If you run after two hares… (1997)
Comedy in two acts
“A true comedy” – a review received from a theatre goer who came to enjoy the story of a feckless barber for the 4th time.People come to see the performance «If you run after two hares» more than once with friends and family and colleagues. Bright, colourful staging together with unpretentious story, well-known for the same-name film is a real feast for the spectators.The impoverished barber Svirid Petrovich Golokhvostov from Kiev dreams of fixing his financial state. He is planning to marry Pronya Sergeevna Serkova, an ugly daughter of wealthy parents. The barber already dreams of how he would spend his bride’s money, but it was not so easy to be. Pronya’s aunt, who is determined to marry her daughter Galya off to Golokhvostov as he introduces himself as a rich man, gets involved. Mariya Aronova and Olga Tumaykina both play the part of Pronya Prokopovna. They are utterly different but both absolutely brilliant. Aronova’s rustic and boorish heroine together with pretentious, somewhat conceited Pronya played by Tumaykina bear company to the unfortunate gigolo Golokhvostov, performed by Mikhail Vaskov and Victor Dobronravov. Excellent cast, Ukrainian authentic scenery, songs and dancing are components of the successof this performance. Soap bubbles at the end of the performance happen to be memorable final notes of the marvellous colourful extravaganza. Running time: 2 hours 50 min
Main Stage
Premiere was on 28 October 1997
Characters & Cast:
Crew:
Director |
Alexander Gorban |
Set designers |
Boris Valuev Maksim Osvetimsky |
Costumes |
Svetlana Sinitsina |
Lighting designer |
Vladimir Amelin |
Make-up artist |
Olga Kalyavina |
Translator |
Arseny Ostrovsky |
Music |
Alexander Gorban Sergey Zarubin |
Music manager |
Tatiana Agaeva |
Sound director |
Andrey Rybnikov |
Choreography |
Sergey Zarubin |