„PELENĖ“ (Rež. Jevgenija Rusakova)

Lithuanians call her Pelene, English - Cinderella, French - Cendrillon, Germans - Aschenputtel, Ukrainians - Popeluška, Belarusians - Papeluška, Poles - Kopciuška, Latvians - Pelnruškyte, Russians - Zoluška, etc. i.e. Every mother can follow her version of the fairy tale about this girl, because there are literally thousands of versions of the "Cinderella" story in world folklore.
In the performance, everyone will find their favorite version of Cinderella, although everything will start as usual. Here you will meet a kind-hearted widower and his daughter, a sweet and kind girl. Unfortunately, the widower will marry an insolent and angry lady with two daughters who look a lot like their mother. The stepmother will force her stepdaughter to live in the attic, sleep in a bed on straw, and do the hardest and dirtiest jobs. And she usually sits on the ash box by the fireplace, which is why the "sisters" nicknamed her Cinderella. But one day real miracles began to happen, leading Cinderella to the fateful feast in the king's palace...
Charles Perrault (Charles Pero) (1628-1703) - French writer, storyteller, poet and critic. He wrote allegorical poems, odes, poems. Having written fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Donkey Skin, Cinderella, Bluebeard, etc. Operas and ballets have been created based on the plots of fairy tales. The most famous of them: G. Rossini's opera "Cinderella", B. Bartok's opera "Bluebeard's Castle", P. Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty". And the tale "Puss in Boots" has been made into popular films and publications for children many times. Ch. Perrault was a prolific writer, but almost none of his works (with the exception of fairy tales) have survived. Ch. Thanks to Perrault, folk tales entered the "high" literature. His tales influenced not only world literature. They mark the beginning of the fairy tale tradition. After Ch. Perrault's tradition was followed by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and others.
Jevgenija Rusakova - director, actress of Vilnius Old Theater, H. Ch. The artist of Andersen's "Mermaid" (2012), A. Pushkin's "Tale of Tsar Saltan" (2016), adapted the costumes for the play "New Year's Story of the Disappearance of Birds" (2019). Director and artist of the play "New Year's Adventures in the Land of Dreams" (2022) and "The Curious Elephant" (2023). in 2017 J. Rusakova was nominated for the "Golden Cross of the Stage" for her debut as a costume designer in the play "The Tale of Tsar Saltan".
The show is shown in Russian.

Photographs and videos may be taken during the performance. Photos and videos are for theatrical communication.

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