2 December 4 pm
Millenáris Teátrum (Budapest, I., Kis Rókus u. 16-20.)
Jurij Klavgyijev: Me, the Mashine Gunner (Kazancev Center, Moscow)
Performed by: Kirill Pletnyov
Light: Jevgenyij Vinogradov
Sound: Vlagyiszlav Kaptur
Scene: Marija Utrobina
Director: Irina Kerucsenko
Running time: 45 minute, without interval
With Hungarian simultaneous translation
Jurji Klavgyijev is a young dramatist from Togliatti, a Russian industrial town. He has been included among the authors of the Novaja Drama Festival in Moscow. He is a unique phenomenon in Russia, a real enfant terrible. His dramas are mercilessly straightforward and aggressive, and they give an honest account of the dark side of Russia.
In his play, Me, the Machine Gunner, the main character is a streetwise mafia guy who lives in a cruel everyday reality. To introduce another timeline, his grandfather appears to him from World War II, to make a stark comparison between a glorious bygone age and today’s empty, meaningless gang culture.
The main character, Kirill Pletnev, is a well know TV actor in Russia.