“Everybody knows that Ginkas enjoys tickling the nerves of an audience. But in ‘The Black Monk’ even spectators who are well accustomed to walking theatrical tightropes with this director will literally leap from their seats in surprise.”
Marina Davydova, Vremya
“This show produces the strongest of impressions. It does not let you go; it is as if you fall ill with it, as you do with Chekhov’s story. Neither Chekhov nor Ginkas seek to comfort the soul.”
Tatiana Shakh-Azizova, Screen and Stage
This production by Ginkas is so finely tuned in all its details; the actors are so sincere in their roles; the small stage, due to the vast black space stretching out behind it, so easily transforms into an entire universe replete with its own population, that it takes some time for the amazed spectators to come to their senses when the performance is completed … Long after the show has ended, their consciousness and souls are haunted by the memory of what they witnessed.”
Natalia Balashova, Moscow Pravda
For “The Black Monk” Kama Ginkas received the Mikhail Tumanishvili prize “For Perfection in Art”; the Crystal Turandot and Seagull awards. In October 2000 the production was awarded the Grand Prix at the Baltiisky Dom International Theater Festival in St. Petersburg, as well as the critics prize for Best Production.
Sergei Barkhin received the Golden Mask Award for Best Designer.
Sergei Makovetsky received the Seagull Award for his performance of Kovrin.
Sergei Makovetsky and Igor Yasulovich were awarded the State Prize of Russia for Best Actors Duet.
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DIRECTED BY
Kama Ginkas
SCENOGRAPHY BY
Sergey Barkhin
With:
People’s Artist of Russia
Sergey Makovetsky
People’s Artist of Russia
Igor Yasulovitch
People’s Artist of Russia
Vladimir Kashpur
Merited Artist of Russia
Anatoly Salimonenko
Yulia Svezhakova
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