Et cetera (theater)

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<br><br>Moscow theater „Et Cetera” under the direction of Alexander Kalyagin – a drama theater in Moscow. Located near the metro stations „Turgenevskaya”, „Chistye Prudy”, „Sretensky Boulevard” in Frolov Lane. Opened in 1993. It is a state budgetary cultural institution.<br>Story<br>The prerequisite for the formation of the theater was the self-organization of the troupe by the graduates of the course of the Moscow Art Theater School in 1990. They turned to Alexander Kalyagin, who became the founder of the Et cetera theater in 1993, for director’s help in the performances. The premiere performance was the play based on the play by „Uncle Vanya”.<br><br>For the first three years, Et Cetera did not have its own building; performances were staged at rented venues and in other theaters – the Pushkin Drama Theater, the Vakhtangov Theater, the Taganka Theater).<br><br>In 1994, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin provided the theater with a conference hall for rehearsals at Novy Arbat, house 11. In 1996, the premises were reconstructed for the needs of the theater: wings and stage were built, the stage was expanded, dressing rooms and an auditorium for 400 seats were equipped … The renovated premises of the theater were presented in September 1997 – the premiere of the play „The Dark Lady of Sonnets” based on the play by Bernard Shaw directed by Roman Kozak took place there.<br><br>In 2002, the Moscow Government allocated a land plot of 0.19 hectares for the construction of a new building „Et cetera” at Frolov Lane, Building 2. Construction was carried out from 2003 to 2005.<br>Modernity<br>In 2015, the theater, along with Sovremennik, the Mayakovsky Academic Theater, and the Stanislavsky Musical Theater, took part in the Golden Collection of Performances project. The essence of the project was to record performances and post them on a YouTube channel. In 2016, the “Bulgakov-Quest” excursion program appeared in Et cetera. In 2017, the theater received the “Nail of the Season” award for the performance “Duck Hunt”, as well as the “Golden Mask” award in the “Best Musical” category with the performance “The Binder and the King”.<br><br>In addition to its own performances, Et cetera hosts performances from other theaters, and also becomes a platform for awarding awards and holding ceremonies. In 2016-2017, the theater hosted the Golden Mask theatrical festival, the Vera International Art Prize, the Public Recognition Prize winners, the Miss Moscow contest finals, the Reputation 2016 All-Russian Financiers Prize , theatrical evening in honor of the anniversary of Alexander Vampilov and more.<br><br>The theater takes part in various events, festivals, forums, for example, „Night of Museums in Moscow” and „Night of Theaters”, the International Chekhov Festival.<br><br>The theater regularly goes on tour both in Russia and abroad. For example, in 2016-2017 the theater was located in Columbia, Tbilisi, Belgorod, Kaliningrad, Kirov and Khabarovsk.<br>BuildingFirst of all<br>The building of the theater began to be built in 2003 and was completed by 2005; it was created according to the project of the Mosproekt-4 institute together with the construction company Arkonproekt. The shape of the building is complex, a rounded one is inscribed in an acute-angled volume, the building is decorated in the style of postmodernism. The main architects of the project are Alexander Velikanov, Alexander Kuzmin, Andrey Bokov and Maria Balitsa – there is a memorial plaque with their names on the facade of the theater. However, Velikanov refused the authorship, according to him, he designed the building itself and has nothing to do with the design of the facade. Theater windows are different in style, shape and decoration. The entrance is decorated with a palace portal copied from the Bourget palace. At the corner there is a cylindrical tower, shaped like a nail and made in a constructivist style. The total area is 9.5 thousand square meters. Height – eight floors.<br><br>The interiors were designed by the Levinson & Partners architectural bureau. The premises are decorated using elements of various styles. For example, the design of three wardrobe windows is different: one is stylized as a Russian tower, the second is made in the Gothic style, and the third is in the modern style. The armchairs of the Great Hall are made in eleven different styles: early and late Baroque, Louis XV, Art Nouveau, Neoclassicism, Rococo and others. The theater curtain, on which the golden letters „ETS” are repeated many times, was designed especially for the theater by the artist Eduard Korchergin.<br><br> Premises<br>Great hall – 525 seatsEfrosovsky (small) hall – 120 seats13 art rooms hallTea roomRecording studioRepair shopsSewing shopOther administrative, office and technical premisesSecond stage<br>In 2013, the Moscow Construction Department announced a competition for the creation of the second stage of the theater, in which the SatKo-Alliance company won. The Architectural Council of Moscow twice sent the submitted projects for revision. The final version of the new building of the theater was finally approved in 2015. This part of the theater is still under construction: construction began in 2017 and is scheduled for completion in April 2018. The total construction area is 3.8 thousand square meters. The height of the building will be variable – 1, 2 and 8 floors. After the opening of this building, the main entrance is planned to be moved to Turgenevskaya Square and Myasnitskaya Street. The new building will house a foyer, a wardrobe, a buffet, storage and rehearsal rooms.<br>Personalities<br>Over the years, the theater has played: Anatoly Grachev, Lyudmila Dmitrieva, Sergei Plotnikov, Vladimir Skvortsov, Vladimir Simonov, Ekaterina Rednikova, Alena Ivchenko, Natalia Blagikh.<br><br>In „Et Cetera” there were staged performances by directors of different directions, including: Robert Sturua, Adolph Shapiro, Dmitry Bertman, Alexander Morfov, Vazhdi Muavad, Peter Stein.<br>Repertoire1994 – „A guide for those wishing to get married” based on the works of Anton Chekhov; director Vladimir Salyuk1995 – Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill; director Vladimir Bogatyrev1998 – „Faces” based on stories by Anton Chekhov; director Alexander Kalyagin1998 – „Forever and forever” by Ksenia Dragunskaya; director Alexander Kalyagin1998 – „The Dark Lady of Sonnets” by Bernard Shaw; director Roman Kozak1999 – „Aunt Malkin’s Secret” by Alan Milne; director Alexey Serov (premiere of the new edition – December 10, 2005)1999 – Don by Miguel de Cervantes; director Alexander Morfov2000 – „Shylock” by William Shakespeare; directed by Robert Sturua2001 – The King of Kill by Alfred Jarry; director Alexander Morfov (premiere of the new edition – December 20, 2005)2002 – „Krapp’s Last Recording” by Samuel Beckett; directed by Robert Sturua2005 – „Death of Tarelkin” by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin; director Oskaras Korshunovas2006 – „Suppress and Arouse” by Maxim Kurochkin; director Alexander Kalyagin2006 – „The newspaper” Russian invalid „for July 18 …” Mikhail Ugarov; director Mikhail Ugarov2006 – „Morphine” by Mikhail Bulgakov; director Vladimir Pankov2007 – „Companions” by Alexander Galin; Alexandra Galina2007 – „Fires” by Waji Muawad; director Waji Muawada2007 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; director Adolph Shapiro2008 – „All Passing By” (Yuri Buida; director Rustem Fesak2008 – „The Royal Cow” by Larisa Titova and Alexander Starotorzhsky; director Alexey Serov2009 – „Producers” (musical by Mel Brooks), directed by Dmitry Belov2009 – „Olesya” by Alexander Kuprin; director Galina Polishchuk2010 – “Hope, Faith and Love. Music of Victory „, directed by Ekaterina Granitova2010 – The Tempest by Ulyam Shakespeare; directed by Robert Sturua2010 – „Vanya and Crocodile” by Korney Chukovsky; director Ekaterina Granitova2011 – „The Adventures of Shipov, or Old Vaudeville” by Bulat Okudzhava; director Sergei Gritsai2011 – Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus; Skvortsov2012 – „My Marusechka” by Alexander Vasiliev; director Marina Brusnikina2012 – Drama on the Hunt by Anton Chekhov; director Anton Yakovlev2012 – “Wow Dog Feeding Area” by Tariq Nui; directed by Robert Sturua2012 – Oscar Wilde’s Star Boy; directed by Robert Sturua2013 – „Mad Men of Valencia” by Lope de Vega; director Ruzanna Movsesyan2013 – „The Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare; directed by Robert Sturua2014 – „Birds” by Aristophanes; director Gleb Cherepanov2014 – „The Elder Sister” by Alexander Volodin; director Vladimir Skvortsov2014 – „Heart is not a stone” by Alexander Ostrovsky; director Grigory Dityatkovsky2015 – „Boris Godunov” by Alexander Pushkin; director Peter Stein2015 – „Your Chekhov” Anna Artamonova; director Anna Artamonova2017 – “Inspector. Version „by Nikolai Gogol; directed by Robert Sturua2017 – „Elsa’s Land” by Yaroslav Pulinovich; director Natalia Taradina2018 – “It’s so (if you think so)” by Luigi Pirandello; director Adolph Shapiro„Competition” by Alexander Galin; director Alexander GalinComments (1)↑ Et cetera (pron. [эт сэтэра] with stress on the first syllable of the main word according to the Latin pattern or with stress on the last syllable according to the French pattern; usual abbr. in writing to etc.) – a Latin expression meaning „and others”, „and the like”, „and so on”

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