Published on Jul 7, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: August 25-27, 2016

Venue: Drama Theatre of NCPA

Prices: 180, 300, 420, 500, 580, 680

Features: Rimas Tuminas' Masquerade is a tragic farce, a sad Commedia dell' Arte. From August 25th-27th, The Vakhtangov Theatre will bring the classical Masquerade to Drama Theatre of NCPA in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

The poetic drama by Mikhail Lermontov uncovers the ruthless truth about people and the world they live in, the severe world where the morality teeters on the razor's edge.

At the masquerade - a feast with enchanting music, bright costumes, mysterious masks and alluring power of revelry - people make fun, slander and gammon, without being recognized, as they are free from everything including their own selves.

Masquerade is a theatre of characters, intrigues, flirting, intense and dangerous confessions, where fools and scoffers, dissemblers and clowns, lovestruck heroes and hoaxers run together with no sense of shame under the masks.

Masquerade is a game with the partner and with his destiny. Here you get killed by words and gossips. And when the mask is off you'll find your face covered in compassionate tears.

SYNOSIS

Masquerade is also a dream. You discover the real meaning of it with the last chord of the waltz. Those who were lucky to see Tuminas's Masquerade in the Vilnius Small Theatre should not compare it with The Vakhtangov Theatre performance. That will make no sense as the performance is not a copy but an author's replication. The director has made each character in the play tailored to the Vakhtangov's actors and brings out their distinctive voice.

Rimas Tuminas' Masquerade is a tragic farce, a sad Commedia dell' Arte, leaned into nowadays, spinning to the sound of the Waltz by Aram Khachaturyan that over the decades returned to The Vakhtangov stage for which it was written.

Tickets for The Vakhtangov Theatre - Masquerade are Available now!