Bell convocation: Hemingway at Rozovsky and Easter with Gergiev at the GABT

Movie

"Reality show", 18+

Directed by Giancarlo Esposito. Starring: Josh Duhamel, Giancarlo Esposito, Famke Janssen, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Sarah Wayne Callis, Chris Ellis, Lucia Walters, Brooke Warrington

The All-Russian TV premiere of the thriller "Reality show". Adam Rogers is a successful TV presenter whose show is incredibly popular. However, the finale of the next season of his reality show "Marry a Millionaire" ends in tragedy live on air. The rejected bride kills the would-be groom and herself. Rogers becomes the host of a new show in which those who wish to end their lives can do so in full view of the public and for a fee.

April 23, 23:30, REN TV

Kraken, 12+

Directed by Nikolai Lebedev. Starring: Alexander Petrov, Alexey Guskov, Sergey Garmash, Viktor Dobronravov, Diana Pozharskaya, Anton Bogdanov

A Russian special-purpose missile submarine disappears without a trace during a secret mission in the Greenland Sea. A crew under the command of Viktor Voronin, whose older brother Alexander commands the missing submarine, is sent to search for him. The sailors are faced with the task of finding the submarine by all means and preventing the new top-secret weapon from falling into enemy hands. At the same time, due to geological research at the polar station in the northern waters, a Kraken awakens - a giant monster capable of merging with the underwater darkness, possessing intelligence of an unknown nature.

Starting April 17 at the box office

"The Art of seduction", 18+

Director: Sarik Andreasyan. Starring: Lisa Seaman, Anna Glaube, Olga Smirnova, Roman Mayakin, Mikhail Troinik, Gela Meskhi, Nikita Tarasov, Artyom Suchkov, Valeria Shkirando

Anfisa, a heartthrob, Sofia, an intellectual, and Milena, a mother of three, founded an agency to catch other people's husbands in infidelity. The girls take another order — they need to get proof of the infidelity of the oligarch Dmitry. In return, his wife offers half of her husband's company after the divorce. The seduction mission is going well, the girls are celebrating their victory — now they can go out of business and no longer need anything. But his wife forgives Dmitry and tells him everything. Upon learning that he was divorced and almost deprived of half of the company, he becomes enraged and wants to destroy the daring avengers.

Starting April 18 at the Ivy online cinema

"Showgirl", 18+

Director: Gia Coppola. Starring: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Dave Bautista, Billie Lourd

Las Vegas. The legendary show of dancers is closing. Shelly, a former glamour icon and performance star, is trying to start a new life, but will she succeed? A story about last chance, ambition, the glare of neon lights in a city of sins, temptations and eternal celebration.

Starting April 17 at the KION online cinema

Theatre

"For whom the bell tolls", 16+

Directed by Mark Rozovsky. Starring: Ivan Arngold, Igor Skripko, Alisa Tarasenko, Irina Ukhanova, Vladimir Davidenko, Denis Yuchenkov, Olga Lebedeva, Yana Prygankova

The premiere of the play based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway "For whom the bell tolls". The author received the Nobel Prize for it. Hemingway showed what war really is like—dirty, bloody, and inhumane. But this novel also talks about love, about courage, about self-sacrifice, about moral choice and about the value of every human life. For the living and the dead in war find themselves in a kind of poetic unity. "Don't ask who the bell is ringing for. He's calling for you." This phrase, according to the author of the play and the director of the play, Mark Rozovsky, means a call to go to the barricade and sacrifice their own lives for the sake of a great democratic idea in the face of fascism.

April 17, 18, 19:00, Nikitsky Gate Theater

"The Pontoon Cemetery", 16+

Directed by Yuri Grymov. Starring: Anna Kamenkova, Yuri Anpilogov, Alexander Borisov, Alexey Baranov, Alexey Bagdasarov, Alexander Mirlyundi (Zhukov), Marianna Kanivets, Maina Chizhevskaya, Yuri Sokolov, Alexandra Bogdanova

The production is unique in form and content, in which the main characters are cars. Grandma Toyota, Baha, Maybach, Bentley, Hyundai, Dodge, Merc are cool foreign cars with human features, ambitions and weaknesses, passions and fears. The heroes of fantastic fiction once raced along their highways, highways and serpentines, winding thousands of kilometers of hopes and disappointments, until one day they found themselves at a difficult intersection. Now everyone has the same road — through the foggy future, an imminent accident is seen. In a constellation of brilliant images, hilariously funny and piercing, the brightest star of the automotive industry will appear, which will help the heroes to squeeze the clutch properly and shift gears — the old Toyota performed by Anna Kamenkova will not let the heroes get off the right track.

April 19, 18.00, Modern Theater

"Ark", 12+

Directors: Yana Sexte, Alexey Usoltsev. Starring: Alexander Khovansky, Elena Plaksina, Maria Shumilova, Nelly Haperskaya, Sergey Girin, Olga Rodina, Nikita Tabunshchik, Arkady Kiselyov, Alexey Usoltsev, Maxim Sachkov

A poignant story that unfolds in a confined space where every day becomes a test of humanity. Eight people trapped in four walls are fighting for the right to remain human. The yellow light of the lamp, the whisper that cannot be heard by outsiders, the pages of the diary filled with a trembling hand — all this creates the effect of complete immersion in the atmosphere of the production. The chamber space of the Other stage will reduce the distance between the artists and the audience, allowing them to fully immerse themselves in the complex inner world of the characters.

April 18, 19, 19:00, Sovremennik, Another scene

"Mystery", 16+

Directors: Dmitry Maslennikov, Andrey Kaidanovsky, Alexander Mogilyov. Starring: Kristina Kretova, Igor Tsvirko, Denis Savin, Ksenia Ryzhkova, Alexey Morozov, Vyacheslav Kolesnikov

An evening of one-act ballets. It will be opened by "Monaxia" directed by choreographer Dmitry Maslennikov. It is based on a mystical story about a Goddess who was granted immortality by the Creator. Andrey Kaidanovsky's ballet "Love Song" will continue the program. The bright closing will be "Vrubel. The Demon" by director-choreographer Alexander Mogilyov.

April 17, 18, 19:00, Helikon Opera, Stravinsky Hall

"I love you. Kiss. The cache / All letters are only about love", 16+

Directed by Pavel Vashchilin. Starring: Ilya Kozyrev, Ulyana Glushkova, Elizaveta Ermakova, Maria Sokolskaya, Vladislava Sukhorukova

An evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the People's Artist of the USSR Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky. It is based on the correspondence of the 30-year-old actor and his wife Sulamith. She reflected the time when everything was just beginning — relationships, family life, the path to success, in which the spouse believed more than Innokenty Mikhailovich. The letters stored in the collections of the A. A. Bakhrushin Theater Museum have not been published before and will be publicly heard for the first time.

April 20, 19:00, Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, Small Stage

Opening of the XXIV Moscow Easter Festival, 12+

On Holy Sunday, the united Symphony Orchestra of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters will open the Moscow Easter Festival. Maestro Valery Gergiev will stand at the conductor's desk. The program will pay special attention to two important dates: the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 185th anniversary of the birth of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In honor of these events, outstanding soloists and musical groups will present unique programs at the central venues of Moscow and in the regions of Russia. The festival will end on May 9th. On Great Victory Day, the United Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theaters will give a concert on Poklonnaya Gora, which attracts thousands of listeners every year. In the evening, a large Gala concert of the band will take place on the stage of the Great Hall of the Conservatory. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War will be invited to the event.

April 20, 19:00, Bolshoi Theater, Historical Stage

"It shines, but it doesn't warm you", 16+

Directed by Sergey Tonyshev. Starring: Evgenia Ivashova, Irina Smirnova, Albina Abramova, Anna Chumak, Yuri Tsokurov, Egor Razlivanov, Vladimir Logvinov, Pavel Yudin

The premiere of the play based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky and Nikolai Solovyov. In addition to the two authors, the work had two titles. "It shines, but it doesn't warm" was otherwise called "To the Motherland." The play is about the secret life of people, about the thirst to live, as well as about another feeling that is very familiar to the Russian person. This performance is in many ways about returning to their native places. We all grew up somewhere, fell in love for the first time, lit up, screamed with happiness, whispered passionate confessions in each other's ears, it all happened once.

April 22, 23, 19:30, Vakhtangov Theater, New Stage

Museums

"1,418 days. On the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory", 0+

The exhibition is an experience, the purpose of which is to convey through works of art not only the chronicle of the events of 1941-1945, but also the depth of human emotions of that era. The exhibition will allow you to see how artists conceptualized the war, reflected the feat, suffering, hope and strength of the spirit of people. Among the artists represented: Arkady Plastov, "The Fascist Flew By" (1942), Evgeny Vuchetich, "The Liberator Warrior" (1948), Viktor Popkov, "Father's Overcoat" (1977), Konstantin Yuon, "The Parade on Red Square in Moscow on November 7, 1941" (1949), Mikhail Savitsky, "The Guerrilla Madonna" (1967), Vladimir Tsigal, "Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev" (1980), and many others.

From April 22, the New Tretyakov Gallery

"...The brilliance of the crystal and the fineness of the edges...". Russian glass of the XVIII – early XX century, with carvings and engravings, 0+

Transparent glass is an amazing man—made material in terms of its richness of decorative possibilities. Its fields of application and processing techniques are extremely diverse. The exhibition demonstrates the evolution of the art of glass carving in imperial Russia, as well as the techniques of mechanical processing of glass surfaces. Most of the exhibition will feature works by the Imperial Glass Factory, the country's leading enterprise, which has determined the main trends in the development of glassmaking in the Russian Empire.

From April 23 to March 29, 2026, Winter Palace, Small Church

Preview for "Art Moscow", 0+

Bright and bold works by artists from the ancient city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, Valentin Fedorov, Irina Mitrikova and Oksana Vinarchuk, formed a cycle of symbolic images of the new exhibition. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the large-scale Art Moscow fair, which opens on April 23 in Gostiny Dvor. You can also find the stand of the Ordynka Art gallery there. The authors of the exhibition say that the longer they study the forms and feelings of the modern world, the more clearly they feel the actual language for their works. The artist Oksana Vinarchuk often uses symbolic theatrical images in her paintings. Valentin Fedorov feels a deep connection with history and folklore. Irina Mitrikova's series of works "Moscow, Mayakovsky, the Glare of Red" is a romantic visual journey that draws the viewer into reflections on the capital and the eternal symbols of the city.

Until May 10, Ordynka Art

Personal exhibition of Anastasia Loktaeva "Entrance", 0+

The exhibition will feature 15 works inspired by the psychopractics of yogic contemplation. Anastasia uses spiral lines in her technique, which she applies with an oily pastel and then shades with a brush in spirals. This is a kind of rhythmic, repetitive movement, something like hand asanas. Focus on the image without using an analytical approach. The outwardly seemingly calm landscapes, upon subsequent analysis, represent active dual scenes of light and darkness.

From April 22 to May 30, Gallery M2

"Karagoz: step out of the shadows", 0+

An exhibition of dolls from the traditional Turkish theater Karagoz opens at the Museum of Oriental Art. Here you can see dolls and props created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as modern ones by the Turkish theater director, director, puppeteer and playwright Cengiz Samsun. The exhibition includes exhibits from the collections of the Museum of Oriental Art and the Puppet Theater named after S.V. Obraztsov. The audience will see about 100 dolls made by the master for his theatrical productions. The exhibition will be complemented by graphics from the Marjani Foundation with views of Ottoman cities.

From April 17 to May 18, Oriental Museum

12 new exhibitions of contemporary art, 16+

In the large exhibition hall of the Cube art space.Moscow Kupol Gallery, curated by Andrey Bartenev and Victoria Mikhopoulou, opens a collective project "What kind of QI? What is the Republic of Kazakhstan?" — the exhibition invites the audience to be transported into the atmosphere of a holiday and carnival. The curators present the works of more than 50 artists united by the theme of the circus. The pearl of the exhibition is a collection of covers of the Spanish multidisciplinary magazine Nuevo Mundo from the 1920s, as well as Soviet circus posters. The KultProekt Gallery presents the exhibition of the artist Alexander Sitnikov "Subjects on an unknown topic", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the master and reflecting his reflections on human nature, the theme of choice.

From April 19th, Cube.Moscow

Opening of the Museum of Fairy Tales, 0+

The new metropolitan museum "Mansion-Fiction" is located in the Churbanova apartment building at 1/18 Ozerkovsky Lane. The atmosphere created in the walls of the historical building transports visitors into a fairy tale. An area of 1 thousand square meters contains a rich collection of mythical heroes and characters from famous fairy tales, decorated in unique decorations. Thanks to multimedia technologies, the effect of total immersion in a fabulous atmosphere is achieved.

From April 18, the Museum of Fairy Tales

Concerts

Nikolai Agutin. I love this life, 6+

A festive concert in honor of Nikolai Agutin's 90th birthday. It will be hosted by Yulianna Karaulova and Leonid Agutin. Angelika Varum, Vladimir Presnyakov, Natalia Podolskaya, Mia Boyka, Zivert, Jony, MOT, Slava Skripka, Alexander Marshal and Artem Minkov, VIA Pesnyary, Oleg and Rodion Gazmanov, Stas Namin and the Flowers group, Elena Maksimova, Dmitry Malikov, Diana Gurtskaya, the Phonograph Orchestra will come to congratulate the musician.-symphonic jazz" conducted by People's Artist of Russia Sergey Zhilin.

April 23, 20:00, KZ "Moscow"

"Ekaterina Klimova. Manifesto of a beautiful woman", 18+

Guests will enjoy poetry, vocal performances and prose, as well as a frank conversation about the most intimate things. For the first time, Ekaterina Klimova will share her personal experience and tell you how she takes care of herself, which helps her maintain energy and inner balance, look flawless and feel confident.

April 22, 19:00, House of Music, Theater Hall

"Seven", 18+

The show by choreographer Nastya Yurasova boldly, deeply and sometimes provocatively tells about the vices familiar to everyone and their overcoming. Through the prism of modern choreography, the performance draws the viewer's attention to important questions, the answers to which are not always on the surface.: How far can we go by succumbing to our vices, is a person capable of fighting, or are our weaknesses stronger than reason?

April 16-30, 20:00, Theater on Tsvetnoy

Festivals

47th Moscow International Film Festival, 18+

The opening film of the 47th MIFF will be the military film "Not on the List" by Sergei Korotaev starring Vladimir Mashkov, Vladislav Miller and Alyona Morilova. This is a historical film about courage, faith and love for the Motherland based on the novel of the same name by Boris Vasiliev. The jury of this year's MIFF main competition includes actress, singer, TV presenter Bushra (Egypt), director, screenwriter, producer Cornel Georgica (Romania, France), director Alexei German Jr. (Russia), actor John Robinson (USA) and actress Mariana Spivak (Russia). Luis Mignarro, director and founder of the Eddie Saeta production company (Spain), will become Chairman. The MIFF will close with the premiere of the lyrical Argentine film "Who would We Like to be" directed by Alejandro Agresti.

From 17 to 24 April, Moscow

"Pirate Station: Doomsday", 18+

A new large-scale drum &bass show will transport viewers to the post-apocalyptic world of the future. After a global catastrophe caused by artificial intelligence and human greed, the Earth has changed beyond recognition: the world is filled with mechanical creatures and unknown life forms, and a small group of survivors leaves the underground shelter for the first time to find a way out. DJs Cutworx, Electrosoul System b2b Anna Sunnet, Saint Rider, Vein, Gvozd will be the guides on this journey. As well as secret foreign guests, whose names will be revealed at the event itself.

April 19, IC "Ice Palace" (St. Petersburg)