Wolves and Sheep

The performance remained in the theater’s repertoire with a new cast of performers (from September 2023)

Once upon a time, this stage production became the theater’s “claim to fame", and today, 25 years later, it is still a part of the program. This production allows the audience to see the classical play from a completely different angle. There’s light play and light sadness, and the poetry of the by-gone world of the Russian estates, Chekhov’s Impressionism, and lots of humour. The play’s story — speculation with bills of credit — is presented in a sharp and even grotesque manner. The director doesn’t stress contemporary connotations, the audience feels them anyway. The production was performed in Poland (Toruń, 1993), Austria (Salzburg, 1993), Lithuania (Vilnius, 1994), Germany (Berlin, 1995), France (Paris, 1999), and was a part of the Avignon Theater Festival in July of 1997. Its awards include the Grand Prix at Contact-93 international festival in Poland and Best Actor prize for Yuri Stepanov (for the role of Lynyaev), and Stanislavsky Prize for actor Andrei Kazakov (for the role of Pavlin Savelyich).