“I didn’t have time to say goodbye to my stage”: Liya Akhedzhakova turned to Sovremennik 03/10/2023, 17:10

The People’s Artist of Russia was left without a job. In February, it was revealed that performances with the movie star had been removed from the theater’s repertoire. The reason was the conversion of “angry people”, as Acheđakova put it. This event caused a wide response in the company.

Leah Medzhidovna said that recently she rarely played in the theater. “My new show “The first bread” Closed with new manager “Modern”and legendary “steep road” – the memory of Galina Borisovna Volchek was abandoned, not mentioned, forgotten, although in 30 years she became much more relevant than at the time of the premiere, is it strange? He gathered full halls of spectators again, “Akhedzhakova assured.

According to the actress, by the time the new management appeared on the Internet, requests to cancel the performance with her participation had already begun to appear. The “network tribunal”, as Liya Medzhidovna called it, was dissatisfied with her “dislike for the motherland”. She was soon contacted by Yury Kravets.

“The new head of the theater called me “Modern” Ju Kravets, who recently replaced chief director Viktor Ryzhakov, said the theater was flooded with letters from workers demanding that actress Achezhakov be removed from the stage of their beloved theater. He said that the Ministry of Culture supported him in the decision to remove me from the repertoire and that I don’t have to play anymore on February 13. “Gin” – exchange, “explained the artist.

Acting role in a comedy “Office Romance” she heard that on the basis of a good attitude toward her, Kravets would consult with the chairman of the arts council. However, before that, they canceled another production with her – “My Grandson Benjamin”.

“In St. Petersburg, and in fact on all theater stages in Russia, they refused to accept this performance, which we played in America, Germany, Israel, Belarus, all over Russia,” said Achedžakova.

At the same time, Liya Medzhidovna assured that she received a lot of support from the audience, she receives letters from different countries. The actress talks about her native scene with regret. The movie star did not have time to say goodbye to her.

“I didn’t have time to say goodbye to my stage. My dear favorite scene – you gave me the opportunity to confess, confess my love to the people I love, appreciate, appreciate, what a dramatist! What directors! What partners! — said the artist.

She remembered how she and Bogdan Stupka played the play “Stadosvěstí estaters” in the theater in Kyiv. Then she had a new tradition thanks to the artist. The People’s Artist of the USSR himself died in 2012.

Bogdan told me: “say hello to the stage, it will help you”. And every time I stepped on the stage in Kiev, I said: “Hello scene! I will try not to disappoint you”. Goodbye, my dear. Hang in there, we artists love and remember you. Long life to you! – quotes the text of Achezhakov’s letter from Arina Borodin’s Telegram channel.