The presentation of the book "Madness of the Brave" will take place at the Sovremennik Theater

On June 15, the Moscow Sovremennik Theater will host the presentation of the book "Madness of the Brave. How the legendary Sovremennik Theater was born and why it changed the Russian stage forever." This edition is a gift to the theater for its 70th anniversary, which it celebrated on April 15.

The author of the book is Evgenia Borisovna Kuznetsova, who was in charge of the literary section of Sovremennik from 1996 to 2021. The plot is based on the chronicle of the legendary night of April 15, 1956, when young artists led by Oleg Yefremov performed the play "Forever Alive" on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School. Evgenia Kuznetsova traces the path of the founders of Sovremennik — from students to the creators of the theater, which became the voice of the generation. The book was prepared and published by Bombora Publishing House (Eksmo).

Evgenia Kuznetsova, as well as the artists of Sovremennik who voiced the audiobook, Ilya Lykov, Daria Belousova, Anatoly Kormanovsky, Sergey Girin and Daria Frolova, will perform at the presentation of the book.