Weekend Guide: A New 'Macbeth', 'Life of Things', and a Fairy Tale at the BDT
A video artist contributes to the visual design of the theater production.
In the coming days, audiences are invited to the premiere of Roman Mikhailov«s philosophical fairy tale »The Morning Forerunner« on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT). The hero, who comes to the railway station every day, undergoes an inner transformation after a chance encounter. The performance, filled with light and warmth, will be shown on 23 and 24 January.
The Rosfoto museum hosts exhibitions of photographic art.
The «Osobnyak» (Mansion) Theater will present a chamber version of «Macbeth». In the production «Macbeth: A Fool»s Tale«, the focus is on the inner world of the characters after the crimes they have committed. Only two actors will be on stage at the same time. Shows are also scheduled for 23 and 24 January.
An art museum«s press service provides images and information.
Among other theater events:
Event materials are often supplied by the event organizers.
- «Petersburg Sonnets by William Shakespeare» at the BTC (Bolshoi Theatre of the Young Spectator) (23–24 January).
- The comedy «Monsieur Alphonse» at the Akimov Comedy Theater (23–25 January).
- The new production «Attempt is Not Torture» at the «Theatre on Vasilyevsky Island» (24 January).
Theater posters are used for promotion and artistic expression.
At the «Rosfoto» museum, the exhibition «Life of Things», dedicated to photo still life, is open until 22 March. The exposition presents experiments by such authors as Alexander Slyusarev, who created «portraits of things», and Boris Smelov, who captured the passage of time.
Renaissance art remains a significant cultural reference point.
The Blok Museum-Apartment invites visitors to the photo exhibition by Vitaly Smirnov «Kolomna Island», where the city is shown as a stone witness of history. Free admission to the exhibition by Katya Kosova «A Lovely Place» at the «Okhta-8» library, where real landscapes of St. Petersburg, the Moscow region, and Italy are complemented with fairy-tale elements.
Film stills offer a glimpse into the visual style of a movie.
In the «Learn Something New» section, the Botanical Garden is holding a «Patriotic Walk» (24–25 January), dedicated to plants that survived the Siege of Leningrad. On Saturday, 24 January, at «Okhta-8» there will be lectures on female archetypes in ancient myths and on the role of lichens in space exploration. At New Holland Island, they will discuss the phenomenon of Soviet children«s records.
Action films often feature dynamic and intense sequences.
Several premieres have started in cinemas:
- The horror film «Return to Silent Hill» (from 22 January).
- A spy thriller based on the story «Lefty» (from 22 January).
- The action film with Mel Gibson «Season of the Hunt» (from 22 January).
- The science fiction drama by Chinese director Bi Gan «Resurrection» about a world without dreams (from 22 January).
