The Modern Theater was created by Svetlana Vragova at the end of the 20th century. The very first performance made the troupe famous. And today the repertoire includes original productions that express their own view of the world, unlike anyone else’s.
Story
"Modern" is a theater that appeared in Moscow in 1988. He gained fame in a very short time. Initially it was called “Theater-Studio on Spartakovskaya”. And a year after its creation, he already made a tour of Yugoslavia and the USA. The theater's productions are distinguished by their brightness and avant-gardeness. Many of them have repeatedly become prize-winners of prestigious festivals and competitions. In the 90s, Svetlana Vragova turned to a new cultural style for our country at that time - modernism. Then a new frontier in the development of the theater began. He changed the name to the one he has now.
The repertoire of the Modern Theater includes performances based on the works of classics, plays by Soviet and modern playwrights. And also fairy tales for children. But its basis is the works Silver Age. believes that modernity should be based on serious cultural traditions and search for new forms. The Modern Theater closely intertwines tradition and modernity. It relies on the serious psychological component of the performances.
Its building is aristocratic, decorated with stained glass. Inside there is a beautiful staircase, which was restored piece by piece. The building is in perfect harmony with the name of the theater - "Modern". This is a mansion built at the beginning of the 20th century. His architectural style- modern Quite a lot of such buildings have been preserved in the capital. But the one that the theater received contains something special, reminiscent of Russia’s past.
Performances
Diverse and interesting repertoire gives its viewers "Modern" (theater). Its poster offers the following productions:
- "About love".
- "Uncle's Dream"
- "Magic night".
- "Love in two acts."
- "A loop".
- "Arrogant bunny."
- "An old house".
- « Happy Event».
- "Dancing."
- "One man, one woman."
- "Salome".
- "The Journey of the Little Prince."
- "The Three Little Pigs and the Gray Wolf."
- "The Empress's Dream"
- "Katerina Ivanovna."
- "My dear men."
- "...Looking for a meeting."
- "Coward Tail."
- "Once Upon a Time in Paris"
Premieres 2016
"Modern" is a theater that has prepared two premieres for its viewers in the new season:
- Comedy "He. She. They" based on the play "Women Without Borders" This is a story about how anything can happen during a romantic trip. He and she go to rest. And then, almost out of the blue, they—the former—fall out of the blue. And with them are their loved ones: parents, new life partners. It's mystical and humorous tale for adults.
- The second premiere of this season is the play “Premium Prison Tariff”. The action takes place in the city of N. There are two realities here. On the surface of the earth there is poverty, war, debauchery and corruption. Below is the exact opposite. There’s no one to even put in jail here. But she is led by a dreamy romantic. He accepts into prison everyone who wants to relax and sit in silence. The burgomaster, having visited this establishment and seeing the happy guests, decided to create a business out of it.
Troupe
"Modern" is a theater that has brought together wonderful actors on its stage. Both young artists and already luminaries of the stage serve here.
The Modern Theater troupe consists of the following actors:
- Vladimir Zeldin.
- Vladimir Levashev.
- Elizaveta Vedernikova.
- Alexander Zhukov.
- Arthur Sopelnik.
- Vera Vasilyeva.
- Daniil Avramenkov.
- Valeria Dmitrieva.
- Svetlana Ruban.
- Maria Arnaut.
- Svetlana Bulatova.
- Anton Kukushkin.
- Oleg Vavilov.
- Marina Dianova.
- Tatiana Nastashevskaya.
- Leonid Tregub.
- Valeria Korolev.
- Yuri Vasiliev.
- Pavel Dorofeev.
- Konstantin Konushkin.
- Alexey Bagdasarov.
- Maxim Brand.
- Grisha Gavrilov.
- Ekaterina Brand.
- Elena Starodub.
- Karina Zhukova.
- Irina Grineva.
- Denis Ignatov.
- Dmitry Vysotsky.
- Victoria Kovalenko.
- Alexandra Bogdanova.
- Ekaterina Gretsova.
- Nelly Uvarova.
- Olga Bogdanova.
- Alexey Baranov.
- Evgeny Kazak.
- Lyubov Novak.
- Alexander Kolesnikov.
- Roman Zubrilin.
- Alena Yakovleva and others.
Artistic director
The theater was created by Svetlana Aleksandrovna Vragova - People's Artist Russia. Her first directorial work was the play "Spring Changelings" at the Youth Theater in the city of Kirov. Then Svetlana was still a student, but her work was already different high level professionalism and originality. After graduating from the institute, S. Vragova worked as a director at the Moscow Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin. Her most famous production of that period is “The Fifth Ten.” The next step creative path I worked as a director at the Moscow New Drama Theater. In 1981, Svetlana created the studio "On Spartakovskaya". She accepted graduates of the famous “Sliver” into the troupe. The first performance of the studio was the play “Dear Elena Sergeevna”. The troupe took this production on tour to the USA. In 1995, the studio was transformed into a Moscow Theatre of Drama"Modern". With the new status, the repertoire expanded. Theater performances are shown special look for peace, refined style and artistic novelty.
Where is it and how to get there
At the address: building 9/1a, the Modern Theater is located. How to get to the drama of Svetlana Vragova? The best way to get to the theater is by metro. You should get off at the Baumanskaya station. From here to the theater you will need to walk only four hundred meters. You can get off at Rizhskaya station. It is also convenient to get to the theater by bus No. 778. You will need to get off at the Spartakovskaya Ploshchad stop.
MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Director Yuri Grymov has been appointed artistic director of the Modern Theater instead of the fired Svetlana Vragova. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday by the press service of the Moscow Department of Culture.
"At the proposal of the Council of Artistic Directors of Moscow Theaters, the Moscow Department of Culture appointed artistic director State budgetary institution culture of the city of Moscow “Moscow Drama Theater “Modern” by Yuri Vyacheslavovich Grymov,” the press service said.
Grymov’s candidacy was also approved by the chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, Alexander Kalyagin, the department added.
Grymov is known for his films “The Case of Kukotsky”, “The Collector”, and is now completing the film “The Intimate Diary of Anna Karenina”. In the theater, Grymov, in particular, staged "Flowers for Algernon" (Russian Academic Youth Theater).
Grymov about the Modern Theater
“This proposal was unexpected for me,” the department’s press service quoted Grymov as saying. “I know this theater well. That concept original theater with multi-faceted stages is very interesting for me, this is what is close to me." The director added that he was always "interested in working not in a classical theater space, but in the possibility of combining different forms and genres."
Grymov noted that the theater has its own traditions. “Which of us has not gone to “Katerina Ivanovna” and does not remember this wonderful performance?!,” the director continued. “But it is clear that time takes its toll and communicating with the audience in the language of aesthetics 20 years ago is probably no longer entirely correct , I would like to bring something new, while respecting the traditions laid down by Svetlana Vragova."
Dismissal of the Enemy
Svetlana Vragova founded the Modern Theater, which from 1988 to 1993 was called the Studio Theater on Spartakovskaya. On December 8, the website of the Moscow Department of Culture reported that “due to numerous violations in the management of financial and economic activity"theatre" identified by the Chief control management of the city of Moscow, Department of Culture of the city of Moscow in accordance with Article 278 Labor Code The Russian Federation terminated the contract with the head of the theater S.V. Vragova-Gurdzhan."
Earlier in an interview with TASS, Vragova noted that she would like to remain the artistic director of the theater; also, in her opinion, the theater could introduce the position of director who would be responsible for financial issues.
Must take a step towards the team
Yuri Grymov must take a step towards the team. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by the director of the Vakhtangov Theater Kirill Krok, who worked as the director of Modern for 10 years.
“I worked at the Modern Theater for 10 years, however, for the last seven years I have nothing to do with it,” Krok noted. “As a person, knowledgeable about theater, I want to wish Grymov success in his new post. First of all, he must take a step towards the theater staff, which contains talented people."
According to Kroc, “only through joint efforts can Modern be brought back from oblivion, in which the theater, unfortunately, has been for the last five years.”
The Modern Theater is one of the most famous places in the capital, where theater fans can enjoy the most advanced and modern stage works. For three decades in a row, this center of art and drama has never ceased to surprise and delight its guests with bright, original productions. The theatrical repertoire is varied - this includes productions created according to the most modern plays Russian and foreign authors, as well as dramatizations classical works presented to guests in unusual, original interpretations. Its convenient location in the city center makes the center a popular cultural destination.
Its history began in 1987. It was then that the state allocated to the youth experimental theater-studio large building on Spartakovskaya Square. The beautiful mansion, built at the beginning of the twentieth century according to the design of the famous Capitol architect Dulin, has undergone much historical events. IN different time various departments were located here, but by the end of the twentieth century, it was decided to transfer the building to a young promising theater studio. Already the first performances - “Dear Elena Sergeevna”, “...Looking for a meeting” and others - aroused great audience interest.
Feature artistic approach To theatrical productions turns mainly to modern, new plays. Performances in which famous masters played - Spartak Mishulin (“Happy Event”), Vladimir Zeldin (“Uncle’s Dream”) and other masters have always been very popular among the audience. theatrical arts. Currently, the artistic director of the center is the famous director Yuri Grymov.
Today, guests of the center can see bright, subtle stage projects - there is a place for dramatic productions, comedies, as well as performances for the youngest spectators. The theater space includes several stages, restaurant areas, as well as multifunctional rooms. Modern technical equipment allows us to carry out projects of any level of complexity. The building can accommodate more than five hundred guests. Thanks to the architectural features, the performances are perfectly visible from anywhere in the halls. To touch the world of beauty, you can now buy tickets to the Modern Theater.
Grymov, who has proven himself more than once as a theater director (productions at the RAMT and so on), speaking about “an unexpected appointment”, no, no, and jumped to the sore subject of Russian cinema, in which he is now “completely disappointed”:
Our cinema as an industry has disappeared, but the theater, thanks to enthusiasts, has retained its face. Theater is the most provocative living art, which cannot be said about domestic cinema, which has lost its audience, and nothing good will definitely happen to it in the next five years. And it’s not without reason that the first thing we will do is organize a children’s studio at Moderna - we will not educate artists or directors, but future viewers, so that it doesn’t turn out like with the cinema audience, who come to the hall only to eat (popcorn, - I'M WITH.), and what he looks at at the same time - it doesn’t matter...
Grymov was appointed only a month ago, but he managed to get acquainted with the administration and the production team (“they are good professionals”), and also fired four artists out of 35 due to their “disbandment”.
“I’m sorry that the actors of “Modern” are people unknown in the media,” the new artistic director sympathizes, “in my opinion, an actor should work everywhere - in the theater, in cinema, in TV series, he becomes trained. Therefore, there can be no slavery or serfdom on my part here: work in different places, become famous.
Grymov’s project is to make “Modern” a kind of open platform, free for other actors and directors: in particular, the main roles in the upcoming April premiere of the utopia based on Aldous Huxley “O Marvelous new world" will be performed by guest stars - Anna Kamenkova and Igor Yatsko (the latter will also play in the subsequent work of "Modern").
“I absolutely will not tolerate actors doing nothing and at the same time receiving a meager salary,” said Grymov, “we have calculated that if we don’t stage anything at all, we will be in the red by 12 million rubles!” Moreover, after the scandal with Vragova, 10% of our funding was removed. So they have to work very hard and get paid well for it. Let's say, in "Brave New World" the entire troupe is involved - about 30 people.
It is clear that few enemy performances will remain in the Moderna repertoire, now without a firm sign at the end (the successful and well-attended “Loop” will be moved from a hall with 70 seats to a hall with 300 seats):
I live on the territory common sense: the viewer doesn’t walk - we need to film!
“It seems that the oxygen was pumped out there,” nothing has happened for the last 15 years: Grymov was extremely surprised that the main hall was white- no darkening for you, nothing... Now both the hall and the foyer are being repainted. New lighting and sound equipment is being purchased. The scene is being reconstructed. A special place is given to the buffet: Grymov is annoyed when during intermission everyone crowds into a line, then grabs a sandwich and runs back into the hall. Now you can order a mini-lunch (lunch) in advance on the website and forget about the queues.
In general, I must say that theater today begins with a website. The first meeting takes place there. That’s why we pay such attention to our electronic platform: for example, we’ll post interviews with different theatrical figures on current topics(Grymov hopes to receive the first of them from the brilliant director of the Vakhtangov Theater Kirill Krok, - I'M WITH.), let's open a channel on YouTube.
By the way, after negotiations with firefighters, Grymov is going to expand the main hall to 400 seats. In total, he promises to release 3 adults and one children's performance, moreover, he will direct two himself, “to create a vector and style,” and he will actively invite directors (they will organize open competitions): “otherwise today no one is looking for talented strange people, but they do exist!”
What is theater? - The artistic director summarizes. - This is not a building (there is no need to tie it to architecture) and not budgets. Theater is people. Theater is always a statement. Well, one theater shouldn’t be similar to another. Our new “Modern” is a theater of hope and light, a person in the audience can experience all sorts of emotions, but there is never any need to “finish off” him!
