Daniil Kharms
illogical flow of thought

Sergey Zhenovach: «We decided to have some fun, to improvise, to take risks. The play is
based on «The Old Woman» by Daniil Kharms. The genre of this work is also defined by the
words of Kharms – «illogical flow of thought»».

Daniil Kharms: «I am only interested in «nonsense», in what has not any practical meaning.
I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestation. Heroism, pathos, prowess, morality,
hygiene, morality, tenderness and passion are words and feelings — I hate that. But I fully
respect delight and admiration, inspiration and despair, passion and restraint, debauchery
and chastity, sadness and grief, joy and laughter».

Stage adaptation and direction – Sergey ZHENOVACH
Set design – Alexander BOROVSKY
Lighting design – Damir ISMAGILOV
Composer – Grigory GOBERNIK
Running time 1 h 30 min without intermission
The first night 2020, September 27

The cast consists of: Tatiana Galitskaya (Volkova), Nikita Isachenkov, Olga Kalashnikova, Mariya Korytova, Elizaveta Kondakova, Maria Kurdenevich, Lev Kotkin, Varvara Nasonova,
Aleksander Nikolaev, Dmitriy Matveev, Ekaterina Chechelnitskaya, Darya Mureeva,
Aleksander Medvedev, Nodar Siradze, Igor Lizengevich, Alexander Proshin,Alexander
Suvorov, Andrey Shibarshin, Andrey Nazimov, Sergey Pirnyak, Anna Rud, Olga Petrushina.