The wife cheated with a friend and the husband cheated with a friend: the premiere of the comedy about love, mistakes and purification took place in Moscow 23.03.2023, 21:55

The performance was based on the family comedy of the same name by the French writer and playwright Florian Zeller. He is best known to the public as the screenwriter and director of the psychological drama Otec. Two years ago, the film was awarded two Oscars – for the best adapted screenplay and for the best actor (Anthony Hopkins).

“Hour of Silence” throws the audience into a whirlwind of love passions. The protagonist of the play Michel (Ivan Mamonov) buys a rare record of his favorite jazz artist, which he has dreamed of all his life, so he feels incredibly happy. He hopes to spend Saturday morning listening to the long-awaited track. However, this was not destined to come true.

Wife Natalie (Juliet Goering) confesses to a man that thirty years ago she cheated on him with her best friend Pierre (Vadim Kalganov). Moreover, she gave birth to his only son and not to her husband. After that, his lover Elsa (Elena Zakharova) appears at Michel’s house, who just now decided to repent to her best friend Natalie and talk about connecting with her husband. At the same time, a workman – an Armenian posing as a Belarusian (Igor Gasparyan), hired to paint the wallpaper in the back room, manages to drill a hole in the sewer, which leads to a flood. Because of this, the neighbor from downstairs comes running with his demands…

The actors play masterfully and extremely emotionally. The show was funny and informative. Its director, Vladimir Ustyugov, explained that he staged a comedy about love, a lie that destroys a family, and the purification of the human soul.

“Of course, I would like the theater to give the viewer the opportunity to smile and see life through the “magical” crystal of humor,” said Ustyugov. – Only humor gives hope to life. Not only cars break down, but also relationships, people, families… The main thing is to find the strength to admit that “something is broken”, to find the strength to repair it. If the audience thinks about their life after the performance and has time to correct something, correct some of their mistakes, even the smallest, then the performance was not staged in vain!”

The performer of the main female role shared her emotions with VOICE journalist after the performance. “It’s unusual for me, but interesting! Juliet Göring made sure. “I haven’t succeeded yet, but so far! A mistake is an experience, and our theater is called the “School of Modern Play”, so we have the cards in our hands! Let’s study, master the comedy genre even better! Theater is a living organism, it doesn’t stand still, it develops in a new direction, and that’s amazing!”

The famous artist Vasja Ložkin took on the role of scenographer for a theater production for the first time. His artistic images are often used by users to create memes and demotivators. Dmitry Astrakhan explained that he decided to turn to Vasya Lozhkin as an artist who masterfully conveys grotesque humor. Visitors to the theater have the opportunity until May 1st to view these artistic paintings, the exhibition of which is held in the foyer.

Recently, the premiere of the play “Female Happiness” was held in the “School of Modern Games” theater. Valeria Lanskaya plays the main role in it. The actress admitted that she initially did not want to start working on the production. Roman Kostomarov’s partner in Ice Age admitted why her perception of this story changed.

Last year, Valeria divorced director Stasov Ivanov after seven years of marriage. Then she went out with a new lover, he became a ballet dancer of the Moscow Operetta Theater Edgar Golosnoy. According to Lanská, her boyfriend and son became friends.