"Grandma was my life, my mother was a rare holiday. The holiday had its own rules, life had its own rules.”
The story is about a boy named Sasha Saveliev who lives with his grandparents. His childhood is not peaceful and serene: Sasha is surrounded by the tyrannical love and despotism of his closest relatives. Their home is a battlefield, where the family is at war with each other with extreme cruelty. What is the price of love gained in this way?
The solo performance Bury Me Behind the Baseboard is a sad and funny conversation with the audience. It is about how difficult it is for a child to break through loneliness and navigate the unfriendly, complex, and incomprehensible adult world that has been built around him by loved ones.
Based on the book by Pavel Sanayev
Trailer:
Category: 18+
Director: Roman Boklanov
Actors: Maksim Morozov, Lidia Klirikova
Production designer: Svetlana Strukova
Producer: Elizaveta Ekimova
Lighting Designer: Anastasia Kuznetsova
Natalia Efendieva, a columnist for «Собака.ru» tells us about the next likely favorite for all possible awards (and already our hearts). This is director Roman Boklanov's recent production based on Pavel Sanayev's Bury Me Behind the Baseboard at the Bolshoi Puppet Theater." [→article in Russian ]
Nominations, awards, festivals
🏆 April 2-5, 2021 - 1st degree laureate at the III International Festival of Chamber and Mono-Productions Он.Она.Они. Ekaterinburg
🏆 April 2-5, 2021 - Laureate in the Best Male Actor category - actor of the play Maxim Morozov at the III International Festival of Chamber and Mono-Productions Он.Она.Они. Ekaterinburg
🏆 September 28 - October 3, 2022 - Special Jury Chairman Oleg Loevsky Award, Open Theatre Festival «СВОЙ(SVOY)» . Ekaterinburg
🏆 October 14-17, 2022 - 1st degree laureate performance, mono-performance competition festival "MONOfest". Perm
🏆 26 November-4 December 2022 - Winner in the Best Male Role category - actor Maksim Morozov at the V All-Russian Festival-Competition of Chamber Plays "One. Two. Three” , Novosibirsk
🎭 June 8-11, 2021 - Festival of thesis works "Perspektiva", St.Petersburg
🎭 September 11-16, 2021 - XVIII International Puppet Theatre Festival "Ryazan Settlements"
🎭 November 26 - December 12, 2021 - Arts Festival "Inspiration", Moscow
🎭 May 20-24, 2022 - XIII International Puppet Theatre Festival "Ant-Man", Ivanovo
🎭 10th festival of the winners of mono-performances "MONOfest". Perm
Press about the performance:
- Why is "Bury Me behind the Baseboard" one of the most important premieres of the season at BTK? (sobaka.ru)
- PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT: RUSLAN KUDASHOV'S COURSE (St Petersburg Theatre Journal)
- Far-reaching Perspectives (musecube)
- The Bolshoi Puppet Theatre presented the mono-performance Bury Me behind the Baseboard in Ryazan (7info)
- St. Petersburg is the capital of the puppet theater! Guide to the best performances, for the sake of which you should come even for a day (sobaka.ru).
- "Should have died by the age of 16": a familiar story about funerals and the plinth in "BTK" (sub-cult.ru)
