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In the continuation of Black Friday, “Paper” publishes a letter from editor -in -chief Tanya Ivanova from a weekly culture newsletter . From November 29 to December 2, make a signature for copyright letters - about wine , clothing , St. Petersburg houses and culture - with a discount: 30 % - for a monthly BlackMonth promotional code, 50 % for annual Blackyear promotional codes.

Letters about the most remarkable concerts, performances and exhibitions come on Saturdays. Each month, the author chooses the theme of the cycle: in December, you will find a story about good productions for the whole family before the New Year. And this is a letter from the September newsletter on the production of the works of Nikolai Gogol, it is dedicated to the performance “ The Examiner ” of the Saturday Theater, and it has a selection of discounts and cultural events that will be held in the coming days.

What will you see

I'll start with the main thing - this is a homominically ridiculous production. Personally, I have not laughed at the theater for a long time. In general, the Saturday Theater, in my understanding, has always been a place where they really know how to break away.

Someone will say that their production is almost on the verge of taste, which is a little more and it will be a kitsch. I did not watch the entire repertoire of the theater, but I can say that nothing of what I saw was crossed by this line. It is even like a game: the troupe naturally enjoys from the fact that he walks on the verge.

A strict young man in uniform with a patch “Security” is escorted to the performance. In the hall you find yourself at a press conference: the city leadership is discussing what to do-after all, an auditor is going to them. It looks very topical, at least now in the news.

At every mention of God, they are baptized, the words that begin with the “PU” are not afraid, AMMOM Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tapkin generally spilled Vladimir Volfovich, and Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky are the leading popular television shows and part-time decisions.

The discussion of the arrival of the auditor was decided in the form of a press conference. The leadership will gather at her and at the end, already to meet with the auditor. And between these two important meetings, complete trash will take place. The artists will dance to the songs of the cord and the soundtrack from Boomer, use requisite cocaine and (I hope, also requisite) alcohol, there is “Doshirak”, joke about Uber and “Auchan”.

Separately, I will say that in the play a completely nosed, shameless and incredibly charming Khlestakov - Vladislav Demyanenko .

In general, when you go to the Saturday Theater, you go through the bright yard, push with other spectators in a small lobby before the start of the performance, you least think that it is here that you will meet a real political satire. And in fact, the viewer collides with her: on the stage, the Russian province, as much as Gogol describes it, he is now living now. It seems to know about the capital's things, but the issues are all resolved by concepts.

What tickets to take

The closest shows of the "Examiner" - December 17 and 31 . Tickets cost 1000 and 1100 rubles. If there are no places in the middle, then choose more to the right from the scene. Although the theater has a small hall, and there are only five rows, apparently, in general, it’s not bad everywhere.

Where else to watch the "auditor"

As you know, the auditor is one of Gogol's most popular comedies in the theater. It was first played in St. Petersburg in the Alexandrinsky Theater in the spring of 1836. Now the production of this text can be seen in the Lensovet Theater-there is a version of Sergei Fedotov with Gorodnich-Migitsko and Strawberry-Nizykov (the closest shows-December 16 and 29).

For lovers of the Buff Theater - “Examiner” in the production of Isaac Shtokbant with Murad Sultaniazov in the role of Khlestakov. In the repertoire of the Alexandrinsky Theater “ Examiner ”, of course, there is also - with the litter that this is the “Tenth Alexandrian version”. This version belongs to Valery Fokin. True, the date of shows on the site is not indicated.

Where else to go

The Theater "Workshop" announced the third theater festival "School. Studio. Workshop". The program includes projects of theatrical groups that grew out of acting courses and preserve the principle of studio. This year, performances from Japan, Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Moscow and Ulan-Ude will be brought to St. Petersburg. The festival program is referred to , and here are tickets (from 500 to 2000 rubles).

At the beginning of December, there is part of the program of the International Festival of Modern Choreography Context. Diana Vishneva. I recommend that you pay attention to the premiere of the Cunningham documentary in Aurora on December 6 ( tickets - 500 rubles). Back in Angletter, films about the ballerina Tyler Pek and about the work of Lil Baku , in the Faberge Museum will show the performance of Equal Elevations performed by the Spanish dance company La Veronal, and in the BDT - the performance of the Grand Finale of the famous choreographer of Shechter.

In Erart, until mid-February, the exhibition of the 46th issue of the Pirelli calendar is shown. It was prepared by the photographer Albert Watson (author of the famous black and white portraits of Hitchcock, Warhol and Jobs). The museum introduced 40 color and black and white pictures of Jiji Hadid, Alexander Wang, Misty Kuplend, Leticia Casta, Sergey Polunin and others.

The Baltic House next week is played by two premiere performances - “ Taming the obstacle ” (December 4, tickets - 500–2000 rubles) and Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko (December 5, tickets - 400–2200 rubles). And on December 27 and 28 and January 3 and 6, another premiere in the theater is a performance with Tatyana Piletskaya “ Family as a gift ” - an option for a gift to the older generation.

Even this weekend is the last opportunity to reach the exhibition “Artists of the World of Art”. Historical walks in Leningrad Center. Let me remind you that there are more than a hundred works of painting and graphics, as well as ceramics and border porcelain of the XIX - XX centuries created by Alexander Benois, Boris Kustodiev, Leo Bakst, Konstantin Somov, Valentine Serov and other authors. Tickets - 300 rubles.

Where there are discounts

In the final, some more information about discounts - not only on the occasion of Black Friday. Until December 1, inclusive in the Comedian shelter, tickets for 17 performances with shows in December and January are being sold .

In the Baltic House, until December 1, inclusive for tickets, they give a 20 % discount on the promotional code Friday20 %.

There are discounts in the “such theater” that celebrates the 18th anniversary on December 1. The theater offers a 20 % discount when booking tickets for shows in Skorokha and 10 % for shows in the Dostoevsky Museum.

A discount on the National Opera Award of the Onegin was also noticed. On the promotional code of Onegin, a 30 % discount is provided for tickets from 2000 rubles. The concert itself will be held on December 2. For the action, you can buy tickets for two more December concerts: the Symphony Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky Theater performs the music of Beethoven and Strauss on December 4, Oleg Vainstein and Dmitry Khrychev perform chamber music on December 8.

Well, do not forget that tickets to theaters before December 1, inclusive, can be bought at a discount on the sites “ Yandex.Afisha ” and “ Tour.ru ” (for example, to the Alexandrinsky Theater and BDT) and until December 2 on the site “ Kassir.ru ” (from musicals to stand-ups).

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