“Freken Julie” (by August Strindberg) – rehearsals are on!

8 June 2016

Gulnaz Balpeisova has started rehearsals of “Freken Julie” (by August Strindberg) Set and costumes designer is E. Shikulia.

Gulnaz Balpeisova has recently graduated from the Schshukin Theatre Institute, Acting/Directing Department (N. Dvorzhetskaya and R. Tuminas course). She had already worked as an assistant director trainee with Rimas Tuminas (productions “Eugene Onegin”, “Smile to us, O Lord”, “Minetti”).

Since 2015 Gulnaz performs at the Vakhtangov Theatre stage in “The FLIGHT” (staged by Yuriy Butusov). She is an assistant director of this performance as well. Gulnaz Balpeisova also warked as an assistant director with Silviu Purcarete (“The Imaginary Invalid”, that is to be presented to the large audience at the beginning of the new season).

The first independent staging by Gulnaz Balpeisova is “In Paris” at the NEW Stage of the Vakhtangov Theatre (it was performed as a part of the project “Rimas Tuminas Laboratory”).

Participants of the rehearsals of “Freken Julie” are: Polina Kuzminskaya, Natalia Vinokurova, Pavel Popov, Vladimir Shuliev.

The first night is scheduled to the October 2016