What performances are there in the theater for children. Children's Book Theater "The Magic Lamp"

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The theater playbill for children contains a kaleidoscope of exciting events: puppet shows and performances with the participation of famous artists, sand shows based on “The Nutcracker” and “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, performances by Yuri Kuklachev’s cats, ice performances “Dracula” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, Winx disco. They take place in Moscow at various stage venues. You can purchase tickets for children to theaters, the New Opera, the circus, the Zuev Palace of Culture, the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, the Luzhniki Palace of Culture, concert halls, the Megapolis shopping center and Zelenopark. We are confident that it is possible to create an entertainment program for children with a wide variety of interests.

To make your task easier and not get confused in the children's poster, use the search by age. Children aged 2-6 years will enjoy puppet shows based on their favorite cartoons: “The Three Little Pigs”, “Seven Little Goats”. Children aged 7-12 years can be shown more serious theatrical productions. Older children should see the exciting performances “The Little Prince” and “The Pot of Gold”. And everyone, even adults, should visit Legograd, a realistic city created from famous construction sets.

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Taaaddaaam! A real theater critic and mother of three children, Svetlana Berdichevskaya, is now writing for us! It's so cool! Svetlana, out of duty, the call of her heart and family circumstances, has watched many different children's performances and now tells us about the most unusual, interesting and touching ones: “Who can argue with the statement that children's theater is the most necessary and wonderful thing in the world!? Right! Not worth it! But who said that a children's performance cannot be equally interesting and relevant for adults?! Do you have any doubts? Not worth it again! The times when parents sat in the foyer during a children's performance or snored peacefully in a dark hall, impatiently waiting for the end of the performance, are long gone! Family viewing is something many theaters are striving for these days. The 2013-2014 theater season is rapidly coming to an end. Of course, it’s too early to sum up the results, but it’s simply necessary to talk about several children’s premieres that the whole family simply needs to see before the end of the season!

1. “School of Clowns” is a new (third) stage area of ​​the Hermitage Theater, which is located instead of the Parisian Life club. Chamber hall, black walls. They are decorated with giant portraits of legendary clowns: Chaplin, Engibarov, Nikulin, the Shirman brothers, Popov, Polunin. The heroes of Zoshchenko’s stories end up in this wonderful company. The new performance is called: "Lelya and Minka at the Clown School". These are five stories from the famous cycle: “The Christmas tree”, “Grandma’s gift”, “Overshoes and ice cream”, “Don’t lie”, “Great travelers”. No scenery, minimal props. It's too much. What is there? A sea of ​​imagination and maximum involvement in what is happening on stage. For example, spectators become guests at the festive Christmas tree and are treated to sweets; but they turn into Minka’s classmates, telling him an unlearned poem; but they happily toss the globe like a ball.

But the main thing in the play, of course, is Zoshchenko himself: his inimitable, unique language and intonation: both sad and funny, and about each of us: about children and about so-called adults. And also an amazing acting trio: quiet, as if always surprised and a little scared, Minka (Evgeny Kulakov); loud, eccentric Lelya-Yula (Irina Bogdanova) and the Clown (Yuri Amigo), who, as befits a real Clown, tries on different masks. He and the New Year tree are lush, joyful and absolutely alive. Oh, how upset this Christmas tree is when its delicious decorations are so shamelessly torn off! He is a grumpy grandmother, a terribly mischievous school teacher, and even the neighbor boy Styopa, who is in love with Lelka.

The theater recommends the production for young viewers from 12 years old, but I'm quite sure that this is an overestimated limit. I boldly bestow the category on the performance 7+ . Duration - only one and a half hours. But there is an intermission and therefore there is an opportunity to get into the wonderful theater buffet, which is located exactly in the room where the main hall of “Parisian Life” used to be. The atmosphere is a pleasant city cafe: wooden tables, cozy floor lamps. The menu is modest, budget, but without formal chocolates and chips. There are four types of delicious cakes, each of which will cost you only 150 rubles.

2. "Cat Mom" The theater declared it as a performance for the whole family. Making people laugh, touching them, encouraging them to talk about something important, and most importantly, probably surprising parents and children at the same time is a difficult task. It's all about the choice of material. In fact, the author of the story “Cat Mom, or the Story of the Cat Who Taught the Seagull to Fly” - Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda - honestly explained that he wrote “for those who are young, from 8 to 88.” In the story about a black port cat, who so unexpectedly for himself and others becomes the mother of an orphaned seagull, the problems of adult and child life are closely intertwined: ecology (the seagull mother dies after getting into an oil spill), friendship, parental duty. The stage version of this story turned out to be incredibly bright and loud. The acting energy is over the top. Original cartoon design, music, which in the play is also a way of life for the characters.

Here the black cat is an obvious fan of Reggae, and the insidious rats are metalheads. Large-scale transforming scenery - the port as it is: an old barge, numerous boxes, masts and even a coastal restaurant. The audience seems to be watching what is happening through a giant porthole, which will open in the finale and turn into a sky with fluffy clouds. As for age, the theater recommends the performance for children from 6 years. I completely agree. But if suddenly you have younger children (from 4 years old), then leaving them at home is strictly prohibited! The whole family to the theater!

3. Youth Theater (RAMT)– this is that rare and happy case when all the productions that the theater addresses to children are watched with pleasure by parents. But the recent premiere of “The Cannibal” is a special topic. This performance was not just invented in a family viewing format. It is, indeed, imbued with meaning for parents and their now grown-up children. "Cannibal" designed specifically for “difficult ages” - 12+ . It is difficult to convince a teenager today to make a choice in favor of the theater. Foreign and gadgets are serious competitors. But it’s also not easy to find a performance on the Moscow theater playbill that will “hook”, make you think, surprise and keep you in strong emotional tension throughout the entire performance. RAMT released just such a premiere.

The performance is based on the play of the same name by contemporary Canadian playwright Suzanne Lebeau. A mother and son live far from people, in the forest. He is enormous in stature and responds to a strange home nickname - Ogre. She is lost in love for her only child, intimidated by the world, but a proud woman with a mysterious past. The boy turns six years old, and with great desire he goes to school in the nearest village. Open, kind and hardworking, he suddenly realizes unusual things about himself: the color red is new to him, and the word “father” means absolutely nothing. Then a series of strange, partly terrible events occur that force the mother to admit to the child that he is the son of an cannibal. The brave boy wants to renounce his origins and decides to take on three tests, after which he may become human. It is in this plot that the very meanings addressed to today's teenagers and their parents are hidden. Here is overprotection of a child - fears that devour adults; and the struggle with oneself, with one’s passions and desires in suddenly grown-up children. The performance is played on the small stage of the theater: everything is close and brings tears. It's almost always dark and a little scary. Here the dead forest is long metal poles; the wolf's eyes are two red spotlights. But she is wearing a blue sweater, and he has huge blue boots. Do you know why? Because the eyes of their husband and father were blue...

4. If you haven’t heard anything about “Creative Association 9”, you can only be envious! You still have everything ahead: performances and impressions. Just at the last premiere of this theater, I overheard a conversation between two mothers: “Have you come too?” - "Yes of course! We have already watched everything from them several times, we were really looking forward to the new performance. We're hooked on them! And I'm sure the same will happen to you. Once you have met these young, talented, creative people who are passionate about their work, you will remain their loyal fans forever. You are, of course, both adults and children. In a kind of manifesto of “Creative Association 9” on their website there are important lines that they deal exclusively with “children’s performances for adults or vice versa.” The theater's latest premiere has a romantic title: "The Ballad of the Little Tug". This is the name of Joseph Brodsky’s poem of the same name, which, by the way, became the poet’s first publication in the Soviet press in 1962:

It's me.
My name is Antey.
However, I am not an ancient hero.
I'm a tugboat.
I work in this port.
I work here.
This suits my tastes.

The lights in the hall are going out, or rather, St. Petersburg twilight is approaching. A long fence across the entire stage, on top of which there is a panorama of the northern capital - St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Admiralty... The contours of the buildings, as if in a shadow theater. Little Tug-Dreamer works honestly and hard all his life in the port, but in his thoughts he is transported to various corners of the planet. That is why behind his back, as if instead of a hiking backpack, there is a worn-out globe. “I’m floating in the clouds in beautiful places...” Brodsky wrote this poem for children, but, of course, he thought in adult categories. This is pain and fear, despair and hope. Adults believe this message. Children will laugh at the funny transformations of the Tugboat into the captain; and then into a fireman, and then into a cook, into a driver, and even into sailors. But both will be stunned by the poetry of genius. Some for the first time, and some for the umpteenth time. By the way, the play also features lines from Kharms, Stevenson and Sasha Cherny. Just an incredible company, don’t you agree?! The duration is ideal - 50 minutes without intermission. Age from 7 years old.

5. New musical production " Peter and Fevronia" in “Praktika” it is also declared as a family one. But everything is in order. The Praktika Theater should definitely start not with a hanger, but with, which here is actually an independent cafe and is famous among theatergoers for its excellent cuisine and reasonable prices. Spacious and bright cafe. The interior features white brick and wood. There are even shelves with books for general use - good literature for better digestion. The menu is varied: soups, salads, main courses (150-200 rubles) and amazing pastries: carrot, apple, chocolate pies, pies with cabbage, meat, but especially good with spinach and apples (60 rubles), pies, muffins, cakes. Any dessert will cost you only 100 to 150 rubles. We highly recommend trying the “chocolate sausage”.

Despite the fact that the performance is also aimed at children ( 10+ ), it runs in the evening (starts at 19.00). This gives a trip to the theater with a child some special significance. The story of the Murom miracle workers Peter and Fevronia (patrons of marriage) is told by young actors easily and with kind irony. And this despite the fact that the text of the lives of the saints was preserved by the authors of the play almost as it was created by the 16th century Russian writer Ermolai-Erasmus. But! The setting is school. Princes Peter, Pavel, Fevronia, boyars and many others are disciples and disciples. The magic sword is a pointer, and the battle with the tempting serpent is just a school fight at recess. Such metamorphoses do not somewhat interfere with the perception of serious things that the characters in the play talk about: love and loyalty, self-interest and betrayal, faith and higher providence.”

To be continued…

For the first time in the history of the Golden Mask theater award, children's plays staged by four students of Sergei Zhenovach at RAMT were nominated for it. Trud believes that, despite some positive changes, it is still difficult to find good children's productions in Moscow.

Until recently, parents who wanted to send their children to the theater had little choice, even in a metropolis like Moscow. The first thing that came to the minds of mothers and fathers, as well as grandparents, were such dinosaurs of the children's repertoire as “The Blue Bird” at the Gorky Moscow Art Theater and “The Scarlet Flower” at the Pushkin Theater, to which they themselves were taken when they were 30, 50 and more years ago. “The Scarlet Flower” has been running for 60 years, and in January the 4000th performance of this fairy tale by Aksakov will be performed, and “The Blue Bird” based on Maeterlinck’s play celebrated its centenary in 2008. And yet, it is much more difficult for a modern child to be captivated by the adventures of Tiltil and Mytil in a fairytale forest or Nastenka in an enchanted palace: accustomed to inventive computer games, they have never seen anything like this.

Parents who want to teach their child to go to the theater from an early age can sometimes become desperate. Most of the children's performances in Moscow and beyond are dull, archaic "Tyuzyatina" or simply outright hackwork. There are only a few performances that speak to children in a modern language.

Trud studied the Moscow playbill and identified the best performances at which parents will not have to blush in front of their children.

1-4. Project “Young Directors for Children”

About what: The artistic director of the theater, Alexey Borodin, called four young directors who had been trained in Sergei Zhenovach’s course, and they staged modern, smart and joyful performances, which were nominated as a single “package” for the Golden Mask. These are the performances “How the Cat Walked Where He Wanted” (pictured) based on Kipling’s fairy tale (directed by Sigrid Ström Reibo), “The Fearless Master” based on a Russian folk tale (directed by Marfa Gorvitz-Nazarova), “The Magic Ring” based on the fairy tale by Boris Shergin (directed by Alexander Khukhlin), “Almost for Real” based on the fairy tale by Toon Tellegen (directed by Ekaterina Polovtseva). Adults will have as much fun as children.

For whom: For children from 7 years

5. "Alice Through the Looking Glass"

Where: “Workshop of Pyotr Fomenko”

About what: One of the most talented students of Pyotr Fomenko, director Ivan Popovski created a spectacle of unprecedented beauty using the most advanced multimedia technologies. Cane puppets and glowing objects are used. Children watch with their mouths open, and when leaving the hall, they say: “This is cooler than Avatar.” There is a lot of music performed by artists of the Elena Kamburova Theater.

For whom: For children from 7 years

6. “Purely English ghost”

Where: Russian Academic Youth Theater

About what: Director Alexander Nazarov in 2005 staged the fairy tale “The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde. This is a real show for family viewing. The younger ones are captivated by the friendship between little Virginia and the sad ghost, and the parents are amused by how toys that look like people come to life.

For whom: For children from 7 years

Where: “School of Contemporary Play”

About what: folk-rock-rap-pop fantasy, staged in 2002 on the theme of the best-selling book by Grigory Oster. “If you are invited to dinner, proudly hide under the sofa” - this and a dozen other bad pieces of advice from a popular poet for all occasions.

For whom: for children from 9 years old

8. R.-L. Stevenson "Treasure Island"

Where: Pushkin Theater

About what: a lot of music, fighting and dancing. This large-scale spectacle, staged in 1996 by the young director Evgeny Pisarev, is intended for those who love adventure and dream of mastering the mysterious map of treasure island.

For whom: for children from 9 years old

9. “The Incredible Adventures of T.S. and G.F.”

About what: Behind the mysterious initials in the title of the play, staged by Henrietta Yanovskaya, are Mark Twain's characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. A spectacle with a lot of humor and exciting adventures.

For whom: for children from 9 years old

10. “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”

Where: Moscow Theater for Young Spectators

About what: a short story that captures the carefree and cocky childhood of the main characters, the tenderness and warmth of their older relatives and the large cheerful company of their friends. And also songs by Rybnikov and Entin, which can make any performance a sell-out.

For whom: For children from 5 years old

11. "Two Trees"

Where: Shadow Theater

About what: The performances of the Shadow Theater are good for everyone, except that you need to sign up for them in advance, since they are designed for groups of five people. The Lilikan people, invented by Ilya Epelbaum and Maya Krasnopolskaya, are so small in stature that they fit into a small box. To see the play about the romantic love of a beautiful princess and the king of gold mines, about an evil and insidious yellow dwarf who lived in an orange tree, and a cruel desert fairy who separated the lovers, you need to surround the Lilikansky Theater on all sides.

For whom: for children from 6 years old with adults

12. "Pinocchio"

Where: Praktika Theater

About what: Frenchman Joël Pomerat is one of the leaders of European directing, whose performances take part in the most prestigious festivals. Pinocchio is a smart, inventive and slightly dark fantasy based on the classic fairy tale by Carlo Collodi, staged this season by Joël Pomerat at the invitation of Eduard Boyakov.

From October 28 to November 6, the third children's theater festival “MARSHAK” will be held in Voronezh. The program includes 20 of the brightest children's performances that will also be of interest to adults..

King Matt

The best children's performances will be shown as part of the Marshak festival

Festival opening

Globus Theater (Novosibirsk)

Janusz Korczak

Live lecture

Director– Polina Struzhkova

The creators of the play embodied the idea of ​​the outstanding Polish teacher and writer Janusz Korczak that a child is a person who is responsible for the structure of his microworld. In one state, the king-father dies, and the little prince has to take the throne. He will have to fight with the rulers of neighboring countries, make childish decisions, but the main thing is to find the answer to the question: how to make everyone around him happy?

The performance's form resembles a fascinating lecture about freedom and disobedience, fun and responsibility. The professor who tells the audience Matt's story constantly asks them questions, encouraging them to search their hearts for answers.

The production took part in the Children's Weekend program of the Golden Mask festival in 2016.

Dragon Zoo

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Theater company Dieserud/Lindgren (Norway)

Maria Treti Wennerod

Director– Christina Lindgren

​Drama Theatre. A. Koltsova – Small Stage (Revolution Avenue, 55)

Duration – 30 minutes without intermission

Viewers find themselves in a magical zoological garden inhabited by dragons. The stage is a fairytale island. Children and their parents go on a journey, encountering strange plants and hearing mysterious sounds along the way. Finally, they discover the inhabitants of the island - three dragons... The creators of the play have studied these fantastic creatures well in order to introduce kids to them. What myths are associated with dragons? How do they live? How do they move? What sounds do they make? This wordless performance is intended for the youngest spectators.

Kashtanka

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Globus Theater (Novosibirsk)

Anton Chekhov

A fun story for kids and adults

Director– Yuri Kataev

Artistic director of the production– Nina Chusova

The main characters of the play - the trained goose Ivan Ivanovich, the pig Khavronya Ivanovna, the cat Fyodor Timofeich and, of course, Kashtanka herself - are speechless. But the actors, with their acting, facial expressions and gestures, surprisingly accurately convey the very “human” emotions of these characters. And in the finale it seems as if the boy Fedyushka is no longer looking for a dog, but for his lost sister.

The story of friendship, devotion and the need to make difficult decisions is shown in the play vividly and impressively: circus acts are performed on stage, soap bubbles are flowing and confetti is falling.

Be careful, elves!

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Theater of Nations (Moscow)

Children's detective

Directors– Maria Litvinova, Vyacheslav Ignatov

This is an interactive performance with shadow theater elements, created by Golden Mask award winners Maria Litvinova and Vyacheslav Ignatov. Viewers find themselves in the very center of a detective story: two secret agents-elfologists invite them to take part in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of the girl Lisa and her parents. Young detectives will have to catch invisible elves, take part in collecting evidence, and even in a real investigative experiment.

Treasure Island

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Moscow Provincial Theater (Moscow)

Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure performance

Director– Alexey Serov

Voronezh Concert Hall (Teatralnaya St., 17)

Duration – 2 hours 20 minutes with one intermission

An exciting performance based on one of the greatest novels of European literature will introduce viewers to the world of pirates and sea adventures! The story about the boy Jim Hawkins and the legendary treasures of Flint acquired new characters here and received an unexpected ending. On the stage is a transforming ship, easily transforming from the majestic Hispaniola into the Admiral Benbow tavern or a cave with gold. The Moscow Provincial Theater managed to create a large-scale show that is as entertaining as a big adventure movie. The performance is accompanied by audio commentary, which allows people with visual impairments to perceive it.

Thick notebook

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Globus Theater (Novosibirsk)

Agotha ​​Christophe

Director– Alexey Kriklivy

Chamber Theater (Karl Marx St., 55a)

Duration – 2 hours 50 minutes with one intermission

This performance is for older schoolchildren and their parents. It tells the story of twin boys whose childhood is spent in a small Hungarian town during World War II. Left without adult supervision, Klaus and Lucas keep a diary in which they impartially describe all the events that happen to them, sometimes quite shocking. The novel by Swiss writer Agotha ​​Christophe, published in 1986, became a bestseller. The director does not illustrate events from the book and carefully leaves out the most ruthless details. The story of what the lives of children who become victims of war turns into is played out in a white, minimalist setting.

Snow Maiden

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Puppet theater "Stray Dog" (St. Petersburg)

Alla Sergeeva

Parable

Director– Alfiya Abdulina

Puppet theater "Jester" (Revolution Avenue, 50)

The performance will introduce viewers to ancient rituals and holidays, talk about kindness and self-sacrifice, as well as the beauty and originality of Russian culture, which combines Christianity and paganism. It also raises an important topic: how difficult it is sometimes in life for people who are different from others.

The production is wordless, the narrative is based on visual images, original music and plastic arts. The famous theater artist Yuri Kharikov created unusual patchwork dolls, and came up with costumes and decorations for the puppeteers: fantastic headdresses turn into tree crowns in the audience’s imagination, masks and sundresses with intricate patterns turn into Slavic deities.

The performance was nominated for the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask - 2017" in three categories.

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

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Theater-Theater (Perm)

Alexander Pushkin

Director– Irina Tkachenko

Chamber Theater (Karl Marx, 55a)

Duration – 1 hour 5 minutes without intermission

The performance returns viewers to the folk traditions of acting out fairy tales and merry celebrations with songs and round dances. Already in the theater foyer, children find themselves in the center of the action, where they are invited to spin a fair wheel, look into the future with the help of fortune telling, or make a paper angel with their own hands.

And once in the auditorium, they go on a fascinating journey together with their favorite heroes: Tsar Saltan, his son Guidon and the beautiful Swan Princess. Pushkin's melodic lines fall on folk melodies. Folklore motifs are also used in the design of the performance - ethnic costumes and scenery elements are made of natural materials.

The performance is a laureate of the Russian National Theater Award "Harlequin" in 4 nominations and a participant in the "Children's Weekend" program of the "Golden Mask" festival in 2017.

25 minutes before the start of the performance, spectators are invited to the foyer for an interlude.

Steppe Nocturne, or Between Dusk and Dawn

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Petropavlovsk Puppet Theater (Kazakhstan)

Director– Evgeniy Ibragimov

Chamber Theater – Small Stage (Karla Marx, 55a)

Duration – 45 minutes without intermission

This is a fascinating journey into the history of the Kazakh people. In a small hall, the viewer follows step by step through the darkness a ray of light, like a silent guide, plunging into the events of centuries ago.

Images and symbols form legends of valor and freedom. This is a performance without words, built on gestures, facial expressions and enchanting music, in which you can hear the chirping of birds, wolves howling, the rustling of tumbleweeds, the clatter of horse hooves, the clanking of blades and war cries. This melody of the steppe excites the viewer’s imagination and makes time stand still... between sunset and dawn.

The performance is performed in a chamber setting for only sixteen spectators.

Peter Pan

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Theater named after Evgeniy Vakhtangov (Moscow)

James Barry

Director– Alexander Koruchekov

Drama Theater named after. A. Koltsova (Revolution Avenue, 55)

Duration – 2 hours with one intermission

The story of a boy who did not want to grow up is iconic for world literature. For more than a hundred years, different generations of readers have enjoyed traveling through the land of fairies, Indians and pirates with Peter Pan and his friends. This is a lively and cheerful performance with colorful applique decorations. Paper sabers, masks, mermaid tails and jungles create an atmosphere of playful elements, appealing to the imagination of the audience and encouraging them to co-create. Having succumbed to the charm of the artists, even adults will believe in magic and become children for a couple of hours. “Peter Pan” is the winner of the MK Theater Prize in 2016. The performance is performed by graduates of the Theater Institute named after. B. Shchukin (course of Alexander Koruchekov).

Chick

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Based on the fairy tale by Korney Chukovsky

Director– Ekaterina Lozhkina

This is the story of a baby who gets acquainted with a huge, yet unexplored world. He will have to learn to walk, utter his first words, learn both the beautiful and dangerous sides of life... Various-scale dolls and mysterious shadows appear in the play. Young viewers will be able to laugh heartily at the dance of worms, meet a huge black cat and play with the actors. The play “Chicken” is a laureate of the festival “Theaters of St. Petersburg for Children” and a participant in the “Children’s Weekend” program of the “Golden Mask” festival in 2017.

Bunny and Bull

Puppet theater "Jester" named after Valery Volkhovsky (Voronezh)

Agniya Barto

Production by a creative group led by Svetlana Dremacheva

Puppet theater "Jester" - "Malyshkina" stage (Revolyutsii Ave., 50)

Duration: 35 minutes without intermission

The performance introduces children to the heroes of poems by children's writer Agnia Barto. Bear, Bull, Bunny and other characters come to life on stage. The creators combined individual poems into a story - three friends show it to children using two types of dolls. The main characters are fabric puppets, made as if from children's undershirts and onesies, and colored stained glass dolls, which help the actors create a real cartoon on a special screen. The production clearly and entertainingly tells young viewers who are just beginning to get acquainted with the theater about simple, but at the same time very important things - kindness, loyalty, philanthropy, truth, justice.

There will probably be a tea party

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Theater-studio Karlsson Haus (St. Petersburg)

Based on Lewis Carroll's fairy tales "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass"

Director– Alexey Shishov

Drama Theater named after. A. Koltsova – Small Stage (Revolution Avenue, 55)

Duration – 1 hour 10 minutes without intermission

A visit to a performance turns into an exciting visit for little spectators. They are greeted by the Governess and the March Hare - they seat everyone in front of a magic table in the form of a chessboard. Then the guests are joined by other characters from Lewis Carroll's famous fairy tale - the Mad Hatter and Dormouse. Together they play out Alice's adventures like a board game. The audience will save the heroine more than once, and most importantly, help her pass the exam and become a queen.

The performance is a laureate of the Golden Mask festival 2012 in the category “Best performance in a puppet theater.”

Travel from A to Z

Nikitinsky Theater Center (Voronezh)

Based on the cycle of poems by Samuil Marshak “From A to Z. A Merry Journey”

Director– Boris Alekseev

Nikitinsky Theater Center (Nikitinskaya St., 1)

Three guys from different countries - a Japanese, an American and a Russian girl - go on a poetic trip around the world. In a large theatrical “trip”, little spectators, together with the characters, will get acquainted with the letters of the Russian alphabet, learn the names of countries and their capitals, and also learn what the flags of these states look like. This is an interactive production with elements of dance and acrobatics. Each child becomes a full participant in the action: he will be able to solve riddles and learn greetings in different languages ​​of the world.

Kolya's essay

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Producer center "KontArt" (St. Petersburg)

Based on the book by Sergei Golyshev “My Son is Down”

Director– Yana Tumina

Nikitinsky Theater Center (Nikitinskaya St., 1)

Duration: 55 minutes without intermission

On stage, with the help of small puppets, subtle acting, video and music, the poetic world of a child comes to life. The performance is based on poems by a boy with Down syndrome and facts from the life of his family. In one of his essays, six-year-old Kolya talks about his journey to visit a girl named Varya, his best friend from kindergarten. Colin's father later finds out that his son never had such a girl in kindergarten. But this does not stop you from traveling to her by train, “which never gets tired,” through the rain, landscapes and shadows. Nothing can stop the heart’s desire for love, which in the finale leads the hero and the audience to the magical planet “where the girl Varya lives.” The performance is a laureate of the National Theater Awards “Golden Mask” (2017), “Harlequin” (2016) and the highest theater award of St. Petersburg “Golden Sofit” (2016).

A little prince

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Closing of the festival

Riga Russian Theater named after Mikhail Chekhov (Latvia)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Director– Ruslan Kudashov

Drama Theater named after. A. Koltsova (Revolution Avenue, 55)

Duration – 1 hour 5 minutes without intermission

This year, one of the main fairy tales of modern times turns 75 years old. We all remember quotes from “The Little Prince” by heart; this book prompted many to first seriously think about their planet, about love and friendship, about childhood and growing up. The French writer and professional pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry not only composed the story, but also drew pictures for it, so people all over the world know what the Little Prince, his beloved Rose and his friend Fox look like. The author's illustrations are also used in the play by Ruslan Kudashov, a famous Russian director, winner of the Golden Mask award. The performance is performed in Russian.

THEATER WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. Nephew

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Uppsala Circus (St. Petersburg)

The performance is inspired by the paintings of the artist Alexander Voitsekhovsky

Director– Larisa Afanasyeva

Duration – 50 minutes without intermission

Aunt and Nephew travel through cities and seasons. Along the way, they encounter “ordinary miracles”, meet different characters, get into trouble and get out of them with ease... The play opens up the world of a special child, played by a special artist: Nephew - a boy with Down syndrome. But looking at this amazing hero, viewers suddenly understand how easy it is to accept the happiness that surrounds each of us and open up to a huge and beautiful world. The production was inspired by the paintings of the artist Alexander Voitsekhovsky. Each of them tells a whole story, touching and warm, like favorite memories from childhood. This is exactly how the play “Nephew” turned out - kind and bright. The production stars artists from the Uppsala Circus, the first “circus for hooligans” in Russia, which deals with the social adaptation of street children and teenagers.

Legend of the Dead Soldier

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School No. 686 “Class Center” by Sergei Kazarnovsky (Moscow)

Based on Bertolt Brecht's play "Drums in the Night"

Black comedy of heartbreak

Director– Oleg Dolin

Theater for Young Spectators (Dzerzhinsky St., 10a)

Duration – 1 hour 10 minutes without intermission

This is a tragic cabaret with songs, dances and a real orchestra, based on an early play by German playwright and theater reformer Bertolt Brecht. A young man who went missing during the war has long been considered dead by his loved ones. But against all odds, he returns to his hometown - and ends up attending his fiancee’s engagement party... The young artists produced a spectacular horror story about the “living dead.” This is a portrait of a world that has not changed at all in a hundred years. The play makes you remember the most important things - love and betrayal, crowds and loneliness, war and peace. The performance is performed by students of the famous theater teacher Sergei Kazarnovsky, who have already taken part in the MARSHAC festival more than once.

Seagull named Jonathan Livingston

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Children's creative development studio (Kazan)

Fantasy based on the story-parable by Richard Bach

Directors– Nailya Fatkullina, Rustam Fatkullin

Theater for Young Spectators (Dzerzhinsky St., 10a)

Duration – 40 minutes without intermission

This is a plastic performance with acrobatic stunts on a metal structure. The premiere will take place at the MARSHAK festival. Children tell a story close to their hearts about a teenage boy who tries to hide from life's problems in a computer reality. One day he finds a game whose plot is unusually similar to his life. The hero immerses himself in the virtual world, creating his computer “I” the way he dreams of being, and, as he plays through the game, he discovers more and more truths of life. The play debunks the stereotype that computer games are always the culprit of all troubles. In 2015, the studio took part in the MARSHAK festival under the name “Children’s Studio for Creative Development of Konstantin Khabensky.”

SKY above Sky

Studio "Teatralnaya, 17" (Voronezh)

theatrical, psychological and philosophical quotes

Director– Alexander Novikov

Voronezh Concert Hall - Small Stage (Teatralnaya St., 17)

Duration – 1 hour without intermission

This is a subtle and ironic mood performance with original plasticity. It is inspired by the work of outstanding artists: artists Rene Magritte and Francisco Goya, writers Franz Kafka and Hermann Hesse, dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, theater director Philippe Genty... “SKY above SKY” is an unusual place where geniuses are born. They are able to live in a higher reality, in which contradictions are removed and which makes possible the “magical” perception of reality, that is, theater. A sketch of the play “SKY above the Sky” was shown in 2017 at the All-Russian festival “Plumage” in Sochi. The premiere of the finished performance will take place at the MARSHAK festival. In previous years, the studio took part in the MARSHAK festival under the name “Children’s Studio for Creative Development of Konstantin Khabensky.”