The play "All shades of blue", "Satyricon": reviews of the audience, description and reviews

In August 2015, the Moscow theater "Satyricon" premiered a performance staged by director Konstantin Raikin on the play of the Krasnoyarsk playwright Vladimir Zaitsev. The audience was offered the theater "Satyricon" "All shades of blue". Reviews for the play can be met diametrically opposite, from rapture to complete rejection.

The world in shades of blue

Between the novel "All shades of blue," written by the Japanese writer and film director Murakami Ryu in 1976, and the work of the same name by Krasnoyarsk playwright Vladimir Zaitsev, which was released in 2014, you can draw parallels. At least one: both works about how hard it is to be young. How scary to be alone with the problem of choice: to live like everyone else, or ...

The Japanese Murakami Ryu blessed the hero of his novel for plotless "hippy" stories from the category of "sex, drugs, rock'n'roll." Monotonous hallucinations of a marginal boy from the 1970s describe the life of a small young company whose members know firsthand what group sex is, "overdoses", suicide.

In comparison with the foreign "prototype" Russian boy without a name (Boy - art N. Smolyaninov, theatrical "Satyricon" "All shades of blue") - just an angel. He does not use drugs, he is alien to the "group sex". But one day he realized that he was not like everyone else, and at sixteen decided to confess to the world in the person of relatives and friends that he was not at all worried about the girl, he was gay.

Controversial has been called many performances "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon"). Reviews of critics and just grateful spectators have a lot of good. For example, that the actors harmoniously accustomed to the images. Nikita Smolyaninov very convincingly conveys the sensation of the dazzling purity of the sinful (at someone's sight) of the soul of his hero, all the horror and heartache that took the Boy when he realized that this is not possible, but in another way it is impossible.

The boy overcame his fear and opened himself to his relatives, but fell victim to his confession. It is noteworthy that in the dramatic turns of events developing on the scene, there was a place for jokes. So the production of "All shades of the blue" narrates about the tragic with humor.

The first act is built like reading a play. The text does not so shock the unprepared viewer as a "picture", so no action, only a reading. However, in the future no one will see either nudity or kissing.

Everything can be

Raikin, Jr. took up a topic far from those that his famous father chose. But times and mores have changed. It is impossible to deny: the need for rethinking a number of stereotypes existing in such an important sphere as interpersonal relations has long been in the Russian society. Do we need to strongly condemn "not such"? Or maybe it is necessary to reconcile with the fact that they have the right to choose, like others? Do the responses to these burning questions contain "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon")?

"Satyricon" tried to glory: an acute theme, flashed by a red-hot ramp, stirred the respectable audience. For the play "All the shades of blue" all were hurried to whom for 20 (the rating of the play is 21+). But even recently it was believed that "we have no sex in the country, but there is love." If then such an adult Boy - he would be severely punished and convicted. In the Soviet Union they talked a lot about red and white, but not about blue.

Virtues and virtue are only continuations of vices and shortcomings. This, in a sense, narrates "All shades of blue" in the theater "Satyricon". Reviews about the performance confirm this. Many viewers are convinced that at the next round of their development the Boy realizes that he was mistaken. Or is he not aware? And was he mistaken?

Questions, questions, and there is no unambiguous answer to them. Probably, therefore, as if the difficult problems in algebra, they are overwhelmed by their critics, journalists, viewers who watched "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon"). Reviews for the play - their attempt to solve a serious life "example."

Accents are placed: you have to be more tolerant!

Enough in Russia and intolerant of all unconventional, including sexual orientation. In St. Petersburg, in the "Baltic House" in February 2016, the production of "All shades of blue" (theater "Satyricon") was held. "Reviews" were a special, terrorist orientation. After the first scene, an alarming phone call arrived at the police on duty : Orthodox activists reported that a bomb had been laid in the hall. The spectators were evacuated, the building was examined, there was no explosive device.

According to the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vitaly Milonov, the infernal car is laid not under the spectator's chair, but under the moral health of the nation. Well, as one of the heroes of Arkady Raikin said, "it can be." Opinion has a right to exist. The play "All shades of blue" in the "Satyricon", the reviews of theatergoers about it - is a kind of pedagogical poem, where every educator seeks and finds his own methods of shaping his personality, including his own.

But the director's accents are placed: "Shades of blue" - the call to the generation of parents to be tolerant, softer, not to impose their views on life on children. Yes, the world is not simple, it does not want to be the way some mothers (A. Steklov) and the pope (V. Bolshov) paint it. Parents of the Boy, who for a long time have been living with each other in an uncomfortable and alienated way, prefer in the education of a line without bends.

And this frightens the viewer, strains, repels from the generation of "ancestors". Although there are those who believe: "MaPa" -monster - what's wrong with that? Frequent phenomenon! "Will their opinion change the production of" All shades of blue "(" Satyricon ")? Reviews will be more flexible, judgments are softer? Probably, the director counted on it.

Mechanical swans against a living heart

The play "All shades of blue" in the theater "Satyricon" is called the exploit of Konstantin Raikin, a bold directorial act. Zoya Apostolskaya in the review writes that the play is not looking for profound existential meanings, but talks about hardened stereotypes.

The journalist believes that the production balances on the brink of kitsch, breaking into it. This style was chosen by the artist Khudruk K. Raikin and the artist D. Razumov. With the help of it, the atmosphere of life is transmitted, in which the truth is important, and the observance of norms. The boy looks the most normal of all the characters, not a fake.

In her material there is an idea that ambiguous artistic devices are used without provocation, there are unexpected solutions. Classical music of Tchaikovsky is replaced by the composition of Boris Moiseyev, mechanical swans move on the stage, etc. The reviewer called the Swan a boring metaphor that tired many. And so it is clear: soon swan song of the unfortunate teenager will sound.

After the methods of "out-patient" treatment by prostitutes and art exhibitions did not help, the parents sent their son to a psychiatric hospital. But is this the right step? "All shades of blue" ("Theater Satyricon") reveal a remarkable fact: in spite of everything, most viewers are ready to understand and accept a kind, sincere Boy, and not "the right ancestors." The harsh stereotypes recede.

What is good and what is bad

And here are more reviews, reviews. "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon"), voluntarily or involuntarily, activates deep reflections about the stage revelations of the Boy and other characters.

The process of open and voluntary recognition of their belonging to a sexual minority causes deep sympathy among several reviewers. They believe that no one deserves to be persecuted just because he is different. After all, no one comes to mind to condemn a person for a large mole on the nose or too large a size of shoes ...

The journalist Natalia Vitvitskaya was delighted by the determination of the art director of the Satyricon, who challenged the existing social norms and put a heartbreaking educational drama about a teenager of non-traditional orientation.

Witwicki is clearly not on the side of the "correctors" - classmate of the hero Vicki (art by E. Martinez-Cárdenas), mum-economist, father-martial, grandmother-art (M. Ivanov), besogona (extrasensory). The reviewer considers the precedent from a position of tolerance, notes that there is no vulgarity on the stage, no one undresses, the colors do not deliberately condense, everything is as in life.

And in life, as you know, people for centuries and millennia are racking their brains over "what is good and what is bad," each time drawing different conclusions. But there are those who do not approve of pluralism, consider it necessary to revive certain moral beacons. Are such beacons "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon")? Reviews of someone else's pain unhealed hearts now more expensive than gold. They can also find the answer to the age-old question of the boundaries of the permissible.

Everyone has a choice. So choose!

In the media, on the bench near the house, at the youth get-together, you can hear / read the opinion about the work that twenty years ago could not have been on the stage in principle. Now the theme "went to the people." Reviews about the play "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon") are impressed primarily by the mass character.

What do they say about the play "All shades of blue" onlookers? They argue that he made them think, contributed to internal purification, getting rid of the habit of harshly assessing everyone and everything. The theaters approve the game of young actors - Nikita Smolyaninov, Evgenia Abramova, Roman Matyunin.

Roles are conducted sincerely, authentically, as if gradually teaching Melpomene fans a great science of empathy, complicity, despite the complexity of the perception of the topic. Until the general understanding of "non-traditional", and this is obvious, it is still far away, and is it necessary? At the premiere, no one left the theater during the intermission, as happens. The finale was crowned with warm applause. This can be regarded as a gratitude to the director for the fact that he provided the judges with "freedom of choice." When there is a choice, it is easier for a person to live.

Bravo!

Comments on the presentation "All shades of blue" ("Satyricon") relate to the skill of actors of the older generation. They praise Agrippina Steklov for the fact that she so masterfully played the feelings of the mother, who learned that the son was gay. They like Vladimir Bolshov, who faithfully conveyed the confusion of the feelings of a regular soldier, whose life passed through garrisons, where the "shades of blue" would hardly have been heartily accepted.

Yes, almost all sorry for the Boy. But looking at how parents are working out schemes for divorcing their son from a pernicious habit, condemning the zeal and authoritarianism of parents, the hall suddenly feels that he regrets "backward elderly people", understands how the fire of emotions engulfs their minds. How difficult it is to accept what is going against the childhood education!

It's easy to advise from the outside: "Show patience, understanding." During the viewing of the play, many people thought: "How irresistible!" People were imbued with the feelings of the heroes, they looked at what was happening, not from the side, but from within. This is the common merit of all: the author of the play, the director, the cast of actors. In that there is no place for indifference when viewing, you can be convinced personally when you come to the theater "Satyricon". Comments of spectators and critics are bailable for you.

Orientation on "terrain"

Do Muscovites and guests of the capital love the theater headed by K. Raikin? Opinions of residents of different corners of our country testify: they love. Is it because the troupe is able to conduct an honest dialogue with the fans? In the event that such an interaction exists, it is easier for actors and directors to orient themselves "on the ground".

Especially when this "terrain" is crossed by such a difficult, incomprehensible for most Russian fans of the stage, a problem, like the one that was raised in the production. Reviews for the play "All shades of blue" in the theater "Satyricon" - a symbol of non-indifference, indifference - a symbol of faith that the boys will not be alone, they will always be supported.

Criticism provides for some ornate speech: it speaks of "reality" and "conventionality", permissible and unacceptable rolls in postmodernity, leads readers to Murakami, Gogol, moral norms and humanism. The bulk of modern Russian viewers do not gravitate toward floridity. For almost a quarter of a century she wants certainty. People are trying to figure out how to treat the problem of non-traditional sexual orientation. Which decision will be correct? And they do not always understand whether it is worth discussing this issue from the stage of the stage.

Konstantin Raikin considers "All shades of blue" a Christian play, condemning intolerance and pride.

Life is for show and life is simple

Some viewers give comparisons not so much specifically critical as philosophical ones. For example, if someone likes beer, it's his own business. This "someone" can all the life of a moderate drink a quality drink from malt and hops - no one around and will not know about his addiction. If someone loves her husband (wife, neighbor's boyfriend, friend, girlfriend) - this is also personal. Why should we shout, declare, demand a "ceremonial" recognition of this fact?

It's not about the Boy - the teenager is scared, surprised at the discovery about himself. He does not know what to do, how to treat this. He needs to understand. And to understand a teenager is the sacred duty of adults. This is the focus of the audience.

It is known that in Russia it is not necessary for the husband and his wife to kiss people, they mention. Does this mean that the rights of the spouses were infringed? Is it still more correct to orient art to the "bright side of the Moon"?

Anyway, are all equal?

In Russia, there is a law that protects children from information that damages their health, which hinders normal development. According to this law, it is inadmissible to inspire children that heterosexual and traditional marriages are equivalent. Basic values do not change with time, they are indestructible. How from this point of view to evaluate the production?

The play "All shades of blue", based on real events, does not promote homosexual orientation. He narrates that people have forgotten how to understand each other. On the stage there is a symbolic "crowd", condemning what is happening, hiding in the depths of the stage. Who is it? The audience? Do they distinguish shades of blue, or is it for them a solid black?

Some consider that there is nothing surprising in the fact that "Satyricone" is supplied with "All shades of blue". The theater is not the first time shocking the viewer. Others assure: the production is unusual for the offspring of Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin. The play staged a psychological performance.

If we are talking about psychology, it is this science that studies the world outside its division into black and white. Many critics and viewers believe that the boy's parents could not fight for their truth, randomly "swinging their sword" where a subtle, selective approach is needed. But is this all right?

Think for yourself, decide for yourself

Close Boy understood that they should become truly native to the child. Late? Better late than never ... Realizing that they should not have been allowed to pump up a guy with special drugs that actually killed the Boy, the parents take their son home. The family reunites, but at what cost! White smoke on stage seems to absorb a sad family. And in this veil it is unclear what will happen to the main character, how his life will turn out.

An open final allows viewers to think big. Reviews for the play "All shades of blue" in the theater "Satyricon" for a long time will disturb public opinion. The bowl of the scales will continue to incline one way or the other. Is it worth waiting for balance? Or is it impossible in a large volatile world?