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On November 19, 2019, the premiere of the performance “Drummer” will take place on the Big Stage. This season, which includes the 90th anniversary of the Theater and the anniversary of the Great Victory, requires a special play. The performance tells not just about a military feat, but about the concepts of high morality that have been lost today.

Director Boris Morozov staged the performance "Drummer", which premiered on January 29, 1959 at the Theater of the Soviet Army. The play was shown more than 700 times, and the main role was played by the great actresses Lyudmila Fetisova, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Nina Sazonova and Alina Pokrovskaya. Now the role of Nila Snizhko will be performed by Olga Gerasimova (in the second composition Maria Belonenko).

1943 year. The small town is liberated from the Nazis, but war is in full swing. Girl Neela Snizhko works as a janitor. In the city, it is surrounded by a wall of hatred - it bears the stigma of a fascist collaborator, a traitor to the motherland. Indeed, during the occupation, she worked as a translator in the Gestapo. They all don’t know what it feels like to be an underground worker, to work behind enemy lines on a special mission, to serve the fascists. You can’t open even now - the Germans left their spies in the city. The courageous girl remains a fighter of the "invisible front", having received the task of identifying enemy agents among her own.

The war reveals in people not only pure human feelings, but also vices: in “The Drummer”, jealousy, self-interest and acquisitiveness are sharply shown. The heroine dies not at the hands of the enemy, but from the complicity of an official shaking for her position.

The director of the performance “Drummer”, the chief director of the Theater Boris Afanasevich Morozov, says: “For the Theater of the Army, this production connects two important historical events - the 90th anniversary of our theater and the 75th anniversary of the Victory. Undoubtedly, modern life dictates a fresh look at the stage decision and reading of the legendary play, but we will carefully preserve the main thing - the author’s idea of ​​patriotism, faith and high service to the Fatherland. This is not just a everyday story about the events of that harsh time. This play is filled with the poetics of life, the poetics of attitude to the homeland. Through the life of people scorched by war, such concepts as strength of faith, fortitude, honor and loyalty to the Motherland come to light. It is these qualities that help the main character survive in the struggle for a happy future. ”

Author - Athanasius Salynsky
Stage Director: People’s Artist of Russia Boris Morozov
Artist - Anastasia Glebova
Composer - Ruben Zatikyan
Costume Designer - Andrey Klimov
Lighting Designer - Taras Mikhalevsky