Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater: The School for Wives

The Trials and Mistakes project, running time: 2 h 30 m, prime December 22, 2015
Ticket price range 1000—10000 rub.

Author — Molière
Director — Mikhail Krylov
Stage Designe — Maria Mitrofanova
Costume Designe — Yevgeniya Panfilova
Costume Design Assistant — Tamara Eeshba
Light Designe — Vladislav Frolov
Dance Coach — Alister Khasanov
Stage Manager — Yulia Verzunova

Upcoming Performances

November, 26, 19:00

December, 11, 19:00

Translated by Vasily Gippius.
Text redacted by the theatre.

Arnolphe is a middle-aged gentleman, who call himself de La Souche to make himself appear aristocratic. He plans to marry his ward Agnes. Arnolphe is terrified of being betrayed by women and, for many years, he kept the girl locked up in order to educate her as a good wife. However, youth and true love naturally win out in this story about family relations in the French style.

Mikhail Krylov's production is filled with improvisations. It seems as if scenes come into being out of nothing. This is the acting profession, pure and simple. Chances are, Moliere's troupe performed the same way — inventing on-the-go, having fun, enjoying each other and the public. Krylov made this production about love and, first of all, about love for theater, but not for a dusty, velvet-draped theatre. His School for Wives is about being in love with the theatrical craft, about the ability to believe in, and to find, theatre everywhere.

Everything is trying to tell us that this is not a story from the past, it’s a make-believe. This make-believe is sparkling, charming, and light. Technically the actors tell a story of love. In practice, it’s a story about their beloved theater and the ability to see it in the most mundane things and old-fashioned stories.: Natalya Vitvitskaya, Vash dosug