Poster

CLUBS

"Golden Helmet". A new club and theater project, invented by Afisha magazine columnist Elena Kovalskaya. Twice a month, “Caska” will hold meetings to which theater professionals and simply theater lovers are invited. Today's party is called "Noodles" and presents Olga Lapshina , the star of the new drama, leading role in such plays as "Captive Spirits", "Seven Saints from the Village of Bryukho", "The Naked Pioneer" and others. Her performance partners and husband Sergei Starostin will take part in the party. Ikra , 19.00.

Reggae-fest . Birthday party for legendary dub musician and producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, who turns 70. Participating are DUB TV and Vibration of the Cosmos, Russoul, JaGan, M.A.O., Resa&Chek, MOTO Sound System, Jacques Republic of Jah (St. Petersburg) and Rasta Orchestra (Tallinn). “OGI Project” , 22.00.

Big band of Igor Butman. Jazz. "Le Club" , 19.00.

Monty Python's Flying Circus (UK, 1969). Directed by Ian McNaughton, John Howard Davies. Starring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman. FAQ-Cafe , 23.30.

CONCERTS

Covent Garden Gala. Concert of young soloists of the Royal Theater London. The program includes fragments from the operas “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart, “Eugene Onegin” by P. Tchaikovsky, “Tosca” and “La Boheme” by Puccini, “Don Pasquale” by Donizetti, “Carmen” by Bizet and others. Soloists Matthew Rose (baritone), James Edwards (tenor), Yvette Bonn (soprano) and Victoria Nava (soprano) will perform accompanied by the Russian Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Alexander Walker (UK). Concert Hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky , 19.00.

"Musical Rarities" . Yuri Medyanik (violin, button accordion) and Sergei Voronov (piano) will play rarely performed works by Locatelli, Sibelius, Milhaud, Scarlatti, Couperin, Daquin and Ibert. Fifth studio on Malaya Nikitskaya (M. Nikitskaya, 24) , 19.00.

MOVIE

“Good Night and Good Luck” (USA, 2005). Directed by George Clooney. Starring David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Klaxon, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr. A drama about the confrontation between an American television journalist and Senator McCarthy, a fighter against the communist threat in America in the 50s. “35 MM” 17.00, 19.00, 20.45, 22.30, 0.15, “MDM Cinema” 19.00, 21.30, 23.00, “Roland” 13.10, 21.55, “Khudozhestvenny” 13.00.

"Munich" (USA, 2005). Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Eric Bana, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yvan Attal, Hiyam Abbas, Daniel Craig. “Cinema Center” 16.05, “MDM Cinema” 22.30.

“Memoirs of a Geisha” (USA, 2005). Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Ted Levine. “Cinema Center” 19.00, “Under the Dome” 21.15, “Five Stars on Novokuznetskaya” 15.55.

THEATERS

“A Play about Money” by V. Nikiforova. Premiere. Directed by Eduard Boyakov. Composer Vladimir Martynov. Starring Eduard Flerov, Tatyana Savchenkova, Yulia Beloved, Roman Indyk, Larisa Suprun. March 20, 24-26 at the Praktika Theater, 20.00.

“Doc. Thor” based on the play “In Sodom, in Gomorrah” by E. Isaeva. Directed by Vladimir Pankov. Music by the Pan Quartet. Starring Andrey Zavodyuk. The play is a documented story of an Astrakhan surgeon about how in his youth he worked in rural hospitals. Theatre.doc , 21.00.

"Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare. Premiere. Directed by Yuri Butusov. Starring Konstantin Khabensky, Mikhail Trukhin, Mikhail Porechenkov, Marina Golub, Olga Litvinova. Moscow Art Theater named after. A.P. Chekhov , 19.00.

"The Savage, or In Defense of the Caveman." Stand up comedy based on the play by Rob Baker. Directed by Valius Tertelis (Lithuania). In the role of the Savage, Mikhail Krylov. On the stage of the “School of Modern Play” theater, 19.00.

EXHIBITIONS

Alexey and Eduard Zhigailov. Back in the USSR. An exhibition of works by famous Soviet photojournalists who documented the life of Soviet society for several decades. The chronological scope of the exhibition is from 1961 to 1991. The exhibition features more than 250 photographs taken in the Urals, Volga region, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Central Asian republics, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. Among the works are photographs from meetings of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, concerts, premieres, portraits of Soviet celebrities. The exhibition also includes works that have never been published before. Exhibition Hall "Manege" , until April 16.

"Wine Culture". The exhibition demonstrates the influence of wine on cultural history. The exhibition presents exhibits from the collections of museums in Italy. Among them are paintings by Piranesi, Verrocchio, Manfredi and other artists, archaeological monuments, manuscripts, engravings, maps and utensils. Guests of the exhibition are also invited to experience the influence of wine culture and taste some varieties of Italian wines. Historical Museum , until May 30.

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