The Benefit Theater: history, repertoire, troupe. "Benefit" in Yelets

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The Benefit Theater in Moscow appeared at the end of the 20th century. Initially, it was an experimental studio. The repertoire of the theater is small, but it includes performances designed for different age categories, classical and modern plays.

History of the Moscow "Benefit"

The Benefit Theater opened its doors in 1986. It was organized by Anna Nerovnaya. She is still the artistic director of Benefis today. Initially, it was an experimental theatre-studio. There were a lot of those back then. The initiative for such experiments came from the Moscow government. In 1991, the studio received the status of a state drama theater. The troupe was given a room next to the Novye Cheryomushki metro station. The building is a classic building from the time of Khrushchev. The troupe occupies this building to this day.

The "Benefit" theater on Cheryomushki from the very beginning of its career has started a tradition of inviting famous artists from other troupes to participate in its productions. At various times in performancesparticipated: Anna Kamenkova, Evgeny Knyazev, Elena Ivochkina, Alexander Simonets, Sergey Kolesnikov, etc.

The stage in the theater is small, the hall is small, which contributes to the greater involvement of the viewer in the action.

The repertoire of "Benefit" includes performances of different genres: tragicomedies, satirical fantasies, parables, psychological dramas, musical comedies, detective stories.

Performances

"Benefit performance" (theater) offers its audience the following repertoire:

1. "Love. Fantasy. Aliens".
2. "A. S. Pushkin. Today I love".
3. "Love me more than life."
4. "Magic Krakatuk".
5. "Mistress".
6. "Schampompo".
7. "My dad is the best".
8. "Moscow matchmaking".
9. "Touch".
10. "Chemistry teacher".
11. "A frivolous comedy".
12. "The Bride".
13. "Another Turgenev. Actress".
14. "Acting merry battalion".

Troup

The Benefit Theater is 29 wonderful artists.

Croup:

• Rostislav Partsevsky;
• Alexander Shchekin;
• Evgeny Gradusov;
• Roman Danilov;
• Alina Puzina;
• Maxim Rakitin;
• Elena Sokolova;
• Semyon Pochivalov;
• Olesya Ilmukova;
• Roman Badges;
• Vladimir Sveshnikov;
• ArinaIgnatishina;
• Natalya Petukhova;
• Angelika Drobyshevskaya;
• Pyotr Vakulenko;
• Valery Sukhacheva;
• Samad Mansurov;
• Viktor Babich;
• Evgeny Lyubimov;
• Irina Smirnova;
• Vladimir Kostin;
• Makism Maximov;
• Evgeny Vakunov;
• Andrey Mekhontsev;
• Pyotr Vyatkin;
• Valentin Mukhrev;
• Vasilisa Gaponenko;
• Olga Posazhennikova;
• Alexandra Chirtoka.

Namesake

The Moscow theater "Benefis" has a namesake in the city of Yelets, Lipetsk region. It was founded by Vladimir Nikolaevich Nazarov. Yelets is the birthplace of Mikhail Prishvin, Ivan Bunin and Tikhon Khrennikov.

The theatrical traditions of the city have their roots in the first half of the 19th century. Already then there was a professional troupe. In total, there were four theaters in Yelets. They all closed at different times. The last one was in 1948.

The Benefit Theater was opened in 1993. It is located in a building that was built back in 1911. Previously, it housed the city theater, which closed in 1948

The troupe takes an active part in various festivals for small towns in Russia. Often, artists and directors received diplomas and awards for their performances.

The Benefis Theater (Yelets) is also the organizer of the festival. It was held in 2010 under the name "The smallest and unknown festival". Yuri Alshits supervised its implementation. The festival was dedicated150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. It was attended by directors and artists from around the world: Russia, Greece, Italy, Poland, France, Norway, Argentina, England, Sweden, Cyprus, Switzerland, etc.

Elets Theater Troupe "Benefit Performance":

• Andrey Skorov;
• Viktor Pronyashkin;
• Lydia Shumskikh;
• Sergey Pristavko;
• Natalya Kiryanova;
• Alexander Milov;
• Irina Kislykh;
• Aleksey Praslov;
• Lyudmila Solovieva-Lunik;
• Kira Oborotova;
• Maxim Krasnov;
• Evgeny Ermakov;
• Tatiana Milova;
• Alexander Churlyaev;
• Olga Klimova;
• Tatiana Shvets;
• Natalia Horoshih;
• Irina Pronyashkina;
• Oksana Ilyina;
• Dmitry Goloborodov;
• Yuliana Velenskaya.

The chief director of the theater is Radion Bukaev. He makes grandiose plans, looks for new forms, expands the creative possibilities of the troupe, conducts experiments, while maintaining the traditions of the past.

The theater organizes readings of modern plays for the audience at different venues in the city. And as part of the project "Walking with your favorite actor" - gives the public the opportunity to get to know the life and work of their artists.

Repertoire of the Yelets Theater

Multi-genre performances included the theater "Benefis" in its repertoire. The playbill offers the following performances:

1. "What you follow is what you will find".
2. "Endless April".
3. "Teremok".
4. "War has no woman's face".
5. "About Ivanushka the Fool".
6. "Primadonnas".
7. "Recent".
8. "The Wizard of Oz".
9. "Thunderstorm".
10. "Valentine's Night".
11. "Shurshik, or the mystery of the old clock".
12. "Bunny-Clever".
13. "We are from Yelets".
14. "Autumn marathon, or the woeful life of the Dodger".
15. "Dear Pamela".
16. "The one who walked by herself".
17. "Too married taxi driver".
18. "From the life of lights".
19. "Tsokotuha Fly".
20. "The Three Little Pigs".
21. "Cat House".
22. "Villain".

At first glance, the two different Benefit theaters actually work on the same principles: introducing audiences to classic plays and experimenting with new types of productions to meet the highest demands.