среда, 30 апреля 2025 г.

Драматургия и культурная политика. Автор статьи Валентин Красногоров

 ДРАМАТУРГИЯ И КУЛЬТУРНАЯ ПОЛИТИКА

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Начнем с цитаты. «Пьесы современных драматургов сегодня в России мало ставят, их, кажется, почти никто не читает, поскольку это как будто и не литература... И это при том, что все, даже режиссеры, знают: русский драматический театр традиционно существовал как театр современной пьесы; и то, что современный русский театр и современная русская пьеса расходятся, как в море корабли, не идет на пользу ни театру, который застрял на месте, перебиваясь все новыми и новыми переработками известных сюжетов и заезженных пьес, ни драматургам».
Эти слова написаны весьма авторитетным знатоком театра Григорием Заславским четверть века назад. С тех пор положение изменилось только в худшую сторону. Например, из 88 спектаклей нынешнего репертуара трех академических театров Петербурга лишь четыре поставлены по пьесам современных авторов.
Культурная общественность давно обеспокоена сложившейся ситуацией. Этот вопрос имеет отнюдь не чисто театральный интерес. Он имеет важное государственное значение, - и это главный тезис нашей статьи.
Драматургия является единственным первоисточником театральных постановок, кино- и телефильмов. Именно драматургия формирует в конечном счете культуру и мировоззрение десятков миллионов зрителей и всего общества. Во все времена именно театр был кафедрой, с которой звучало слово истины, внедрялись моральные, этические и эстетические постулаты, обозначались культурные коды, отражалась эпоха. Сегодня он перестает быть культурным ориентиром. На сценах ставится преимущественно перелицованная и искаженная классика, которая «уравновешивается» поверхностными пьесами западных авторов. В ходу всевозможные режиссерские композиции (вопреки закону о противоречии интересов). Усиливаются тенденции к коммерциализации театра, потере им нравственного начала и социальной ответственности, любованию насилием, грубым жаргоном, к чрезмерному увлечению сценическими приемами в ущерб содержанию. В соответствующем духе взращивается и зритель. Как писал еще Леонид Андреев, «гибнет не только театр, гибнет и публика. Кто из них кого тянет в яму, театр публику или наоборот. трудно сказать, да и не важно в данном случае. Пусть это будет взаимодействие».
Театр отрывается от окружающей жизни и от проблем, волнующих общество, им зачастую движут не столько общественные интересы и запросы зрителей, сколько стремление к эпатажу, желание прозвучать на фестивалях и в СМИ.
Связь между драматургами и театрами практически разорвана. Во многих драматических театрах упразднена должность сотрудников, формирующих репертуар, и они заменены балетмейстерами(!), а в остальных театрах завлиты выполняют не свойственную им работу. Роль их в формировании репертуара сведена к нулю. Ликвидация института завлитов и снижение их статуса крайне отрицательно сказывается, прежде всего, на художественном уровне театров. Вот реальный пример типичного ответа театра на предложение драматурга:
«Спасибо, но наш театр не принимает к рассмотрению пьесы от авторов. Пьесу или инсценировку может предложить только режиссёр, который хочет её поставить».
Чаще же всего театр вообще не отвечает на письма драматургов, даже репертуарных и известных. Можно ли ожидать в этих условиях расцвета драматургии и театра?
Необходим решительный поворот в культурной политике в этой сфере. Речь идет о не каких-либо запретах, не о репертуарном давлении на театры, не о принудительной постановке современных пьес, а об изменении культурных приоритетов и разработке мер по продуманной, планомерной и систематической поддержке отечественной драматургии. В конечном счете это пойдет на пользу прежде всего самим театрам.
Часто можно слышать одну и ту же мантру: «современная драматургия не существует». По словам того же Леонида Андреева, «только немой не вопит об оскудении драматической литературы». Но выпадение современных отечественных пьес из репертуара объясняется вовсе не отсутствием хорошей драматургии, а множеством субъективных и объективных причин. Вместе с тем, если пьесы живущих авторов не принимать к постановке (а их обычно отвергают, не читая), то современная драматургия неминуемо придет к полному упадку и вырождению. Она не может быть жизнеспособной, если ее душат за горло. Драматурги перестают писать, талантливые литераторы уходят в прозу. Полагать же, что театр может процветать в то время, когда драматургия находится в кризисе, это нонсенс.
Именно театры призваны служить опорной базой, экспериментальным центром и питомником современной драматургии, растить ее, пестовать, поддерживать. Но этого не происходит.
Еще Немирович-Данченко предупреждал: «Если театр посвящает себя исключительно классическому репертуару и совсем не отражает в себе современной жизни, то он рискует очень скоро стать академически мертвым». И режиссеры, которые с гордостью говорят: «я ставлю только классику», загоняют себя в прошлое, хотя при этом могут считать самих себя новаторами. К тому же, не ставя современную драматургию, они содействуют ее вырождению. Такие деятели театра принадлежат к тем колоколам. о которых Буало сказал, что они «прославляя мертвых, морят живых».
Классика, при всех ее неоспоримых достоинствах, не может в полной мере ответить на запросы нашего времени и отразить его. Например, Чехов не знал, что такое мировые войны, что такое развал Российской империи, революции, советская власть и ее конец, перестройка, самолеты, атомные бомбы, ракеты, телевизоры, компьютеры, интернет, мобильники – т.е. все то, что определяет жизнь и сознание современного человека. Сегодня другая мораль, другие проблемы и жизненные ценности, другая эстетика, другое общество и другие люди, другие скорости, темпы и ритмы,
А мы все это знаем. Надо честно признать, что любой классик прежних времен и даже сравнительно недавней советской эпохи уже не «наше все». Он велик, им можно восхищаться, его можно и нужно ставить, он «наше», но уже далеко не «всё». И вообще, если о ком-то говорят «наше всё», значит, кроме этого «всё», у нас больше нет никого и ничего. Не очень утешительно. И не очень продуктивно.
В попытках выразить современность через классику приходится ее «актуализировать», осовременивать, привносить в нее то, чего в ней нет и не могло быть, придумывать и додумывать за автора: «как бы он написал эту пьесу, если бы был сейчас жив». Все это обычно невкусно и неталантливо. И просто непорядочно. Над попыткой навязать «произведениям, созданных для других эпох, стиль нашей эпохи» иронизировал еще Брехт, давая совет «искать этот стиль не у себя в голове, а в драматической продукции данного времени.»
Однако мысль отразить современность путем постановки современной пьесы все еще далеко не всем приходит в голову. Из-за недостатка постановок современной драмы зрители (говоря словами писателя и философа Александр Мелихов ) «лишились зеркала, в котором могли бы увидеть значительной не жизнь Наташи Ростовой, а собственную жизнь».
Чтобы не остаться без зрителей (на классику зал наполнить непросто), театры обращаются к современным пьесам, но не к отечественным. Мы верим только в импортное качество. Однако можно купить зарубежные самолеты и автомобили, и они будут прекрасно работать, но зарубежную культуру купить нельзя. Она все равно останется не своей. И если относительно самолетов пришло ясное понимание, что гораздо правильнее иметь свои, то театры не верят в отечественных авторов и со спокойной душой ставят современные (впрочем, обычно уже далеко не первой свежести) зарубежные пьесы, иногда хорошие, чаще посредственные, сделанные искусно, но искусственно, но, главное, бесконечно далекие от нашей жизни и жизни вообще. Надо понять, что импортозамещение в культурной сфере так же важно, как в экономической и любой другой.
Чтобы исключить остроумные насмешки по поводу того, что неудачливые авторы просят для себя деньги и требуют силой заставлять театры ставить их бездарные произведения, сразу скажем со всей ясностью, что драматурги ничего подобного не требуют. Любопытно, что такие мнения чаще всего выражают люди театра. При этом как-то забывают, что сами театры, как и все учреждения культуры: школы, вузы, музеи, кино, творческие союзы, библиотеки, - поддерживаются государством. Журнал РБК проанализировал финансовые итоги работы почти 650 гостеатров России. Итог: все они убыточны. Общая доля госсубсидий в доходах театров превышает 75%. Существование театров возможно лишь благодаря этой поддержке. Например, Александринский театр в Петербурге получает ежегодно прямых субсидий около 400 миллионов руб. (а есть еще и поддержка косвенная). Никто при этом над субсидированием театров не иронизирует, наоборот: обычно сетуют на его недостаточность. Так что же позорного в том, если и драматургия получит государственную помощь? Драматургию (а она неразрывная часть театрального дела) никто не финансирует, а, между тем, ее поддержка и, как результат, возрастание ее уровня и улучшение ее качества снизила бы, а не увеличила убыточность театров. При этом поощрения и награды будут получать как раз не авторы, а театры: за постановки, за читки, за проведение фестивалей современных пьес, за драматургические мастерские и т.д. Ведь реальная поддержка драматургии может осуществляться только через театры.
Мастерские, мастер-классы и лаборатории для режиссеров весьма часты, хотя режиссеры, актеры и театроведы получают от государства образование в театральных вузах и колледжах. Драматургов, за малыми исключениями, никто и нигде не учит. Так почему бы не потратить совсем небольшие средства на повышение мастерства авторов, проявивших к драматургии способности?
Но речь не столько о финансовых, сколько о других мерах по развитию отечественной драматургии. Драматургами разработаны конкретные предложения по возрождению и развитию отечественной драматургии. Общая их цель: укрепление связи театра и авторов, устранение барьеров между ними, развитие взаимного сотрудничества, включение драматургов в театральный процесс, повышение статуса драматурга. Это пойдет на пользу прежде всего обществу, зрителям и самим театрам. Вот лишь некоторые из этих предложений:
• Создание под эгидой Минкульта интернет-платформы, посвящённой данной тематике.
• Создание государственного «Фонда поддержки современных авторов», отчисления в который складываются из добровольных взносов частных лиц, государственной дотации, и других источников; например, от перевода в Фонд небольшой доли отчислений от постановок классиков.
• Учреждение для всех театральных фестивалей всероссийского, регионального и районного уровня. как для профессиональных, так и для любительских театров отдельных номинаций призов, премий и дипломов за постановки пьес современных авторов. Эти премии не обязательно должны иметь реальное денежное выражение. Цель их –стимулирование театров, ставящих современную драматургию.
• Учреждение ежегодного всероссийского театрального фестиваля современной отечественной драматургии и проведение аналогичных региональных фестивалей профессиональных и любительских театров. В нашей стране проводится множество фестивалей на самые разные темы, по разным поводам и в честь разных лиц. Но фестивалей современной отечественной драматургии (как раз самых нужных) нет.
• Восстановление обязательной должности завлита в театрах. В его обязанности должно входить планирование репертуарной политики театра, поиски и выбор пьес, контакты с авторами, и других обязанностей быть не должно.
• Выделение небольшой квоты в репертуаре театра (скажем, одна современная пьеса в сезон). Эта мера может быть как административной, но лучше – поощрительной: путем наград театрам и режиссерам. Эта поддержка не должна сопровождаться, как сейчас, утомительными бюрократическими процедурами. Нужно, чтобы театры сами стали искать хорошие пьесы, отражающее наше время. Сейчас у них нет для этого никакого стимула.
• Создание онлайн театра для записи и показа современных пьес
• Внедрение в практику работы театров регулярных публичных театрализованных читок современных пьес.
• Меры поощрения для театров, проводящих публичные читки современных пьес, учредивших при себе драматургические мастерские и семинары.
• Организация регулярных прямых групповых встреч драматургов и режиссеров.
• Организация регулярных групповых онлайн встреч завлитов и драматургов с целью взаимного знакомства и обмена информацией;
• Поддерживание регулярного контакта между автором и режиссером, ставящим его пьесу. Регулярное приглашение автора на репетиции его пьесы.
• Введение в практику учебного процесса в театральных вузах современной драматургии, встреч студентов - будущих режиссеров, актеров и театроведов - с драматургами, постановок учебных спектаклей по современным пьесам использования современной драмы в качестве материала для курсовых работ.
• Введение драматургов в жюри и оргкомитеты значимых театральных конкурсов и фестивалей, а также в худсоветы театров.
• Использование ТВ канала «Культура» для пропаганды современной драматургии.
• Проведение всероссийского совещания (и, может быть, не одного) по проблемам современной драматургии с участием руководителей учреждений культуры, СТД, театров, Союза писателей, драматургов, продюсеров, театральных вузов, библиотек.
• Укрепление единства и организованности драматургов перед лицом решения их профессиональных проблем.
Лишь часть этих и других предложенных мер по возрождению драматургии требует определенных средств, весьма незначительных, другие же не нуждаются в особом финансировании.
До тех пор, пока будут думать, что постановка современных пьес нужна только их авторам, прогресса ожидать не приходится. Никакие административные меры и указания не помогут, если не придет общее осознание важности проблемы и понимание необходимости ее совместно решать. Необходимо сближение театра и драматургов, понимание общности их интересов и целей. Учреждения культуры всех уровней, театры, СТД, Союз писателей, библиотеки, театральные вузы и колледжи, сами драматурги должны сообща выработать и реализовать комплекс мер развития отечественной драматургии и активного ее включения в театральный процесс. Результаты не замедлят сказаться.

 

 

Центр поддержки пользователей Gorenje

Новосибирск. Купили мы в магазине М.Видео духовой шкаф Gorenje. 

23 апреля 2025 года его привезли к нам на квартиру и подключили.

 С этого дня мы не можем установить настройки на дисплее - текущее время, уровень звука, уровень яркости дисплея. Они устанавливаются, но затем сбрасываются. А по инструкции так быть не должно. 

29 апреля я позвонил по телефону 8 800 700 05 15 в Центр поддержки пользователей Gorenje, чтобы со мной связался специалист и помог по телефону наладить настройки дисплея. Мне сказали, что 30 апреля с 10 до 18 часов Москвы со мной свяжется специалист. 

30 апреля я не выходил из дома ждал звонка, три раза даже звонил - напоминал о своей заявке, но...... звонка из Центра так и не дождался. 

В 18.10 Москвы я вновь позвонил по телефону 8 800 700 05 15. Мне сказали, что единственно чем могут помочь, это тем, что перенесут мою заявку на 1 мая. То есть, мне предложили просидеть праздничный день возле духового шкафа и телефона без гарантии, что мне будет оказана помощь.

Естественно, что я отказался. Тогда мы перенесли заявку на 3 мая. Но и в этот день никто из Центра поддержки не позвонил. Можно было бы подумать, что это праздничный день и поэтому не звонили, но... операторы на телефоне говорили, что они и работники Центра работают круглосуточно.

Итог: поддержки от Центра поддержки пользователей Gorenje я не получил!

4 мая мы отправились в магазин М.Видео, где купили духовой шкаф. Там нас сначала пытались отфутболить в Центр поддержки пользователей Gorenje, но мы отказались, объяснив, что там поддержки за два дня мы не дождались, не дождемся и впредь. Тогда работник магазина попытался нас отфутболить другим маневром. Он сказал, что мы должны сфотать логотип на дверце духовки и прислать им. То есть, он хотел нас отправить домой и замылить ситуацию. Я спросил - зачем ему нужен логотип? Он ответил - "Чтобы узнать модель духовки". Тогда я выложил перед ним паспорт духового шкафа, где была указана модель. Спрашивается, зачем нужно было нас отправлять домой, чтобы узнать модель? Когда и эта уловка по отфутболиванию не сработала, он смилостивился и предложил нам написать заявление в наш новосибирский сервисный центр для того, чтобы к нам домой пришел мастер и проверил - исправен ли духовой шкаф или он подлежит возврату и обмену. Теперь нам должны оттуда позвонить. Ждем. На следующий день - 5 мая - не позвонили.

Из Центра поддержки пользователей Gorenje по-прежнему не звонят. Видимо считают, что моя заявка ими выполнена.

Центр поддержки пользователей Горение

Новосибирск. Купили мы в магазине М.Видео духовой шкаф Gorenje. 

23 апреля 2025 года его привезли к нам на квартиру и подключили.

 С этого дня мы не можем установить настройки на дисплее - текущее время, уровень звука, уровень яркости дисплея. Они устанавливаются, но затем сбрасываются. А по инструкции так быть не должно. 

29 апреля я позвонил по телефону 8 800 700 05 15 в Центр поддержки пользователей Gorenje, чтобы со мной связался специалист и помог по телефону наладить настройки дисплея. Мне сказали, что 30 апреля с 10 до 18 часов Москвы со мной свяжется специалист. 

30 апреля я не выходил из дома ждал звонка, три раза даже звонил - напоминал о своей заявке, но...... звонка из Центра так и не дождался. 

В 18.10 Москвы я вновь позвонил по телефону 8 800 700 05 15. Мне сказали, что единственно чем могут помочь, это тем, что перенесут мою заявку на 1 мая. То есть, мне предложили просидеть праздничный день возле духового шкафа и телефона без гарантии, что мне будет оказана помощь.

Естественно, что я отказался. Тогда мы перенесли заявку на 3 мая. Но и в этот день никто из Центра поддержки не позвонил. Можно было бы подумать, что это праздничный день и поэтому не звонили, но... операторы на телефоне говорили, что они и работники Центра работают круглосуточно.

Итог: поддержки от Центра поддержки пользователей Gorenje я не получил!

4 мая мы отправились в магазин М.Видео, где купили духовой шкаф. Там нас сначала пытались отфутболить в Центр поддержки пользователей Gorenje, но мы отказались, объяснив, что там поддержки за два дня мы не дождались, не дождемся и впредь. Тогда работник магазина попытался нас отфутболить другим маневром. Он сказал, что мы должны сфотать логотип на дверце духовки и прислать им. То есть, он хотел нас отправить домой и замылить ситуацию. Я спросил - зачем ему нужен логотип? Он ответил - "Чтобы узнать модель духовки". Тогда я выложил перед ним паспорт духового шкафа, где была указана модель. Спрашивается, зачем нужно было нас отправлять домой, чтобы узнать модель? Когда и эта уловка по отфутболиванию не сработала, он смилостивился и предложил нам написать заявление в наш новосибирский сервисный центр для того, чтобы к нам домой пришел мастер и проверил - исправен ли духовой шкаф или он подлежит возврату и обмену. Теперь нам должны оттуда позвонить. Ждем. На следующий день - 5 мая - не позвонили.

Из Центра поддержки пользователей Gorenje по-прежнему не звонят. Видимо считают, что моя заявка ими выполнена.

четверг, 10 апреля 2025 г.

All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Ovi

  All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Alexander Ovechkin! He is a great athlete! His contribution to peace is enormous. Ovechkin destroys Russophobia. After all, many in the US, Canada and Europe admire him - the Russian hockey player! Ovechkin is a High Mission! Alexander is the messenger of the Lord God for strengthening peace on the entire planet! Good health to Alexander Ovechkin and may he score more than a thousand goals!!!



   The Novosibirsk City Drama Theatre under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev has already performed the play "Jokes in the Backwoods" based on the play by Igor Murenko 845 times. On April 10 this year, the 846th performance will be performed. There are 50 performances left to reach Alexander Ovechkin's record!

Игорь Муренко

Igor Murenko

Member of the Guild of Playwrights of Russia, plays were staged and performed in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and France.

The play "Jokes in the wilderness" has been staged in 119 theaters in Russia, Lithuania and the CIS countries (as of 2025). Performances based on this play have won festivals in Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Bulgaria (Vratsa), France (Nancy);

and also:

in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Perm, Kirov, Samara, Tver, Yoshkar-Ola, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Syzran, Tobolsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pskov, Tyumen, Kurgan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kostroma, Kerch.

In May 2025, it will be 29 years since the work on the play "Jokes in the Wilderness" was completed

During this time, the play has been staged in the following 119 theaters:

1. Novosibirsk City Drama Theater under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev (premiere on December 25, 1996 - the history of staging this play begins with this theater).

2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater (1998).

3. Syzran Drama Theater named after A. N. Tolstoy (2000)

4. Theater of the Northern Fleet, Murmansk (2010)

5. Michurinsky Drama Theater.

6. Tver Academic Drama Theater, 2006.

7. Moscow State Regional Youth Theater, 2007.

8. Tobolsk Drama Theater named after Ershov.

9. Shadrinsk Drama Theater.

10. Rybinsk Drama Theater.

11. Serov Drama Theater named after A. Chekhov.

12. Tchaikovsky Drama and Comedy Theater.

13. Syktyvkar Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin.

14. Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V. Shukshin, 1999.

15. Biysk Drama Theater.

16. Achinsk Drama Theater.

17. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Drama Theater.

18. State Academic Russian Theater of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

19. East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl (Ust-Kamenogorsk), 2012.

20. Kotlas Drama Theater.

21. Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, Nalchik.

22. Bratsk Drama Theater.

23. Drama Theater named after M. Ulyanova, Tara, Omsk Region, 2014.

24. Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. Kirov.

25. Ulyanovsk Drama Theater named after I. Goncharov.

26. State Russian Drama Theatre, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk.

27. Bugulma State Drama Theatre named after A. Batalov.

28. Balakovo Drama Theatre named after E. Lebedev.

29. Russian Republican Drama Theatre named after M. Lermontov, Abakan, Khakassia.

30. Ozersk Drama Theatre "Our House", Chelyabinsk Region.

31. Cheremkhovo Drama Theatre named after V. Gurkin, Irkutsk Region.

32. Belogorsk People's Theatre named after A. Ulasovets.

33. Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre, Komi Republic (In St. Petersburg, at the 2nd All-Russian Festival-Competition of Amateur Theatres "Nevskie Teatralnye Vstrechi - 2016", the play "JOKES IN THE DEEP GROUND" by the Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre named after G.D. Gorchakov won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award).

34. Theatre Studio "Evening School" of the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk Region.

35. People's Theatre of the town of Gus-Khrustalny.

36. Lithuania, the town of Birzai, the Theatre named after Boris Dauguvitis.

37. Gorky People's Theatre of the city of Omsk (Grand Prix of the 14th Lyubinsky Festival of Amateur Theatres (Omsk) in the nomination "Best Performance").

38. Theatre Studio "Deficit", the town of Beloretsk, Bashkiria.

39. Stepnotugaevsky Rural House of Culture Theatre, Chuvashia.

40. Versiya People's Theatre, Yugorsk-2 (Grand Prix of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug Theatre Festival).

41. T-Vid Theatre, Vidnoye, Moscow Region (winner of the 20th International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria (Vratsa) in the Best Dramatic Performance category. Plus a special jury prize "For preserving the school of K.S. Stanislavsky").

42. Dar Osinsky People's Theatre, Perm Region.

43. Krug People's Theatre, Andropovsky District, Stavropol Territory.

44. Tashla People's Theatre, Tashla District, Orenburg Region, Tashla Village.

45. Sandovsky District Leisure Centre People's Theatre, Tver Region.

46. V. Pikalova, the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk region, 1998.

47. Mamontovsky People's Theater, Altai Territory.

48. People's Theater "Vzglyad" of the Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia.

49. Theater "Masterskaya Margarity".

50. Novorzhevsky People's Theater, 2005, April 1, Novorzhev, Pskov Region.

51. People's Theater "Maski" of the Kuedinsky House of Culture, Perm Territory, 2010, December.

52. People's Theater of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers of the Buy Station, Buy, Kostroma Region (in January 2018, it won the International Festival-Competition "Admiralty Star" in Kostroma).

53. Shemurshinsky People's Theater of the village of Staraya Shemursha, Chuvashia, January 2018.

54. People's Theater of Bogorodsky District, Kirov Region, 1998.

55. People's Theater "Obraz" of the city of Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 2011.

56. People's Theater of Pestrechensky District, Tatarstan.

57. People's Theater "Bliki" of Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, 2011.

58. People's Theater named after V. Pikalov of the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region (second production, victory at the regional festival in May 2016 in Tomsk).

59. Zavitinsky People's Theater, Zavitinsk, Amur Region.

60. People's Theater of the village of Nizhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Region, 2016.

61. Book Theater "About Reading" of the Severny District of the Novosibirsk Region, 2017.

62. People's Theater of the village of Zhitnikovskoye, Kurgan Region, March 27, 2017.

63. People's Theater "16-40", August, 2013.

64. Theater Studio "ART and Cool" of the Novosibirsk Pedagogical College No. 2, December 2013.

65. People's Theater of the Cultural Center "Obukhovo", Noginsk District of the Moscow Region, workers' settlement of Obukhovo.

66. People's Theater "Wake Up and Sing", Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, April 29, 2018.

67. People's Theater "Provincials" of the Gerasimovsky Rural House of Culture, Ilek District, Orenburg Region. On the stage of the Ural RDC on April 12, 2018.

68. Velamen People's Theater, Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, December 3, 2017.

69. Kurgan State Drama Theater (33rd professional theater). Premiere on December 21, 22, 23, 2018.

70. Grotesque People's Theater, Gubkinsky urban district, Belgorod region, December 16, 2018.

71. Klepikovsky People's Theater, Spas-Klepiki village (where Sergei Yesenin studied), Ryazan region, February 24, 2019.

72. Sovremennik People's Theater, Chukhloma District House of Culture, Kostroma region, February 14, 2019.

73. Rybinsk SDK MBUK "Cultural and Information Center" of Kamensky District of Altai Krai, theater group "Maski", February 2019.

74. Amateur theater "Zerkalo" of the Oktyabrsky rural DK named after P. Zuev, Sverdlovsk Region, March 2019.

75. People's Theater of Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, March 29, 2019.

76. Dobrinsky People's Theater of Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Region, April 16, 2019.

77. Theater and Concert Center "Shchelkovsky Theater" of Moscow Region, Shchelkovo, April 27, 2019 (34th professional theater).

78. People's Theater "Antre" of the Ashinsky District, Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, April 24, 2019.

79. People's Theater of the village of Aginskoye, Sayansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 1, 2019.

80. People’s Theater “What You Need”, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Region, May 16, 2019.

81. Theater studio "Pilgrim", cultural center "Horizon", Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic, April 12, 2019.

82. People's Theater "Harlequin" of the Chetkarinsky House of Culture, Pyshlinsky district, Sverdlovsk region, 2nd quarter of 2019.

83. People's Theater "Resonance" Novopavlovsk, Stavropol Territory, October 2019.

84. Folk theater “Skomorokhi” of the village of Zagrivochnaya, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic, November 26, 2019.

85. Kimry Drama and Comedy Theater, Tver Region (35th professional theater), premiered on January 2, 2020.

86. Baevsky People's Theater, Altai Territory, December 13, 2019.

87. People's Theater of the village of Dedovichi, Pskov Region (won the festival "Zateya sel'skoy ostroty" in the village of Bugrovo in 2019).

88. Chuvash State Academic Drama Theater named after K. Ivanov (36th professional theater). Premiere on November 20, 2020.

89. People's Theater of the MBUK Tuzhinsky RKDC, Kirov Region, November 2019.

90. MBUK Center for Folk Culture and Tourism of the village of Yarensk, Arkhangelsk Region, February 14, 2021.

91. Novokuznetsk People's Theater "Samolet", premiere on April 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 2021.

92. People's Theater "People", Baikalsk, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region, Community Center "Yubileiny", February 21, 27, 2021.

93. People's Theater of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen Region, May 21, 22, 2021.

94. Student theater group "Grotesk" of the Saratov State Law Academy, Saratov, 2013.

95. Krasnozersky People's Theater (studio "Experiment"), Novosibirsk Region, September 2020.

96. People's Theater "Kant" of the urban-type settlement of Kachug, Irkutsk Region. The performance is a laureate of the All-Russian Theatre Festival "Theatre Seasons of Crimea" (Kerch, June 2021), as well as the prize for "Best Supporting Actor".

97. Chagodoshchensky People's Theatre of the village of Chagody, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, April 30, 2021.

98. Putilov People's Theatre of the Nazyvaevsky Municipal District, Omsk Oblast, April 25, 2021.

99. People's Theatre of the Andropovsky District Social and Cultural Center, Stavropol Krai, April 16, 2020.

100. People's Theatre of the village of Lomovka, Luninsky District, Penza Oblast, November 2019.

101. People's Theatre of the House of Culture of the Kinel Urban District, Samara Oblast, September 2021.

102. Debessky Center for Cultural Development, Udmurtia, starring employees of the Debessky District Administration, April 22, 2022.

103. People's Theater "Krug", the city of Kirov, 2020.

104. People's Theater of the Novosergievsky District, Orenburg Region.

105. People's Amateur Theater "Perepolokh", Lopukhinsky House of Culture, Leningrad Region, Lopukhinskoye Rural Settlement, 2022.

106. People's Theater "Vera", the city of Ruza, Moscow Region, as part of the "Ruza Theater Seasons" project, March 18, 2023.

107. People's Theater of the workers' settlement of Voskresenskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, March 26, 2023.

108. People's Theater of the village of Parabel, Tomsk Region, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2023.

109. Olonetsky People's Theater, Olonets, Republic of Karelia, 2017, May 27, 29.

110. Kamchatka Drama and Comedy Theater, December 23, 2023.

111. People's Theater of Peshnevo Village, Kazan District, Tyumen Oblast, 2022.

112. People's Theater of Chernoistochinsk Village, Gorno-Uralsky Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, May 17, 2024.

113. Breytovsky People's Theater, Breytovo Village, Yaroslavl Oblast, May 18, July 11, 2024.

114. People's Theater of Korobovsky House of Culture, Dmitrovsky Pogost Village, Shatura Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, November 9, 2024.

115. Russian People's Drama Theater "Experiment", Chistopol, Tatarstan, January 25, February 1, 2025.

116. People's Theater "Velamen", Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, February 22, 2025.

117. Student Theater of the Theatrical Performance Directing Group of the Perm State Institute of Culture, October 2024.

118. Theater group "Rodnaya Storonka" of the Peshnevsky House of Culture, Kazansky District, Tyumen Region, December 24, 2022.

119. People's Theater of the RDC "Yunost" of the UVA settlement, Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, March 27, 2025.

Summary of the play "Jokes in the Wilderness":

Night, February, snowstorm. A resident of the rural hinterland Sanka (57 years old) decides to play along with his relatives who came from the city for his funeral - and lies down in a coffin, pretending to be dead. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity and see how much his wife will grieve, in whose love he has never been sure in his entire life.

At first, everything goes well - he is really taken for a dead man, but all plans collapse when the most famous actor, the legend of Russian cinema Samson Struchkov, stops for the night, or rather, a man who is the spitting image of the screen star, and whom everyone enthusiastically takes for Struchkov and begins to treat, and to whom even the dead man Sanka begins to be jealous, because everyone forgets about the dead man - such is the magic power of cinema. The dead man disappears from the coffin, the snowstorm ends, but begins...

6 male, 4 female

You can read the play here:

https://sites.google.com/site/pesydlateatraigoramurenko/home/sutki-v-gluhomani 


вторник, 8 апреля 2025 г.

All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Alexander Ovechkin!

 All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Alexander Ovechkin! He is a great athlete! His contribution to peace is enormous. Ovechkin destroys Russophobia. After all, many in the US, Canada and Europe admire him - the Russian hockey player! Ovechkin is a High Mission! Alexander is the messenger of the Lord God for strengthening peace on the entire planet! Good health to Alexander Ovechkin and may he score more than a thousand goals!!!



   The Novosibirsk City Drama Theatre under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev has already performed the play "Jokes in the Backwoods" based on the play by Igor Murenko 845 times. On April 10 this year, the 846th performance will be performed. There are 50 performances left to reach Alexander Ovechkin's record!

Игорь Муренко

Igor Murenko

Member of the Guild of Playwrights of Russia, plays were staged and performed in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and France.

The play "Jokes in the wilderness" has been staged in 119 theaters in Russia, Lithuania and the CIS countries (as of 2025). Performances based on this play have won festivals in Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Bulgaria (Vratsa), France (Nancy);

and also:

in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Perm, Kirov, Samara, Tver, Yoshkar-Ola, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Syzran, Tobolsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pskov, Tyumen, Kurgan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kostroma, Kerch.

In May 2025, it will be 29 years since the work on the play "Jokes in the Wilderness" was completed

During this time, the play has been staged in the following 119 theaters:

1. Novosibirsk City Drama Theater under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev (premiere on December 25, 1996 - the history of staging this play begins with this theater).

2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater (1998).

3. Syzran Drama Theater named after A. N. Tolstoy (2000)

4. Theater of the Northern Fleet, Murmansk (2010)

5. Michurinsky Drama Theater.

6. Tver Academic Drama Theater, 2006.

7. Moscow State Regional Youth Theater, 2007.

8. Tobolsk Drama Theater named after Ershov.

9. Shadrinsk Drama Theater.

10. Rybinsk Drama Theater.

11. Serov Drama Theater named after A. Chekhov.

12. Tchaikovsky Drama and Comedy Theater.

13. Syktyvkar Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin.

14. Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V. Shukshin, 1999.

15. Biysk Drama Theater.

16. Achinsk Drama Theater.

17. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Drama Theater.

18. State Academic Russian Theater of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

19. East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl (Ust-Kamenogorsk), 2012.

20. Kotlas Drama Theater.

21. Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, Nalchik.

22. Bratsk Drama Theater.

23. Drama Theater named after M. Ulyanova, Tara, Omsk Region, 2014.

24. Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. Kirov.

25. Ulyanovsk Drama Theater named after I. Goncharov.

26. State Russian Drama Theatre, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk.

27. Bugulma State Drama Theatre named after A. Batalov.

28. Balakovo Drama Theatre named after E. Lebedev.

29. Russian Republican Drama Theatre named after M. Lermontov, Abakan, Khakassia.

30. Ozersk Drama Theatre "Our House", Chelyabinsk Region.

31. Cheremkhovo Drama Theatre named after V. Gurkin, Irkutsk Region.

32. Belogorsk People's Theatre named after A. Ulasovets.

33. Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre, Komi Republic (In St. Petersburg, at the 2nd All-Russian Festival-Competition of Amateur Theatres "Nevskie Teatralnye Vstrechi - 2016", the play "JOKES IN THE DEEP GROUND" by the Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre named after G.D. Gorchakov won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award).

34. Theatre Studio "Evening School" of the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk Region.

35. People's Theatre of the town of Gus-Khrustalny.

36. Lithuania, the town of Birzai, the Theatre named after Boris Dauguvitis.

37. Gorky People's Theatre of the city of Omsk (Grand Prix of the 14th Lyubinsky Festival of Amateur Theatres (Omsk) in the nomination "Best Performance").

38. Theatre Studio "Deficit", the town of Beloretsk, Bashkiria.

39. Stepnotugaevsky Rural House of Culture Theatre, Chuvashia.

40. Versiya People's Theatre, Yugorsk-2 (Grand Prix of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug Theatre Festival).

41. T-Vid Theatre, Vidnoye, Moscow Region (winner of the 20th International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria (Vratsa) in the Best Dramatic Performance category. Plus a special jury prize "For preserving the school of K.S. Stanislavsky").

42. Dar Osinsky People's Theatre, Perm Region.

43. Krug People's Theatre, Andropovsky District, Stavropol Territory.

44. Tashla People's Theatre, Tashla District, Orenburg Region, Tashla Village.

45. Sandovsky District Leisure Centre People's Theatre, Tver Region.

46. V. Pikalova, the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk region, 1998.

47. Mamontovsky People's Theater, Altai Territory.

48. People's Theater "Vzglyad" of the Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia.

49. Theater "Masterskaya Margarity".

50. Novorzhevsky People's Theater, 2005, April 1, Novorzhev, Pskov Region.

51. People's Theater "Maski" of the Kuedinsky House of Culture, Perm Territory, 2010, December.

52. People's Theater of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers of the Buy Station, Buy, Kostroma Region (in January 2018, it won the International Festival-Competition "Admiralty Star" in Kostroma).

53. Shemurshinsky People's Theater of the village of Staraya Shemursha, Chuvashia, January 2018.

54. People's Theater of Bogorodsky District, Kirov Region, 1998.

55. People's Theater "Obraz" of the city of Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 2011.

56. People's Theater of Pestrechensky District, Tatarstan.

57. People's Theater "Bliki" of Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, 2011.

58. People's Theater named after V. Pikalov of the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region (second production, victory at the regional festival in May 2016 in Tomsk).

59. Zavitinsky People's Theater, Zavitinsk, Amur Region.

60. People's Theater of the village of Nizhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Region, 2016.

61. Book Theater "About Reading" of the Severny District of the Novosibirsk Region, 2017.

62. People's Theater of the village of Zhitnikovskoye, Kurgan Region, March 27, 2017.

63. People's Theater "16-40", August, 2013.

64. Theater Studio "ART and Cool" of the Novosibirsk Pedagogical College No. 2, December 2013.

65. People's Theater of the Cultural Center "Obukhovo", Noginsk District of the Moscow Region, workers' settlement of Obukhovo.

66. People's Theater "Wake Up and Sing", Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, April 29, 2018.

67. People's Theater "Provincials" of the Gerasimovsky Rural House of Culture, Ilek District, Orenburg Region. On the stage of the Ural RDC on April 12, 2018.

68. Velamen People's Theater, Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, December 3, 2017.

69. Kurgan State Drama Theater (33rd professional theater). Premiere on December 21, 22, 23, 2018.

70. Grotesque People's Theater, Gubkinsky urban district, Belgorod region, December 16, 2018.

71. Klepikovsky People's Theater, Spas-Klepiki village (where Sergei Yesenin studied), Ryazan region, February 24, 2019.

72. Sovremennik People's Theater, Chukhloma District House of Culture, Kostroma region, February 14, 2019.

73. Rybinsk SDK MBUK "Cultural and Information Center" of Kamensky District of Altai Krai, theater group "Maski", February 2019.

74. Amateur theater "Zerkalo" of the Oktyabrsky rural DK named after P. Zuev, Sverdlovsk Region, March 2019.

75. People's Theater of Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, March 29, 2019.

76. Dobrinsky People's Theater of Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Region, April 16, 2019.

77. Theater and Concert Center "Shchelkovsky Theater" of Moscow Region, Shchelkovo, April 27, 2019 (34th professional theater).

78. People's Theater "Antre" of the Ashinsky District, Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, April 24, 2019.

79. People's Theater of the village of Aginskoye, Sayansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 1, 2019.

80. People’s Theater “What You Need”, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Region, May 16, 2019.

81. Theater studio "Pilgrim", cultural center "Horizon", Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic, April 12, 2019.

82. People's Theater "Harlequin" of the Chetkarinsky House of Culture, Pyshlinsky district, Sverdlovsk region, 2nd quarter of 2019.

83. People's Theater "Resonance" Novopavlovsk, Stavropol Territory, October 2019.

84. Folk theater “Skomorokhi” of the village of Zagrivochnaya, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic, November 26, 2019.

85. Kimry Drama and Comedy Theater, Tver Region (35th professional theater), premiered on January 2, 2020.

86. Baevsky People's Theater, Altai Territory, December 13, 2019.

87. People's Theater of the village of Dedovichi, Pskov Region (won the festival "Zateya sel'skoy ostroty" in the village of Bugrovo in 2019).

88. Chuvash State Academic Drama Theater named after K. Ivanov (36th professional theater). Premiere on November 20, 2020.

89. People's Theater of the MBUK Tuzhinsky RKDC, Kirov Region, November 2019.

90. MBUK Center for Folk Culture and Tourism of the village of Yarensk, Arkhangelsk Region, February 14, 2021.

91. Novokuznetsk People's Theater "Samolet", premiere on April 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 2021.

92. People's Theater "People", Baikalsk, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region, Community Center "Yubileiny", February 21, 27, 2021.

93. People's Theater of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen Region, May 21, 22, 2021.

94. Student theater group "Grotesk" of the Saratov State Law Academy, Saratov, 2013.

95. Krasnozersky People's Theater (studio "Experiment"), Novosibirsk Region, September 2020.

96. People's Theater "Kant" of the urban-type settlement of Kachug, Irkutsk Region. The performance is a laureate of the All-Russian Theatre Festival "Theatre Seasons of Crimea" (Kerch, June 2021), as well as the prize for "Best Supporting Actor".

97. Chagodoshchensky People's Theatre of the village of Chagody, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, April 30, 2021.

98. Putilov People's Theatre of the Nazyvaevsky Municipal District, Omsk Oblast, April 25, 2021.

99. People's Theatre of the Andropovsky District Social and Cultural Center, Stavropol Krai, April 16, 2020.

100. People's Theatre of the village of Lomovka, Luninsky District, Penza Oblast, November 2019.

101. People's Theatre of the House of Culture of the Kinel Urban District, Samara Oblast, September 2021.

102. Debessky Center for Cultural Development, Udmurtia, starring employees of the Debessky District Administration, April 22, 2022.

103. People's Theater "Krug", the city of Kirov, 2020.

104. People's Theater of the Novosergievsky District, Orenburg Region.

105. People's Amateur Theater "Perepolokh", Lopukhinsky House of Culture, Leningrad Region, Lopukhinskoye Rural Settlement, 2022.

106. People's Theater "Vera", the city of Ruza, Moscow Region, as part of the "Ruza Theater Seasons" project, March 18, 2023.

107. People's Theater of the workers' settlement of Voskresenskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, March 26, 2023.

108. People's Theater of the village of Parabel, Tomsk Region, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2023.

109. Olonetsky People's Theater, Olonets, Republic of Karelia, 2017, May 27, 29.

110. Kamchatka Drama and Comedy Theater, December 23, 2023.

111. People's Theater of Peshnevo Village, Kazan District, Tyumen Oblast, 2022.

112. People's Theater of Chernoistochinsk Village, Gorno-Uralsky Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, May 17, 2024.

113. Breytovsky People's Theater, Breytovo Village, Yaroslavl Oblast, May 18, July 11, 2024.

114. People's Theater of Korobovsky House of Culture, Dmitrovsky Pogost Village, Shatura Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, November 9, 2024.

115. Russian People's Drama Theater "Experiment", Chistopol, Tatarstan, January 25, February 1, 2025.

116. People's Theater "Velamen", Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, February 22, 2025.

117. Student Theater of the Theatrical Performance Directing Group of the Perm State Institute of Culture, October 2024.

118. Theater group "Rodnaya Storonka" of the Peshnevsky House of Culture, Kazansky District, Tyumen Region, December 24, 2022.

119. People's Theater of the RDC "Yunost" of the UVA settlement, Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, March 27, 2025.

Summary of the play "Jokes in the Wilderness":

Night, February, snowstorm. A resident of the rural hinterland Sanka (57 years old) decides to play along with his relatives who came from the city for his funeral - and lies down in a coffin, pretending to be dead. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity and see how much his wife will grieve, in whose love he has never been sure in his entire life.

At first, everything goes well - he is really taken for a dead man, but all plans collapse when the most famous actor, the legend of Russian cinema Samson Struchkov, stops for the night, or rather, a man who is the spitting image of the screen star, and whom everyone enthusiastically takes for Struchkov and begins to treat, and to whom even the dead man Sanka begins to be jealous, because everyone forgets about the dead man - such is the magic power of cinema. The dead man disappears from the coffin, the snowstorm ends, but begins...

6 male, 4 female

You can read the play here:

https://sites.google.com/site/pesydlateatraigoramurenko/home/sutki-v-gluhomani 


Alexander Ovechkin's record is 50 performances away

All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Alexander Ovechkin! He is a great athlete! His contribution to peace is enormous. Ovechkin destroys Russophobia. After all, many in the US, Canada and Europe admire him - the Russian hockey player! Ovechkin is a High Mission! Alexander is the messenger of the Lord God for strengthening peace on the entire planet! Good health to Alexander Ovechkin and may he score more than a thousand goals!!!


   The Novosibirsk City Drama Theatre under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev has already performed the play "Jokes in the Backwoods" based on the play by Igor Murenko 845 times. On April 10 this year, the 846th performance will be performed. There are 50 performances left to reach Alexander Ovechkin's record!

Игорь Муренко

Igor Murenko

Member of the Guild of Playwrights of Russia, plays were staged and performed in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and France.

The play "Jokes in the wilderness" has been staged in 119 theaters in Russia, Lithuania and the CIS countries (as of 2025). Performances based on this play have won festivals in Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Bulgaria (Vratsa), France (Nancy);

and also:

in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Perm, Kirov, Samara, Tver, Yoshkar-Ola, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Syzran, Tobolsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pskov, Tyumen, Kurgan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kostroma, Kerch.

In May 2025, it will be 29 years since the work on the play "Jokes in the Wilderness" was completed

During this time, the play has been staged in the following 119 theaters:

1. Novosibirsk City Drama Theater under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev (premiere on December 25, 1996 - the history of staging this play begins with this theater).

2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater (1998).

3. Syzran Drama Theater named after A. N. Tolstoy (2000)

4. Theater of the Northern Fleet, Murmansk (2010)

5. Michurinsky Drama Theater.

6. Tver Academic Drama Theater, 2006.

7. Moscow State Regional Youth Theater, 2007.

8. Tobolsk Drama Theater named after Ershov.

9. Shadrinsk Drama Theater.

10. Rybinsk Drama Theater.

11. Serov Drama Theater named after A. Chekhov.

12. Tchaikovsky Drama and Comedy Theater.

13. Syktyvkar Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin.

14. Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V. Shukshin, 1999.

15. Biysk Drama Theater.

16. Achinsk Drama Theater.

17. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Drama Theater.

18. State Academic Russian Theater of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

19. East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl (Ust-Kamenogorsk), 2012.

20. Kotlas Drama Theater.

21. Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, Nalchik.

22. Bratsk Drama Theater.

23. Drama Theater named after M. Ulyanova, Tara, Omsk Region, 2014.

24. Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. Kirov.

25. Ulyanovsk Drama Theater named after I. Goncharov.

26. State Russian Drama Theatre, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk.

27. Bugulma State Drama Theatre named after A. Batalov.

28. Balakovo Drama Theatre named after E. Lebedev.

29. Russian Republican Drama Theatre named after M. Lermontov, Abakan, Khakassia.

30. Ozersk Drama Theatre "Our House", Chelyabinsk Region.

31. Cheremkhovo Drama Theatre named after V. Gurkin, Irkutsk Region.

32. Belogorsk People's Theatre named after A. Ulasovets.

33. Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre, Komi Republic (In St. Petersburg, at the 2nd All-Russian Festival-Competition of Amateur Theatres "Nevskie Teatralnye Vstrechi - 2016", the play "JOKES IN THE DEEP GROUND" by the Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre named after G.D. Gorchakov won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award).

34. Theatre Studio "Evening School" of the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk Region.

35. People's Theatre of the town of Gus-Khrustalny.

36. Lithuania, the town of Birzai, the Theatre named after Boris Dauguvitis.

37. Gorky People's Theatre of the city of Omsk (Grand Prix of the 14th Lyubinsky Festival of Amateur Theatres (Omsk) in the nomination "Best Performance").

38. Theatre Studio "Deficit", the town of Beloretsk, Bashkiria.

39. Stepnotugaevsky Rural House of Culture Theatre, Chuvashia.

40. Versiya People's Theatre, Yugorsk-2 (Grand Prix of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug Theatre Festival).

41. T-Vid Theatre, Vidnoye, Moscow Region (winner of the 20th International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria (Vratsa) in the Best Dramatic Performance category. Plus a special jury prize "For preserving the school of K.S. Stanislavsky").

42. Dar Osinsky People's Theatre, Perm Region.

43. Krug People's Theatre, Andropovsky District, Stavropol Territory.

44. Tashla People's Theatre, Tashla District, Orenburg Region, Tashla Village.

45. Sandovsky District Leisure Centre People's Theatre, Tver Region.

46. V. Pikalova, the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk region, 1998.

47. Mamontovsky People's Theater, Altai Territory.

48. People's Theater "Vzglyad" of the Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia.

49. Theater "Masterskaya Margarity".

50. Novorzhevsky People's Theater, 2005, April 1, Novorzhev, Pskov Region.

51. People's Theater "Maski" of the Kuedinsky House of Culture, Perm Territory, 2010, December.

52. People's Theater of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers of the Buy Station, Buy, Kostroma Region (in January 2018, it won the International Festival-Competition "Admiralty Star" in Kostroma).

53. Shemurshinsky People's Theater of the village of Staraya Shemursha, Chuvashia, January 2018.

54. People's Theater of Bogorodsky District, Kirov Region, 1998.

55. People's Theater "Obraz" of the city of Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 2011.

56. People's Theater of Pestrechensky District, Tatarstan.

57. People's Theater "Bliki" of Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, 2011.

58. People's Theater named after V. Pikalov of the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region (second production, victory at the regional festival in May 2016 in Tomsk).

59. Zavitinsky People's Theater, Zavitinsk, Amur Region.

60. People's Theater of the village of Nizhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Region, 2016.

61. Book Theater "About Reading" of the Severny District of the Novosibirsk Region, 2017.

62. People's Theater of the village of Zhitnikovskoye, Kurgan Region, March 27, 2017.

63. People's Theater "16-40", August, 2013.

64. Theater Studio "ART and Cool" of the Novosibirsk Pedagogical College No. 2, December 2013.

65. People's Theater of the Cultural Center "Obukhovo", Noginsk District of the Moscow Region, workers' settlement of Obukhovo.

66. People's Theater "Wake Up and Sing", Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, April 29, 2018.

67. People's Theater "Provincials" of the Gerasimovsky Rural House of Culture, Ilek District, Orenburg Region. On the stage of the Ural RDC on April 12, 2018.

68. Velamen People's Theater, Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, December 3, 2017.

69. Kurgan State Drama Theater (33rd professional theater). Premiere on December 21, 22, 23, 2018.

70. Grotesque People's Theater, Gubkinsky urban district, Belgorod region, December 16, 2018.

71. Klepikovsky People's Theater, Spas-Klepiki village (where Sergei Yesenin studied), Ryazan region, February 24, 2019.

72. Sovremennik People's Theater, Chukhloma District House of Culture, Kostroma region, February 14, 2019.

73. Rybinsk SDK MBUK "Cultural and Information Center" of Kamensky District of Altai Krai, theater group "Maski", February 2019.

74. Amateur theater "Zerkalo" of the Oktyabrsky rural DK named after P. Zuev, Sverdlovsk Region, March 2019.

75. People's Theater of Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, March 29, 2019.

76. Dobrinsky People's Theater of Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Region, April 16, 2019.

77. Theater and Concert Center "Shchelkovsky Theater" of Moscow Region, Shchelkovo, April 27, 2019 (34th professional theater).

78. People's Theater "Antre" of the Ashinsky District, Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, April 24, 2019.

79. People's Theater of the village of Aginskoye, Sayansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 1, 2019.

80. People’s Theater “What You Need”, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Region, May 16, 2019.

81. Theater studio "Pilgrim", cultural center "Horizon", Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic, April 12, 2019.

82. People's Theater "Harlequin" of the Chetkarinsky House of Culture, Pyshlinsky district, Sverdlovsk region, 2nd quarter of 2019.

83. People's Theater "Resonance" Novopavlovsk, Stavropol Territory, October 2019.

84. Folk theater “Skomorokhi” of the village of Zagrivochnaya, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic, November 26, 2019.

85. Kimry Drama and Comedy Theater, Tver Region (35th professional theater), premiered on January 2, 2020.

86. Baevsky People's Theater, Altai Territory, December 13, 2019.

87. People's Theater of the village of Dedovichi, Pskov Region (won the festival "Zateya sel'skoy ostroty" in the village of Bugrovo in 2019).

88. Chuvash State Academic Drama Theater named after K. Ivanov (36th professional theater). Premiere on November 20, 2020.

89. People's Theater of the MBUK Tuzhinsky RKDC, Kirov Region, November 2019.

90. MBUK Center for Folk Culture and Tourism of the village of Yarensk, Arkhangelsk Region, February 14, 2021.

91. Novokuznetsk People's Theater "Samolet", premiere on April 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 2021.

92. People's Theater "People", Baikalsk, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region, Community Center "Yubileiny", February 21, 27, 2021.

93. People's Theater of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen Region, May 21, 22, 2021.

94. Student theater group "Grotesk" of the Saratov State Law Academy, Saratov, 2013.

95. Krasnozersky People's Theater (studio "Experiment"), Novosibirsk Region, September 2020.

96. People's Theater "Kant" of the urban-type settlement of Kachug, Irkutsk Region. The performance is a laureate of the All-Russian Theatre Festival "Theatre Seasons of Crimea" (Kerch, June 2021), as well as the prize for "Best Supporting Actor".

97. Chagodoshchensky People's Theatre of the village of Chagody, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, April 30, 2021.

98. Putilov People's Theatre of the Nazyvaevsky Municipal District, Omsk Oblast, April 25, 2021.

99. People's Theatre of the Andropovsky District Social and Cultural Center, Stavropol Krai, April 16, 2020.

100. People's Theatre of the village of Lomovka, Luninsky District, Penza Oblast, November 2019.

101. People's Theatre of the House of Culture of the Kinel Urban District, Samara Oblast, September 2021.

102. Debessky Center for Cultural Development, Udmurtia, starring employees of the Debessky District Administration, April 22, 2022.

103. People's Theater "Krug", the city of Kirov, 2020.

104. People's Theater of the Novosergievsky District, Orenburg Region.

105. People's Amateur Theater "Perepolokh", Lopukhinsky House of Culture, Leningrad Region, Lopukhinskoye Rural Settlement, 2022.

106. People's Theater "Vera", the city of Ruza, Moscow Region, as part of the "Ruza Theater Seasons" project, March 18, 2023.

107. People's Theater of the workers' settlement of Voskresenskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, March 26, 2023.

108. People's Theater of the village of Parabel, Tomsk Region, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2023.

109. Olonetsky People's Theater, Olonets, Republic of Karelia, 2017, May 27, 29.

110. Kamchatka Drama and Comedy Theater, December 23, 2023.

111. People's Theater of Peshnevo Village, Kazan District, Tyumen Oblast, 2022.

112. People's Theater of Chernoistochinsk Village, Gorno-Uralsky Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, May 17, 2024.

113. Breytovsky People's Theater, Breytovo Village, Yaroslavl Oblast, May 18, July 11, 2024.

114. People's Theater of Korobovsky House of Culture, Dmitrovsky Pogost Village, Shatura Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, November 9, 2024.

115. Russian People's Drama Theater "Experiment", Chistopol, Tatarstan, January 25, February 1, 2025.

116. People's Theater "Velamen", Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, February 22, 2025.

117. Student Theater of the Theatrical Performance Directing Group of the Perm State Institute of Culture, October 2024.

118. Theater group "Rodnaya Storonka" of the Peshnevsky House of Culture, Kazansky District, Tyumen Region, December 24, 2022.

119. People's Theater of the RDC "Yunost" of the UVA settlement, Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, March 27, 2025.

Summary of the play "Jokes in the Wilderness":

Night, February, snowstorm. A resident of the rural hinterland Sanka (57 years old) decides to play along with his relatives who came from the city for his funeral - and lies down in a coffin, pretending to be dead. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity and see how much his wife will grieve, in whose love he has never been sure in his entire life.

At first, everything goes well - he is really taken for a dead man, but all plans collapse when the most famous actor, the legend of Russian cinema Samson Struchkov, stops for the night, or rather, a man who is the spitting image of the screen star, and whom everyone enthusiastically takes for Struchkov and begins to treat, and to whom even the dead man Sanka begins to be jealous, because everyone forgets about the dead man - such is the magic power of cinema. The dead man disappears from the coffin, the snowstorm ends, but begins...

6 male, 4 female

You can read the play here:

https://sites.google.com/site/pesydlateatraigoramurenko/home/sutki-v-gluhomani 


Theater from Siberia aims for Alexander Ovechkin's record

All of Russia, all Russians are proud of Alexander Ovechkin! He is a great athlete! His contribution to peace is enormous. Ovechkin destroys Russophobia. After all, many in the US, Canada and Europe admire him - the Russian hockey player! Ovechkin is a High Mission! Alexander is the messenger of the Lord God for strengthening peace on the entire planet! Good health to Alexander Ovechkin and may he score more than a thousand goals!!!

  

The Novosibirsk City Drama Theatre under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev has already performed the play "Jokes in the Backwoods" based on the play by Igor Murenko 845 times. On April 10 this year, the 846th performance will be performed. There are 50 performances left to reach Alexander Ovechkin's record!

Игорь Муренко

Igor Murenko

Member of the Guild of Playwrights of Russia, plays were staged and performed in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and France.

The play "Jokes in the wilderness" has been staged in 119 theaters in Russia, Lithuania and the CIS countries (as of 2025). Performances based on this play have won festivals in Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Bulgaria (Vratsa), France (Nancy);

and also:

in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Perm, Kirov, Samara, Tver, Yoshkar-Ola, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Syzran, Tobolsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pskov, Tyumen, Kurgan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kostroma, Kerch.

In May 2025, it will be 29 years since the work on the play "Jokes in the Wilderness" was completed

During this time, the play has been staged in the following 119 theaters:

1. Novosibirsk City Drama Theater under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev (premiere on December 25, 1996 - the history of staging this play begins with this theater).

2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater (1998).

3. Syzran Drama Theater named after A. N. Tolstoy (2000)

4. Theater of the Northern Fleet, Murmansk (2010)

5. Michurinsky Drama Theater.

6. Tver Academic Drama Theater, 2006.

7. Moscow State Regional Youth Theater, 2007.

8. Tobolsk Drama Theater named after Ershov.

9. Shadrinsk Drama Theater.

10. Rybinsk Drama Theater.

11. Serov Drama Theater named after A. Chekhov.

12. Tchaikovsky Drama and Comedy Theater.

13. Syktyvkar Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin.

14. Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V. Shukshin, 1999.

15. Biysk Drama Theater.

16. Achinsk Drama Theater.

17. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Drama Theater.

18. State Academic Russian Theater of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

19. East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl (Ust-Kamenogorsk), 2012.

20. Kotlas Drama Theater.

21. Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, Nalchik.

22. Bratsk Drama Theater.

23. Drama Theater named after M. Ulyanova, Tara, Omsk Region, 2014.

24. Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. Kirov.

25. Ulyanovsk Drama Theater named after I. Goncharov.

26. State Russian Drama Theatre, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk.

27. Bugulma State Drama Theatre named after A. Batalov.

28. Balakovo Drama Theatre named after E. Lebedev.

29. Russian Republican Drama Theatre named after M. Lermontov, Abakan, Khakassia.

30. Ozersk Drama Theatre "Our House", Chelyabinsk Region.

31. Cheremkhovo Drama Theatre named after V. Gurkin, Irkutsk Region.

32. Belogorsk People's Theatre named after A. Ulasovets.

33. Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre, Komi Republic (In St. Petersburg, at the 2nd All-Russian Festival-Competition of Amateur Theatres "Nevskie Teatralnye Vstrechi - 2016", the play "JOKES IN THE DEEP GROUND" by the Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre named after G.D. Gorchakov won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award).

34. Theatre Studio "Evening School" of the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk Region.

35. People's Theatre of the town of Gus-Khrustalny.

36. Lithuania, the town of Birzai, the Theatre named after Boris Dauguvitis.

37. Gorky People's Theatre of the city of Omsk (Grand Prix of the 14th Lyubinsky Festival of Amateur Theatres (Omsk) in the nomination "Best Performance").

38. Theatre Studio "Deficit", the town of Beloretsk, Bashkiria.

39. Stepnotugaevsky Rural House of Culture Theatre, Chuvashia.

40. Versiya People's Theatre, Yugorsk-2 (Grand Prix of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug Theatre Festival).

41. T-Vid Theatre, Vidnoye, Moscow Region (winner of the 20th International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria (Vratsa) in the Best Dramatic Performance category. Plus a special jury prize "For preserving the school of K.S. Stanislavsky").

42. Dar Osinsky People's Theatre, Perm Region.

43. Krug People's Theatre, Andropovsky District, Stavropol Territory.

44. Tashla People's Theatre, Tashla District, Orenburg Region, Tashla Village.

45. Sandovsky District Leisure Centre People's Theatre, Tver Region.

46. V. Pikalova, the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk region, 1998.

47. Mamontovsky People's Theater, Altai Territory.

48. People's Theater "Vzglyad" of the Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia.

49. Theater "Masterskaya Margarity".

50. Novorzhevsky People's Theater, 2005, April 1, Novorzhev, Pskov Region.

51. People's Theater "Maski" of the Kuedinsky House of Culture, Perm Territory, 2010, December.

52. People's Theater of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers of the Buy Station, Buy, Kostroma Region (in January 2018, it won the International Festival-Competition "Admiralty Star" in Kostroma).

53. Shemurshinsky People's Theater of the village of Staraya Shemursha, Chuvashia, January 2018.

54. People's Theater of Bogorodsky District, Kirov Region, 1998.

55. People's Theater "Obraz" of the city of Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 2011.

56. People's Theater of Pestrechensky District, Tatarstan.

57. People's Theater "Bliki" of Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, 2011.

58. People's Theater named after V. Pikalov of the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region (second production, victory at the regional festival in May 2016 in Tomsk).

59. Zavitinsky People's Theater, Zavitinsk, Amur Region.

60. People's Theater of the village of Nizhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Region, 2016.

61. Book Theater "About Reading" of the Severny District of the Novosibirsk Region, 2017.

62. People's Theater of the village of Zhitnikovskoye, Kurgan Region, March 27, 2017.

63. People's Theater "16-40", August, 2013.

64. Theater Studio "ART and Cool" of the Novosibirsk Pedagogical College No. 2, December 2013.

65. People's Theater of the Cultural Center "Obukhovo", Noginsk District of the Moscow Region, workers' settlement of Obukhovo.

66. People's Theater "Wake Up and Sing", Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, April 29, 2018.

67. People's Theater "Provincials" of the Gerasimovsky Rural House of Culture, Ilek District, Orenburg Region. On the stage of the Ural RDC on April 12, 2018.

68. Velamen People's Theater, Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, December 3, 2017.

69. Kurgan State Drama Theater (33rd professional theater). Premiere on December 21, 22, 23, 2018.

70. Grotesque People's Theater, Gubkinsky urban district, Belgorod region, December 16, 2018.

71. Klepikovsky People's Theater, Spas-Klepiki village (where Sergei Yesenin studied), Ryazan region, February 24, 2019.

72. Sovremennik People's Theater, Chukhloma District House of Culture, Kostroma region, February 14, 2019.

73. Rybinsk SDK MBUK "Cultural and Information Center" of Kamensky District of Altai Krai, theater group "Maski", February 2019.

74. Amateur theater "Zerkalo" of the Oktyabrsky rural DK named after P. Zuev, Sverdlovsk Region, March 2019.

75. People's Theater of Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, March 29, 2019.

76. Dobrinsky People's Theater of Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Region, April 16, 2019.

77. Theater and Concert Center "Shchelkovsky Theater" of Moscow Region, Shchelkovo, April 27, 2019 (34th professional theater).

78. People's Theater "Antre" of the Ashinsky District, Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, April 24, 2019.

79. People's Theater of the village of Aginskoye, Sayansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 1, 2019.

80. People’s Theater “What You Need”, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Region, May 16, 2019.

81. Theater studio "Pilgrim", cultural center "Horizon", Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic, April 12, 2019.

82. People's Theater "Harlequin" of the Chetkarinsky House of Culture, Pyshlinsky district, Sverdlovsk region, 2nd quarter of 2019.

83. People's Theater "Resonance" Novopavlovsk, Stavropol Territory, October 2019.

84. Folk theater “Skomorokhi” of the village of Zagrivochnaya, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic, November 26, 2019.

85. Kimry Drama and Comedy Theater, Tver Region (35th professional theater), premiered on January 2, 2020.

86. Baevsky People's Theater, Altai Territory, December 13, 2019.

87. People's Theater of the village of Dedovichi, Pskov Region (won the festival "Zateya sel'skoy ostroty" in the village of Bugrovo in 2019).

88. Chuvash State Academic Drama Theater named after K. Ivanov (36th professional theater). Premiere on November 20, 2020.

89. People's Theater of the MBUK Tuzhinsky RKDC, Kirov Region, November 2019.

90. MBUK Center for Folk Culture and Tourism of the village of Yarensk, Arkhangelsk Region, February 14, 2021.

91. Novokuznetsk People's Theater "Samolet", premiere on April 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 2021.

92. People's Theater "People", Baikalsk, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region, Community Center "Yubileiny", February 21, 27, 2021.

93. People's Theater of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen Region, May 21, 22, 2021.

94. Student theater group "Grotesk" of the Saratov State Law Academy, Saratov, 2013.

95. Krasnozersky People's Theater (studio "Experiment"), Novosibirsk Region, September 2020.

96. People's Theater "Kant" of the urban-type settlement of Kachug, Irkutsk Region. The performance is a laureate of the All-Russian Theatre Festival "Theatre Seasons of Crimea" (Kerch, June 2021), as well as the prize for "Best Supporting Actor".

97. Chagodoshchensky People's Theatre of the village of Chagody, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, April 30, 2021.

98. Putilov People's Theatre of the Nazyvaevsky Municipal District, Omsk Oblast, April 25, 2021.

99. People's Theatre of the Andropovsky District Social and Cultural Center, Stavropol Krai, April 16, 2020.

100. People's Theatre of the village of Lomovka, Luninsky District, Penza Oblast, November 2019.

101. People's Theatre of the House of Culture of the Kinel Urban District, Samara Oblast, September 2021.

102. Debessky Center for Cultural Development, Udmurtia, starring employees of the Debessky District Administration, April 22, 2022.

103. People's Theater "Krug", the city of Kirov, 2020.

104. People's Theater of the Novosergievsky District, Orenburg Region.

105. People's Amateur Theater "Perepolokh", Lopukhinsky House of Culture, Leningrad Region, Lopukhinskoye Rural Settlement, 2022.

106. People's Theater "Vera", the city of Ruza, Moscow Region, as part of the "Ruza Theater Seasons" project, March 18, 2023.

107. People's Theater of the workers' settlement of Voskresenskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, March 26, 2023.

108. People's Theater of the village of Parabel, Tomsk Region, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2023.

109. Olonetsky People's Theater, Olonets, Republic of Karelia, 2017, May 27, 29.

110. Kamchatka Drama and Comedy Theater, December 23, 2023.

111. People's Theater of Peshnevo Village, Kazan District, Tyumen Oblast, 2022.

112. People's Theater of Chernoistochinsk Village, Gorno-Uralsky Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, May 17, 2024.

113. Breytovsky People's Theater, Breytovo Village, Yaroslavl Oblast, May 18, July 11, 2024.

114. People's Theater of Korobovsky House of Culture, Dmitrovsky Pogost Village, Shatura Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, November 9, 2024.

115. Russian People's Drama Theater "Experiment", Chistopol, Tatarstan, January 25, February 1, 2025.

116. People's Theater "Velamen", Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, February 22, 2025.

117. Student Theater of the Theatrical Performance Directing Group of the Perm State Institute of Culture, October 2024.

118. Theater group "Rodnaya Storonka" of the Peshnevsky House of Culture, Kazansky District, Tyumen Region, December 24, 2022.

119. People's Theater of the RDC "Yunost" of the UVA settlement, Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, March 27, 2025.

Summary of the play "Jokes in the Wilderness":

Night, February, snowstorm. A resident of the rural hinterland Sanka (57 years old) decides to play along with his relatives who came from the city for his funeral - and lies down in a coffin, pretending to be dead. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity and see how much his wife will grieve, in whose love he has never been sure in his entire life.

At first, everything goes well - he is really taken for a dead man, but all plans collapse when the most famous actor, the legend of Russian cinema Samson Struchkov, stops for the night, or rather, a man who is the spitting image of the screen star, and whom everyone enthusiastically takes for Struchkov and begins to treat, and to whom even the dead man Sanka begins to be jealous, because everyone forgets about the dead man - such is the magic power of cinema. The dead man disappears from the coffin, the snowstorm ends, but begins...

6 male, 4 female

You can read the play here:

https://sites.google.com/site/pesydlateatraigoramurenko/home/sutki-v-gluhomani