Yury Butusov’s award-winning production of Nikolai Gogol’s “Government Inspector” delves into the dual impossibilities of accepting reality and escaping from it. As with many of Butusov’s stagings, chaos and pathos are seamlessly interwoven, with art presented as freeing and healing and written by Mikhail Durnenkov and featuring Konstantin Raikin and Timofey Tribuntsev.
*This HD presentation is part of our “Artists in Exile Series,” which aims to showcase the incredible talent of Russian artists who are now creating from abroad.
PRESENTED ON THE BIG SCREEN IN THE 333-SEAT EPPES AUDITORIUM
Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles
Running time: 2hr 58m (including 10 min intermission)
Creative Team
Directed by Yury Butusov
Written by Mikhail Durnenkov
Stage Design and Costumes by Maksim Obrezkov
Lighting Design by Alexander Sivaev
Sound by Ekaterina Sedykh
Choreographer Nikolai Reutov
Assistant Directors: Elvira Kekeeva, Olga Romancheva, Karina Kolodub
CAST
Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov – Konstantin Raikin
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky – Timofey Tribuntsev
Marya Antonovna – Maryana Spivak
Anna Andreyevna – Alena Razzhivina
Ammos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin – Anton Kuznetsov
Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin – Daniil Pugaev
Petr Ivanovich – Yaroslav Medvedev
Elya – Elvira Kekeeva
Osip – Artem Osipov
Officials: Pavel Alekseev, Nikita Grigoryev, Arsen Khandzhyan
