Drama Performance

Kisa

based on the novel by Ilf and Petrov "12 chairs", director - S. Serzin, Comediant's shelter Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2020

Set designer, costume designer

The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov: Kisa Vorobyaninov, a nobleman left over from the old order, hunting the diamonds sewn into one of twelve chairs. Matveeva moved the whole chase into a pedestrian underpass — battered tiled walls, graffiti, and a white bath standing on gilded lion’s feet.

Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 1
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 2
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 3
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 4
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 5
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 6
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 7
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 8
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 9
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 10
Kisa, drama performance — design by Sofia Matveeva, photo 11
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Production

Premiere
19 December 2020
Theatre
Priyut Komedianta, St Petersburg
Running time
2 h 30 min, one interval
Rating
16+

Creative team

Director
Semyon Serzin
Based on the novel by
Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov
Set design
Sonya Matveeva
Composer
Evgeny Serzin
Choreography
Anna Zakusova

Cast

Ostap Bender
Alexey Vedernikov
Kisa Vorobyaninov
Semyon Serzin · Oleg Ryazantsev
Father Fyodor
Ilya Borisov · Ivan Solntsev
Elena Stanislavovna Gritsatsueva
Yulia Bashorina
Polygraph Polygraphovich, Bezenchuk
Vladimir Karpov
Liza, the street child
Marina Damineva · Yana Obroskova

Press

Петербургский театральный журнал Андрей Кириллов 22 December 2020

Стулья с загогулиной

Характерно и само по себе выразительно и выбранное художником место действия: подземный переход с обшарпанными кафельными стенами, размалеванными граффити и всевозможными надписями: «прошлое прошло», «важно оставаться человеком»…

The place of action the designer has chosen is telling and expressive in itself: a pedestrian underpass with battered tiled walls daubed with graffiti and every kind of inscription — «the past is past», «what matters is staying human»…