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Konstantin Steshik

THE STONE OF MADNESS

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THE STONE OF MADNESS
THE STONE OF MADNESS

Regional Public Fund for the Support of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, Chekhov International Theater Festival, Republican Theatre of Belarusian Drama (Russia – Belarus)

Director – Dmitry Zimin

“The extraction of the stone of foolishness” was a popular subject in medieval Netherlandish painting, when a surgeon allegedly cured his patient from stupidity. In Dutch “to extract a stone” actually means “to deceive”, and that process was more like a fraud than a real medical operation.

This is a modern story by the Belorussian playwright Konstantin Steshik – some melancholy scenes in the life of a man who had a complex operation on his brain. Having got rid of his “stone of foolishness”, Roman, the protagonist, acutely feels the senselessness of everything that goes on in his life and all around him. It seems, this has always been the case: his relations are cheating themselves by preaching “the rules of life” alien to them, and contacts and conversations are worthless. But now it only became more obvious and unbearable.

"The stone of madness" is the second joint project of the International Confederation of Theatre Unions and the Republican Theatre of Belorussian Drama. The first one was The Quiet Shuffle of Departing Steps (2013), which still runs on stage of the Belorussian theatre.


June 5, 6
Mayakovsky Theatre (Stage on Sretenka str.)
19:00
Duration: 1 h 20 minutes