Gogol Centre interprets Russian classics on Israeli scene

Gogol Center, one of Russia’s most intriguing theatres and the home of the daring Russian stage and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, will bring two signature shows – ‘Dead Souls’ and Who is Happy in Russia? – to the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, Israel News reports.

Founded by Kirill Serebrennikov, a daring force of Russian avant-garde theatre, Gogol Center is a ground-breaking experiment that uses classical texts and music influences to explore contemporary landscape.

‘Dead Souls’ is the Center’s first large project of Russian classics. With a dose of absurdity and dark humour, this piece is a space-time continuum, set against a backdrop of plywood, pointing out perpetual human flaws.

‘Who Is Hap­py in Rus­sia?’, ba­sed on Ni­kolai Nek­ra­sov’s po­em, is abo­ut im­possi­bili­ty of get­ting fre­edom and con­ve­ni­en­ce of ha­bitu­al sla­very. To wri­te the­se li­nes is vi­tal to lo­ve and cle­ar­ly un­ders­tand your co­unt­ry: ‘You are as ne­edy as abun­dant, and as migh­ty as po­wer­less, Mot­her Rus­sia!’.

Presented by M.Art Foundation. Supported by Roman Abromovitch