Theatre Et-Cetera

Theater "ET CETERA", under the leadership of People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Kalyagin, originated in 1993 in Moscow. Our theater didn’t start with an idea, but with a noisy theater course that I launched in 1990. It was one of the best courses of the Moscow Art School. They didn’t leave, they started working together. First without me. I didn’t even think about creating my own theater. They were rehearsing something in different corners of Moscow, I helped solve organizational problems, but they needed my name for the poster. I had to see what they did there. I held one rehearsal, then the second, there were new actors, new performances and so on ..., – says about the creation of the theater, its artistic director. In addition to productions by A.A. Kalyagin, the repertoire of the theater includes performances by invited directors. “Et cetera” is a stationary repertory theater-house open to “alien” talents. The artistic director believes that inviting new directors is a good school for actors. The troupe consists mainly of young people: Olga Belova, Natalia Blagikh, Alena Ivchenko, Alexander Zhogol, Nikolai Molochkov, Alexey Osipov, Sergey Plotnikov, Maria Skosyreva, Vladimir Skvortsov, Marina Churakova. From the older generation work: People's Artist of the Russian Federation Anatoly Grachev, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Tatiana Vladimirova and Lyudmila Dmitrieva, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan Viktor Verzhbitsky, Alexander Davydov. The first performance, which the theater announced its birth (1993), was Uncle Vanya, staged by Honored Artist of Russia A. Sabinin. In the repertoire of the theater appeared: A guide for those wishing to marry according to the stories of A.P. Chekhov (director V.Saluk), Beyond the Horizon Yu.O'Nil (director V.Bogatyrev), The doctor inevitably J.B.Moliere (director A.Kalyagin), An old friend is better than the new two A.N.Ostrovsky (director V.Bogatyrev). In September 1997, the theater found its home, located in one of the “high-rises” in the heart of Moscow on the Novy Arbat. Already in the new premises of the theater premieres were held: Dark Lady of Sonnets B.Show (directed by R. Kozak), Prince of Homburg G. von Kleist (directed by M. Mokeyev), Forever-forever K. Dragunskaya (directed by A. Kalyagin). In the 1999/2000 season, premieres took place: Don Quixote A. Morfov based on the novel by Cervantes, staged by the famous Bulgarian director Alexander Morfov, and Shaylock (Venice merchant) V. Shakespeare in the production of Georgian director Robert Sturois – the world-renowned interpreter of Shakespearean plays. Both performances became events of theatrical life of Moscow. Children's play The Mystery of Aunt Malkin based on the play by A.A. Milne Despicable Duckling (directed by A. Serov) is recognized by critics as the best theatrical work for children. The theater successfully toured in Munich, Tbilisi, in the cities of Israel and the United States, visited many Russian cities, the performance of the Dark Lady of Sonnets was called the “hit” of the International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria. Artists of the theater Alexei Osipov and Maria Skosyreva are winners of the festival “Moscow Debuts”, Lyudmila Dmitrieva received the prize of the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, Alexander Kalyagin and Vladimir Simonov – winners of the prize “Seagull”.