Rimas Tuminas' adaptation of two novels by Grigory Kanovich, is a dreamy, ruminative, comedic road trip, centering around the parlous fortunes of Eastern European Jews at the start of the 20th century. A period piece that carries a modern conscious, Smile Upon Us, is a Becket-like "Waiting for Jehovah" featuring three towering figures from the Russian stage, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksei Guskov and Vladimir Simonov.

Opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis after 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District' by Nikolai Leskov First performance in Moscow, Stanislavsky-Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre, 8 January 1963

Old age knows no national boundaries or geographical limits. She can be peaceful and happy in the circle of loved ones and become a disaster if you are abandoned by people dear to you. Man is the only living creature in the world who knows that he will die.

A comical story about old age, love, loneliness, and approaching death.

Based on A. Chekov's play of the same name.

The play tells about Christmas Eve in an old people's home, from which the residents long to leave to their families, but life dictates its own rules.

Will history be able to triumph, and misfortune and loss turn into joy? Everything is possible in the theater.

Cyrano has it all - a sharp tongue, a grand military career and a big heart of a poet. So why does he feel unworthy of Roxanne's love? Maybe because his nose is as big as his heart. He matches Christian, a young soldier, with the love of his heart, and writes beautiful love letters in his name that capture her heart. But how long can this scam last?

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.