Russian Drama Studio Theatre

invites you on

April 30 - May 31 - June 7 -

June 14 - June 21 - June 28

to

"The Kotchneva House" at 41, Fontanka embankment

for the performance of

"Potudan"

a puppet show production,

based on an Andrei Platonov's story "The River Potudan"

Stage and Art

direction by Workshop of

Ruslan Kudashov Grigory Kozlov

Before the performance you will enjoy music performed by

the string quartet named after Rimsky-Korsakov of

the "Petersburg-concert" ("The Kotchneva House") so the best time to come is 6:30 p.m.

The performance will be simultaneously translated by

Mark Nicolaev with the equipment provided by "SYN".

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Andrei Platonov (1889-1951), Russian prose writer, poet, and

critic of the epoch of creating of peasant Collective farms

and Stalinist repressions had courage

to have his own view of things.

His creative work was a very special period.

It takes a certain amount of effort

to understand Platonov's words,

which are capable of opening to the reader

a new way of percepting the world.

Platonov's writing defends the uniqueness of a human personality.

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"Potudan" is based on Platonov's short story

"The Potudan River".

The narration begins with the main character's return

from the Civil War, with his beginning

to have a new understanding of the world, he finds himself in.

This story tells about a coming back, a homecoming, a return

to love and one's own self as well as

about hope for a happy life in the future.

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The "Petersburg-concert" is located in the very center of

St. Petersburg on the Fontanka embankment, 41.

The ancient mansion, known as "The Kotchneva House" (Dom Kotchnevoi), was built in the beginning of XIX century and is considered as a monument of architecture.

The leading masters of classicism took part in its creation: Luigi Rusca, Giovanni Scotti, Ivan Terebnev.

Here, in the Kotchneva House, you can feel a special kind of union between performers and

the audience.

Tickets are $15..

If you are intersted in attending this performance you can contact us at e-mail: russiandrama@inbox.ru or telephone 7 (812) 167-0827