The owner of one of the Teatra.doc venues terminated the lease agreement with them ahead of schedule after a performance about the Yakut shaman Gabyshev

"Theater. doc " reported on VKontakte that the owner of "Ploshchadka 8/3" on Kazakova Street, which they shared with members of the Union of Independent Theaters, terminated the lease agreement with them ahead of schedule.

“The unofficial explanation of the reason is that the theater released the premiere of “The Tale of the Shaman” on the site,” noted the “Theater. doc ". The performances, according to the schedule , will take place at Platform 8/3 until November 29. At the Theatre. doc " also remains the space " DOC on the Island" on Sadovnicheskaya Embankment.

The premiere of Beata Bubenets' puppet show about the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev, staged with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Theater Workers, took place at Ploshchadka 8/3 on October 30.

“We were amazed that such a medieval phenomenon as walking across the entire country was even possible in Russia in the 21st century. The concept itself is more like a fairy tale than the truth,” Bubenets told Kommersant.

In 2019, Gabyshev decided to walk to Moscow to “expel” President Vladimir Putin. However, the traveler was soon detained , accused of calling for extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and sent to a mental hospital, having been declared dangerous because of the idea of ​​“harming the government and overthrowing Putin.” He was discharged from there in July 2020.