Cultural Week: Izvestia's Choice
Movie
"Totally dumbfounded" 16+
Directed by: Olga Frenkel. Starring: Gosha Kutsenko, Anna Mikhalkova, Vladimir Yaglych, Polina Maximova, Stepan Devonin
December 31, Olga Gavrilova and her young boyfriend Kirill come to the ski resort "Gazprom Polyana" to celebrate the New Year, but because of a mistake travel agency find themselves under the same roof with Olga's ex-husband Fedor and his charming girlfriend Marinochka. The romantic meeting of the New Year threatens to turn into a nightmare for both couples, so Olga and Fedor decide to hide from their new passions that they remain almost already ex-husbands, but still spouses.
From December 12 in theaters
"Three Cats. Winter Vacation" 0 +
Director: Dmitry Vysotsky. Roles voiced: Lev Kutenkov, Anna Glushinskaya, Vladimir Prudnikov, Mikhail Khrustalev, Svetlana Kuznetsova
A new full-length animated story will tell about the winter adventures of Korzhik, Karamelka and Kompot. Kittens dream of a bright and unusual celebration of the New Year, but suddenly they have to save a new friend Lollipop and his parents - representatives of the people of ancient cats who lived on the planet millions of years ago. And now the New Year turns out even better than the kittens expected.
From December 12 at the box office
"Black Castle" 16+
Director: Kirill Kuzin. Starring: Evgeny Shvarts, Veronica Ustimova, Evgeny Stychkin, Linda Lapinsh, Vitaly Kishchenko, Anastasia Krasovskaya, Victor Verzhbitsky, Oleg Vasilkov
In the hands of a young professor Anton Kosmich and his friend gets an ancient gospel with a message to descendants, written 400 years ago. This is the key leading to the missing treasury and jewelry stolen in the XVII century Prince Olshansky from the rebels. Secret ciphers and mystical clues will lead all treasure hunters to the Black Castle of the Olshansky family.
From December 12 at the box office
"Rebels" 16 +
Director: Vladimir Alenikov. Starring: Olga Volkova, Vasilisa Korostyshevskaya, Anna Roskoshnaya, Vitaly Daushev, Tatiana Novik, Marianna Vasilieva, Olga Spirkina
In a small town there is a question of demolishing a boarding school for children with disabilities for the construction of a commercial complex. But the children, for whom the boarding school has become a home thanks to the principal, categorically disagree with this and incredible ways to stand up for his defense.
From December 15 in the online cinema KION
"The Adventures of Peter and the Wolf" 0+
Director: Alexey Lebedev
Continuation of the animated story. According to the plot of the first episode "The Case of the Golden Talent", Petya, who lost his memory in the finale of the last season, will go to the aid of a stranger to save him from the chase organized by magical Erinyes - goddesses of vengeance. The second episode titled "The Case of the Bag of Gifts" will be dedicated to the upcoming holiday. Viewers are waiting for New Year's adventures of favorite characters, amazing worlds and their incredible inhabitants. In total, the new season will include 26 episodes.
From December 16 in online cinemas Okko, "Kinopoisk"
"Baba Yaga saves the New Year" 6+
Directors: Armen Ananikyan, Karen Zakharov. Starring: Lyudmila Artemyeva, Jan Tsapnik, Glafira Tarkhanova, Olesya Zheleznyak, Artem Tkachenko, Roman Postovalov, Sergei Nikonenko, Alexei Soshin, Julia Takshina.
On New Year's Eve the boy Yura together with his father comes to the holiday fair, where he takes part in a competition and unwittingly releases the Snow Queen from her long imprisonment. Back in the modern world, she decides not only to take revenge on her sworn friend Santa Claus, who deprived her of her freedom a thousand years ago, but comes up with a cunning plan to freeze the whole world. For this purpose she kidnaps a boy and takes him to her ice kingdom. To thwart her intrigues and save not only Yura, but the whole planet, Santa Claus will need the help of Baba Yaga, Ivan Tsarevich, Marya the Artisan and other magical creatures.
From December 12 at the box office
"Alien" 16 +
Directed by: Ivan Sosnin. Starring: Maxim Stoyanov, Alena Miroshnikova, Tatiana Golubeva-Sumarokova, Sergei Fedorov, Irma Arendt, Vasilina Makovtseva
In a small Ural village live the most ordinary people, not counting the local hearing impaired "fool" Leshi. His house is made of garbage. He draws strange circles on the fields and tries to catch radio waves 24 hours a day in the hope that he will be able to contact representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. The villagers laugh at Lesha, but everything changes when he is finally visited by the one he has been calling for so long - a girl who offers him to follow her to another planet.
From December 18 at START
Theater
"The Nutcracker" 6+
Every year Nikolai Tsiskaridze brings to the capital "The Nutcracker" performed by his students. This immortal story told to us by Ernst Amadeus Hoffmann, staged by the great ballet master Marius Petipa to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. On the stage of the Kremlin the fairy-tale ballet-fairy will be presented with choreography by Vasily Vainonen. He composed a performance about a girl who dreamed of miracles. There will be a classical ensemble of Waltz of Snowflakes and Pink Waltz, and pas de deux of the main characters, and divertissement of characteristic dances in the Land of Sweets.
December 18, 19, 19:00, State Kremlin Palace
"Who is stronger" 12+
Director: Olga Matveeva. Starring: Natalia Shklyaruk, Alexandrina Pitirimova, Andrei Shchetkin, Evgeny Syrkin, Alina Ivakh.
The premiere of the psychological detective based on the works of August Strindberg. One Christmas Eve Actress X and Actress Y, Mr. X and Mr. Y met. Is their meeting by chance or is it just someone's cunning plan? Who is playing this intricate game and why, and will there be a winner? The audience will have to make up all the links in the chain, to understand the present through the past, and together with the authors of the play to find a way to break the tragic secret ties. After all, vice often turns out to be similar to virtue, and punishment does not always provide redemption.
December 13, 19:00, Moscow Gubernsky Theater, foyer of the Great Hall
"Eldest Son" 16+
Director: Andrei Kalinin. Starring: Alexander Semchev, Kirill Vlasov, Anna Zateeva, Ilya Kozyrev, Maxim Osintsev, Alexei Varushchenko, Daniil Feofanov, Anton Loban, Vladimir Timofeev, Julia Vitruk.
Premiere of the play based on the play of the same name by Alexander Vampilov. In a brief retelling, the plot of "The Eldest Son" may remind you of an Indian movie: a young man invades the lives of complete strangers, jokingly declaring himself their son and brother, and unexpectedly finds a family and love. But the landscape of an ordinary urban suburb is far from the bright colors of Bollywood, and sentimentality in the play is balanced by the bitterness of doubts about the possibility of happiness - both in the author and his characters.
December 12, 13, 19:00, Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, New Stage
"Grisha is not a witness" 12+
Director: Alexander Chebotarev. Starring Alexandra Arons, Ilya Baraboshkin, Danila Golofast, Daria Zateeva, Daria Roshchina and Anton Savvatimov.
The premiere of the play based on the book by contemporary author Nastya Ryabtseva. Grisha is almost 14 - an already difficult age. And then his grandmother died, his mother went to the funeral, school bullying is in full swing, his first love, as always, unrequited - it seems that life is not just passing by, but also spits in farewell. But Grisha suddenly realizes that in order to change something, he needs to stop being a passive observer-witness and start acting.
December 12, 19:30, RAMT, Small Stage
"At the Bottom" 16+
Director: Roman Markholia. Starring: Mikhail Porechenkov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Igor Yatsko, Sergei Batalov, Maria Larina, Julia Vostrilova, Victoria Solovyova, Tamara Razorenova, Eugene Dubovskoy.
In "Workshop "12" Nikita Mikhalkov" premiere. "At the bottom" - the most famous play by Maxim Gorky. As director Roman Markholia says, in his work the author admires the turbulence of the Russian man, his stability, flexibility and vitality. It is not by chance that the author places his protégés - thieves, murderers, cheats, prostitutes - at the very bottom of life - in the closed space of a lodging house. This is Noah's Ark, where unique human specimens are saved, which are neglected by "normal" society. Despite the fact that in the play the main characters are "former people", it is actually a cheerful story.
December 13, 14, 19:00, the stage of the educational and theatrical complex of GITIS (2, Akademika Pilyugina St.).
Museums
"Jewels! The glitter of the Russian court" 0+
An exhibition presenting masterpieces of the jewelry art collection, luxurious ball gowns and a gallery of portraits from the collection of the State Hermitage. The exhibition consists of three sections. The first is "Gallery of Jewels", which will present a variety of jewelry that belonged to representatives of the imperial family: snuff boxes, watches, ornaments and much more. The central section of the exhibition is "The Ball". The luxury and splendor of the imperial court were in full force during balls and masquerades, when costumes and jewelry were the main component of the festivities. Silk and velvet suits and dresses decorated with sewing, embroidery or lace are presented at the exhibition along with elegant accessories. The exhibition concludes with a section featuring memorial items of monarchs and members of the Romanov dynasty.
December 18 through May 12, State Historical Museum
"Cosmic horoscope" 6+
The exhibition brings together 48 works by 15 artists from the collection of Fine Arts of the Cosmonautics Museum, the period of creation of which covers the whole century of space painting, starting with the works of the space artists of the group "Amaravella". Among the most important works of the project are a set of works by Andrei Sokolov, one of the main Soviet science-fiction artists of the last century, and masterly works by masters of etching of the second half of the twentieth century, inspired by the theme of space - Anatoly Plakhov, Boris Smertin, Arkady Tyurin. Two of the 15 represented artists are Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov.
From December 13, Museum of Cosmonautics
"Coronation dress of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna" 0+
The coronation dress of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife of Nicholas I, has been returned to the Armory's exposition after a decade-long restoration. It was last displayed at the exhibition "Coronations and Coronations in the Moscow Kremlin" held in 2013-2014, after which it was handed over to the museum's restoration workshops. The outfit in which the Empress attended the coronation on August 22, 1826, is made of light silver brocade and decorated with voluminous embroidery with silver thread and sequins in the form of wreaths of lilies and roses. It consists of two parts.
Until May 31, Armory.
"Antiquity through the ages: young artists in search of new ideas" 0+
In continuation of the educational and exhibition project of the Russian Museum "Bryullov. Class Classics" opens an exhibition of works by young artists aged 16 to 35, selected following the results of the competition for creative young people. The contest participants presented bright and talented works in different forms and genres: painting, sculpture, graphics, arts and crafts, art objects made in mixed techniques, video-art, digital art.
From December 13 to January 12, Russian Museum, East Pavilion of Mikhailovsky (Engineering) Castle (St. Petersburg)
"Forms and Images. Glass" 12+
For the New Year, ROSIZO has opened an exhibition where you can learn about the history of Christmas tree toys. The exhibition features late 19th century products from the famous Gus-Khrustalny factory, works of art created by Soviet muralist sculptor Vera Mukhina, and various Christmas tree ornaments, which form a significant part of the exhibition. The collection of exhibits plunges into the history of glassmaking and gives the very New Year mood, without which no winter season can be imagined.
Until January 26, ROSIZO exhibition halls
Concerts
"Christmas Ballet Gala" with Denis Rodkin 6+
The gala will bring together the best ballet dancers on one stage. The Bolshoi Theater will be represented by premier Denis Rodkin, brilliant prima ballerina Eleonora Sevenard, leading soloist Eva Sergeenkova, as well as renowned GABT premiers Mikhail Lobukhin, Semyon Chudin and Dmitry Smilevsky. In addition, the concert will feature stars of the Mariinsky Theater Renata Shakirova and Timur Askerov, as well as artists of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater Natalia Somova and Ivan Mikhalev. Soloists of the Igor Moiseyev Folk Dance Ensemble will be special guests. The New Year's mosaic will be composed of the best choreographic miniatures of the world ballet treasury and bright numbers of the present day.
December 13, 19:00, State Kremlin Palace
The Hatters 16+
The Hatters will present to the public the first gala concert of stadium scale. The audience will be treated to a brand new musical program and a visual production consisting of hits, surprises and numerous hits - the band's friends, first of all those who have appeared in joint releases, will take the stage. Special guests: Antoha MC, Naik Borzov, Polnalyubvi, Tritia, KDDK, Maxim Svoboda. These are not just concerts, but meetings of old friends and new acquaintances, where all your favorite tracks will be played, and music will become a common language of friendship and inspiration. The Hatters promise an incredible show, powerful energy, touching melodies and family atmosphere, which they will create together with their fans.
December 14, 19:00, VTB Arena
"Crystal Symphony" 6+
New Year's gala evening uniting stars of classical and pop scene. The concert will feature famous singers Hibla Gerzmava and Sergei Skorokhodov, as well as Marcelito, a Filipino singer with a unique range that allows him to sing both male and female roles. The concert will be accompanied by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the baton of maestro Vladimir Spivakov.
December 13, 19:00, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
"The Nutcracker" 6+
The premiere of the symphonic New Year's show "The Nutcracker" at the Moscow Planetarium. It combines music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Hoffman's fairy tale, which is read in the show by radio and TV presenter Artem Vargaftik and theater and film actor Anton Morozov. The country's most unusual orchestra Imperialis Orchestra under the baton of artistic director Taras Gusarov is responsible for the musical accompaniment. Also the Artemusicum team together with media artists created a visual scenography full of beautiful and fairy-tale projections that emphasize the magical atmosphere of the performance.
December 14, 15:30, 17:00, December 15, 15:30, Moscow Planetarium
"Mad Dancing with Fabio Mastrangelo" 6+
Big show of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloists - Daria Zykova, Rodion Petrov, Ivan Talanin, balalaika trio Konstantin Zakharato, Inna Svechnikova, Nikolai Pantyukhin, show theater DIVO, Irish dance show Celtica, vocal group of the orchestra "Russian Philharmonia". This program combines libertango, mambo, chardash, saber dance, sirtaki, cancan, "Dance of Ice and Fire" from the cult TV series "Game of Thrones", rhythms of Latin America, melodies of sunny Spain and the legendary tango.
December 13, 19:00, House of Music, Svetlanovsky Hall
Festivals and Awards
VIII Festival "Directing Lessons" 16+
The festive evening will begin in the foyer of the theater: live music performed by a chamber orchestra will be played for the guests. In this year's competition program - masters of directing theater: Andrei Borisov, Alexei Borodin, Evgeny Gelfond, Georgy Isaakyan, Evgeny Kamenkovich, Grigory Kozlov, Grigory Lifanov, Vladimir Pankov, Alexei Pesegov, Evgeny Pisarev, Yakov Rubin, Oleg Rybkin, Iskander Sakaev, Damir Salimzyanov, Peter Shereshevsky. The winner will receive a grant of 2 million rubles for the production of the play. Olga Egoshina, art director of the festival "Directing Lessons", Doctor of Art History, professor of the Moscow Art Theater School.
December 12, Et Cetera Theater, Small Stage
"Star of the Theater" 16+
The ceremony of awarding the theater audience award "Star of the Theater". Its winners are chosen by fans from different parts of our country and more than 80 countries around the world. To receive a porcelain statuette of Mim, the symbol of the "Star of Teatral", this year can Veniamin Smekhov, Alexander Domogarov, Yulia Snigir, Evgenia Kregzhdeh, Ivan Yankovsky, Evgeny Tsyganov, Lev Dodin, Igor Vernik, Victoria Isakova, Marina Zudina, Ivan Popovski and other masters of the theater.
This year on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theatre will unfold a battle of digital and analog art. The director together with the participants of the ceremony will reflect on how modern technologies coexist with the theater and affect it. The hosts of the evening are Karina Andolenko, an actress of the Moscow Gubernsky Theater, and Pavel Popov, an artist of the Vakhtangov Theater.
December 16, 20:00, Vakhtangov Theater
"Days of Short Film" 18+
The international festival "Short Film Days" (Short Film Days) for the eleventh time will be held in Moscow. The opening ceremony of the festival will be held on December 14 in the event-space "Gold" (theater "Odeon"). Chairman of the jury will be People's Artist of Russia Evgeny Gerasimov. The works of the contestants will be evaluated by: theater and cinema actor Anton Filipenko, director, producer Andrey Bogatyrev, president of ANO "Creative Economy" Marina Mongush (Abramova), founder of film distribution company Indian Films in Russia Nazim Tasin, editor-in-chief of Okko platform Kristina Shirshova, general director of "Monumental Pictures" Paulina Schlicht (Russia-Germany).
December 14-21, Moscow Museum Cinema
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