Alexandr Bronislavovich Studzinsky
Lariosik, a cousin from Zhitomir
Hetman of Ukraine
Bolbotun, Commander of the 1st Petliurist Cavalry Division
Galanba, Petliurist Centurion
Kirpaty
Von Schratt, German General
Deserter, Man with a Basket, Jew
Sobashnikov
Servant, Telephonist, School Caretaker
Pierrot
Maxim Fomin
Nikolai Kuglyant, Evgeni Shumeiko
Arina Lykova, Alexandra Mareeva, Maria Valeshnaya
Oleg Abalyan, Maxim Studenovsky
Konstantin Grishanov
Arseny Semyonov
Sergei Intyakov, Mikhail Kasapov
Ilya Borisov, Vladimir Kochurov, Ilya Shorokhov
Alexei Vedernikov, Vladimir Studenovsky
Alexei Vedernikov, Vladimir Studenovsky
Vladimir Kochurov
Ilya Borisov
Vladimir Kochurov
Vladimir Karpov, Nikolai Kuglyant, Evgeni Shumeiko
Oleg Abalyan, Evgeni Shumeiko, Vasily Shipitsyn
Ilya Borisov, Andrei Gavryushkin
Nikolai Kuglyant, Maxim Studenovsky, Evgeni Shumeiko