Poster

CLUBS

Markscheider Kunst (St. Petersburg). Concert of the patriarchs of Russian ska and other cheerful southern music. June 16 at the Ikra club, 22.00.

"The Sound and the Fury" Second day of the noise music festival. On stage are saxophonists and electronic players Thomas Ankersmit (Netherlands) and Giuseppe Ielasi (Italy), as well as the Moscow “Architheater”. June 16 at the “House” , 20.00.

Rich Thair (UK). The founder and producer of the cult acid-jazz group Red Snapper comes to Moscow as a DJ. June 16 at the Ikra club, 01.00.

Fleshquartet (Sweden), Maxim Trefan (keyboards) and Sergey Letov (bass clarinet). Fleshquartet is a famous quartet of academically trained musicians who tried to play fusion twenty years ago and were extremely successful at it. Starting with the classic synthesis of jazz and rock, they later began to add rap and electronics to their compositions. In addition to releasing albums, the group actively works with theater and cinema. The second part of the concert will feature a duet of famous Russian avant-garde artists and experimentalists. June 17 at the “House” , 19.30. On June 18, Fleshquartet will play at Art Garbage , 21.00.

CONCERTS

Greenfest festival. Headliners: Jamiroquai (UK). June 18 at the Olimpiysky sports complex, 17.00.

MOVIE

“It doesn’t hurt me” (Russia, 2006). Directed by Alexey Balabanov. Starring Alexander Yatsenko, Renata Litvinova, Nikita Mikhalkov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Inga Oboldina-Strelkova, Sergei Makovetsky, Dmitry Meskhiev, Kirill Nabutov, Mark Rudinshtein. For a review of the film, see page 10. “Horizon” , “Karo-Film” , “Kinomir” , “Kinocentr” , “October” , “Five Stars” , “Five Stars on Novokuznetskaya” , “Rolan” , “Romanov” -Cinema."

"X-Men 3: The Last Stand" (USA, 2006). Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Jansen, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn, Bill Duke. "MDM Cinema".

FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY SWEDISH CINEMA SWEDEN: UPGRADE IN “35 MM”

“Petson and Findus” (1999), animated, directed by Torbjorn Jansson, 13.00; “Arm Wrestling in the Village of Solitude” (2004), documentary, directed by Lisa Munthe and Helen Alsson, 17.00; “The Hillbilly” (2004), directed by Maria Bloom, starring Sofia Helin, Kaisa Ernst, Ann Petren, 19.00. June 17.

“Petson and Findus. Astronaut Cat" (2000) animated, directed by Torbjorn Jansson, 13.00; “Bergman Island: Ingmar Bergman on Faure Island, Film and Life” (2004), documentary, directed by Marie Nierered, 17.00; “Zozo” (2005), directed by Yosef Fares, starring Imad Kreidi, Antoinette Turk, Victor Axelson, 19.00. June 18.

THEATERS

“The Tale of the Seven Hanged Men” by L. Andreev. Directed by Mindaugas Karbauskis. Starring Alexander Vorobyov, Dmitry Kulichkov, Alexander Skotnikov, Alexey Komashko, Alexey Usoltsev. June 16 at the Studio Theater directed by O. Tabakov , 19.00.

“Scenes from village life. Uncle Vanya" by A. Chekhov. Directed by Yuri Pogrebnichko. Starring Alexey Levinsky, Elena Kobzar, Liliya Zagorskaya, Mikhail Palatnik. June 17 at the theater “NEAR Stanislavsky’s House” , 19.00.

“Boys” based on nine chapters of F. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Brothers Karamazov”. Performance by the Workshop of Sergei Zhenovach. Directed by Sergei Zhenovach. Starring Alexander Koruchekov, Maria Shashlova, Alexey Vertkov, Andrey Shibarshin, Sergey Pirnyak. June 17 and 27 on the stage of the Center. Sun. Meyerhold , 19.00.

"In Tennessee W space." based on the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by T. Williams and the novel “The City Without Seasons” by S. Yamamoto. Directed by Yuri Eremin. Starring Valery Yaremenko, Ekaterina Guseva, Evgenia Kryukova, Dmitry Zhuravlev, Galina Dashevskaya. June 17 at the Theater. Mossovet , 19.00.

"Six New Swedish Plays". Presentation of a collection of plays by contemporary playwrights Lars Nuren, Jonas Gardel, Rose Lagerkrantz, Eric Udenberg, Agnetha Pleyel and Niklas Rodström. Fragments of the plays will be read by Moscow actors. June 17 in the foyer of the 2nd floor of the Center. Sun. Meyerhold , 14.00.

“Donky Hot” based on the novel “Don Quixote” by M. de Cervantes. Premiere. Directed by Dmitry Krymov. Starring A. Sinyakina, M. Maminov, S. Melkonyan. June 18 and 21 at the School of Dramatic Art theater (building on Povarskaya, 20) , 20.00.

OTHER

II Moscow Yacht Festival. A holiday for all lovers of sports and water recreation. The festival program includes races on jet skis, water skis and wakeboards, the Andreevskaya regatta of cruising yachts, which will take place between the Andreevsky and Crimean bridges, as well as a yacht parade : all festival participants will march from Frunzenskaya embankment to the mouth of the Yauza and back to the accompaniment of fireworks. Towards evening there will be a concert of the Orchestra named after. Oleg Lundstrem under the direction of Georgy Garanyan . June 17 from 13.00 to 20.00.

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