A Free Novel

The production "A Free Novel" is a novel about love, about time, and about us. In it you will find no tailcoats or starched collars of the 19th century: all the characters are contemporary young people, and so the story is told in the language of contemporary theatre, contemporary music written by young composers of Tashkent, whose compositions are framed by the piercing music of Ryuichi Sakamoto. The production recreates a story as simple as the world itself, in which a girl fell in love with a young man, the young man did not appreciate her, but… years passed. He met her "in society — she had become a beautiful woman…" You have guessed correctly — Pushkin described this story in the novel "Eugene Onegin." The main characters of Ilkhom's production are ordinary contemporary young people, differing in appearance and temperament. Every member of the audience is given the chance to put themselves in the place of Eugene and Tatyana.

The stories described in Alexander Sergeyevich's works are simple, romantic, at times mischievous, at times ironic. The creators of the production followed him with reverence and trust in everything, and above all in the freedom of expressing words, thoughts, and feelings. For simply following the author, one discovers an entire world. Within the story of "Eugene Onegin," the production harmoniously combines poems, the narrative poem "Count Nulin," "Gavriiliada," and the provocative "Little Tragedies": "A Feast in Time of Plague" and "The Stone Guest." All the more so since the author himself permits it, having called his own work "a free novel."

Running time: 3 hours (with intermission)
Latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium — please arrive in advance.

Alexander Pushkin
Compositions and production: Mark Weil