Director
Premiered on Nov 22, 2019
Nomination for the Golden Mask Award 2021 in the category "Best Director"
Premiered on Nov 22, 2019
Nomination for the Golden Mask Award 2021 in the category "Best Director"
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi Golden Mask nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Ivan Vyrypaev is a Russian director, actor, and playwright; one of the most outstanding and intriguing representatives of the Russian New Drama Movement, his aesthetics have been described as a combination of Quentin Tarantino and Andrei Tarkovsky. He is heavily inspired by tradition, and yet is poignant to the contemporary audience. His play "Iran Conference" attempts to start a conversation about the direction our civilization, a conglomerate of cultures and ideologies, is headed. Using minimal props (with the stage set as an actual symposium in Copenhagen) the gathered panelists, using a poetic language, discuss the crisis of civilisation, God versus science, belief versus progress. The play quickly transforms itself into an intimate conversation about the meaning of life and humanity's core values. It is a theatrical experience unlike any others.
Set designer: Anvar Gumarov | Costume designers: Stanislav Belozerov, Denis Gogolev | Lighting designer: Andrey Lebed | Sound design: Dmitry Madera | Assistant director: Ksenia Zhuravleva | Video: Ivan Chernykh, Alexey Sinitsa | Makeup artist: Tamara Piskunov
Cast: Sergey Azeev, Stanislav Belozerov, Alexey Vdovin, Igor Grabuzov, Yulia Grishaeva, Alexander Lushin, Niyolė Meilutė, Yulia Men, Yana Obroskova, Varya Svetlova, Leon Slovitsky, Artur Fedyno, Pavel Filippov, Alexander Khudyakov, Evgeny Chmerenko, Asya Shirshina, Project "SUFI WHIRLING & LIVE MUSIC"
Directed by Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov
18+
Premiered on Nov 22, 2019
Nomination for the Golden Mask Award 2021 in the category "Best Director"
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi Golden Mask nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Ivan Vyrypaev is a Russian director, actor, and playwright; one of the most outstanding and intriguing representatives of the Russian New Drama Movement, his aesthetics have been described as a combination of Quentin Tarantino and Andrei Tarkovsky. He is heavily inspired by tradition, and yet is poignant to the contemporary audience. His play "Iran Conference" attempts to start a conversation about the direction our civilization, a conglomerate of cultures and ideologies, is headed. Using minimal props (with the stage set as an actual symposium in Copenhagen) the gathered panelists, using a poetic language, discuss the crisis of civilisation, God versus science, belief versus progress. The play quickly transforms itself into an intimate conversation about the meaning of life and humanity's core values. It is a theatrical experience unlike any others.
Set designer: Anvar Gumarov | Costume designers: Stanislav Belozerov, Denis Gogolev | Lighting designer: Andrey Lebed | Sound design: Dmitry Madera | Assistant director: Ksenia Zhuravleva | Video: Ivan Chernykh, Alexey Sinitsa | Makeup artist: Tamara Piskunov
Cast: Sergey Azeev, Stanislav Belozerov, Alexey Vdovin, Igor Grabuzov, Yulia Grishaeva, Alexander Lushin, Niyolė Meilutė, Yulia Men, Yana Obroskova, Varya Svetlova, Leon Slovitsky, Artur Fedyno, Pavel Filippov, Alexander Khudyakov, Evgeny Chmerenko, Asya Shirshina, Project "SUFI WHIRLING & LIVE MUSIC"
Directed by Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov
18+
Production: Takoy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi Golden Mask nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation about spirituality, ethical dilemmas and personal experiences related to the condition of humanity today. Vyrypaev’s aim is, of course, not to deliberate on the East/West friction, but to present a true-to-life philosophical parable about humanity, faith and love.
Ivan Vyrypaev is a Russian director, actor, and playwright; one of the most outstanding and intriguing representatives of the Russian New Drama Movement, his aesthetics have been described as a combination of Quentin Tarantino and Andrei Tarkovsky. He is heavily inspired by tradition, and yet is poignant to the contemporary audience. His play "Iran Conference" attempts to start a conversation about the direction our civilization, a conglomerate of cultures and ideologies, is headed. Using minimal props (with the stage set as an actual symposium in Copenhagen) the gathered panelists, using a poetic language, discuss the crisis of civilisation, God versus science, belief versus progress. The play quickly transforms itself into an intimate conversation about the meaning of life and humanity's core values. It is a theatrical experience unlike any others.
Set designer: Anvar Gumarov | Costume designers: Stanislav Belozerov, Denis Gogolev | Lighting designer: Andrey Lebed | Sound design: Dmitry Madera | Assistant director: Ksenia Zhuravleva | Video: Ivan Chernykh, Alexey Sinitsa | Makeup artist: Tamara Piskunov
Cast: Sergey Azeev, Stanislav Belozerov, Alexey Vdovin, Igor Grabuzov, Yulia Grishaeva, Alexander Lushin, Niyolė Meilutė, Yulia Men, Yana Obroskova, Varya Svetlova, Leon Slovitsky, Artur Fedyno, Pavel Filippov, Alexander Khudyakov, Evgeny Chmerenko, Asya Shirshina, Project "SUFI WHIRLING & LIVE MUSIC"
Directed by Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov
18+