"Sunset on Krestovaya" will be visited by "The Bremen Town Musicians"
The organizers of "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" theatre festival presented the event program at a press conference. This year's festival, the official partners of which are Ruschem and Metafrax Chemicals, will be held from 5th to 8th of July.
Konstantin Anufriev, Director of Organizational and Personnel Policy at Metafrax Chemicals JSC, emphasized that "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" is loved and expected by the residents of Gubakha.
- The project not only attracts tourists to the city, but also, in some cases, new residents. The performance takes place in nature, among natural landscapes – it is incredible and very exciting, - stated Konstantin Anufriev.
"Sunset on Krestovaya" project will open the festival on 5th of July. The program includes a performance by the Mossovet State Academic Theatre titled "The Bremen Town Musicians". It is directed by Evgeny Marcelli. Neil Kropalov will play the role of Troubadour.
- The audience will be presented with their favorite work in an up-to-date reading and in a new setting. I think that "The Bremen Town Musicians" will strike a chord with everyone, - said Maria Konovalova, Chairman of the festival's organizing committee and Director of Strategic Communications at Metafrax Chemicals.
The festival will be held in Gubakha for the fourteenth time.
- Every year we try to maintain its level so that the audience does not lose interest in the project. "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" is significant for Gubakha and the entire Perm region, it has become a genuine geo–brand of the territory, - noted Armen Garslyan, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm region and a member of the festival's organizing committee. – I would like to thank Dmitry Makhonin, the Governor of the Kama region, Alla Platonova, the Minister of Culture of the region, Eduard Davydov, General Director of Ruschem JSC, Metafrax Chemicals, Nikolai Lazeikin, head of the Gubakha Municipal District, and everyone who helps us with the festival for their support of the project.
Alla Platonova, the Minister of Culture of the Perm region, emphasized that the festival takes place not only upon Krestovaya Mountain, but also within abandoned sites in Gubakha.
- Landscape performances are inserted into these locations. Abandoned sites become not only the setting for theatrical performances, but also the environment from which the thoughts, images, and feelings of the audience grow. Thanks to this, we are able to switch the human perception of places from depressing to something positive, - noted Alla Platonova.
According to Lyubov Zaitseva, director of the festival and artistic director of the Dominanta Chamber Drama Theatre, the "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" festival will traditionally be a multi-genre one. For several days, drama, musical performances, and choreography will be showcased at the festival. On 6th of July, pupils of the Perm State Choreographic College will perform on Krestovaya Mountain for the first time. The audience will see a one-act comic ballet titled "Prom". The Chelyabinsk Modern Dance Theatre will present the choreographic performance titled "Once a fish got up and walked" (choreography by Dmitry Chegodar). The Camerata Soloist Ensemble has prepared a screening of the musical program titled "Bach in Gubakha", which was prepared specifically for the festival. It is based on J.S. Bach's composition "Peasant Cantata". The Dominanta Gubakha theatre will present a premiere titled "Novorossiya" on 7th of July.
- The play about love, faith, and a feat of heroism was written specifically for our theater by Aleksandr Ignashov, – explained Lyubov Zaitseva.
The play will be shown at the site of the ghost town in Verkhnyaya Gubakha. On Krestovaya Mountain, it will be possible to see the performance titled "Khoja Nasreddin's First Love" from the Fiction Verkhneufaleysky Theatre. On the same day, repeats are scheduled for the musical program "Bach in Gubakha". On the last day of the festival, on 8th of July, theatres from Gubakha and Yekaterinburg will show performances on the set of "The Heart of Parma" movie. This will be the "Voices of the Ural Villages" project (Yekaterinburg)– a documentary dramedy titled "About Life". A read-through of a sketch directed by Dmitry Ogorodnikov will be presented to the audience by the Dominanta Theatre. The "Flight to skies" test performance will be shown in the Observation Tower at the top of the “Gubakha” all-season resort. The play was created by Aleksandr Vislov on the basis of works by Daniil Kharms.
Nikolai Lazeikin, head of the Gubakha Municipal District, assured that Gubakha is ready to receive festival visitors.
- This festival, which will be held for the fourteenth time, is a holiday for Gubakha, the trademark of our territory, – said Nikolai Lazeikin.
The Finist express will take the audience of "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" from Perm and back. It will be possible to travel from the express train to the cultural site by bus. A special train from Perm II station will depart on 5th and 6th of July at 8:50. The transport will arrive at Ugleuralskaya station at 11:41. The transport is scheduled to depart from Ugleuralskaya to Perm at 0:05. In addition, it is possible to travel to Gubakha by a commuter bus.
The organizer of the "Secrets of Mount Krestovaya" festival is the Dominanta Chamber Drama Theatre. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Perm region, the administration of the Gubakha municipal district, Ruschem JSC, Metafrax Chemicals JSC and deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm region: Armen Garslyan, Maria Konovalova and Aleksey Mazlov.