The Divine Comedy. Variations

Old Stage, Green Hall

The greatest work, the crown of medieval literature — Dante Alighieri's poem, to which only superlatives are applicable (large-scale, titanic, great); the comedy, which has earned the epithet “Divine“ from descendants in recognition of its perfection, is performed at arm's length in the Fomenko Workshop, in the space of the Old Stage, where the boundaries between the “hall” and the „stage” are are conditional, and the audience actually finds itself inside the story being played out.

By placing the actors and the audience in a single space, elongated like a Gothic temple, the creators of the play take us back to the times of medieval mysteries, where the biblical story seems to be happening before our eyes, lived here and now. Here there is Good and Evil, Sin and Repentance, and there are questions that, in the course of the theatrical performance, we all—actors and spectators—will ask. Together we are looking for answers.

• Awards
• The performance was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in the category “Best Performance. Drama Theater. Small Form”, 2025
• Yuri Titov was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in the category “Best Director's Work. Drama Theater”, 2025
• Martyn Stepanov was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in the nomination “Best work of a production designer. Drama Theater”, 2025.
• Evgeniya Panfilova was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in the nomination “Best work of a costume designer. Drama Theater”, 2025.
• Yuri Lebedev was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in the nomination"Best work of a lighting designer. Drama Theatre, 2025