Based on the novel of the same name by E. Hemingway
Baltic House Theatre
Tickets: [website]
Duration: 1 hour and 5 minutes
Age restrictions: 12+
Premiere: November 28, 2020
The play features:
Alexandra Momot
Staging author and director: Rinat Kiyakov
Scenography, costumes, video art: Anastasia Kopylova
Director of puppetry: Roman Boklanov
Choreographer: Rezeda Gayanova
Composer: Dinara Antonova
Lighting Designer: Nina Silenko
Executive producer: Margarita Piantina
“Having lost the miracle fish, left without oars and harpoon, having suffered a crushing defeat, the Old Man found something very important in this journey,” director Rinat Kiyakov says about the play. - And therefore, the lines of Hemingway himself take on special significance in the production: “Everything was old except his eyes, and his eyes were the color of the sea, the cheerful eyes of a man who does not give up…”.
An iconic role in our story is played by the boy Manolin. He is the little “anchor” who holds the boat with the Old Man and keeps it from perishing, from disappearing into the endless waves. Of the ocean? Of life?
So, what is the main idea of the play? The answer may be a line from a poem by the Welsh poet Thomas Dylan:
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
