Zuleikha opens her eyes

Guzel Yakhina

Authors

Режиссёр — Эдуард Шахов    

Художник — Альберт Нестеров    

Художник по свету — Игорь Фомин    

Композитор — Олег Гудачёв    

Режиссер по пластике — Алина Мустаева    

Видеохудожник — Андрей Лохонин    

Cast

Зулейха — Наталья Пьянова    

Муртаза — Василий Байтенгер    

Упыриха — Халида Иванова    Лариса Чернобаева    

Игнатов — Виталий Саянок    

Лейбе — Юрий Кораблин    

Груня — Софья Васильева    

Степан — Евгений Варава    

Иконников — Вадим Тихоненко    Тимофей Мамлин    

Сумлинский — Леонид Иванов    

Изабелла — Эльвира Главатских    Наталья Немцева    

Горелов — Андрей Сенько    Алексей Ефимов    

Кузнец — Анатолий Григорьев    Александр Шарафутдинов    

Красноордынец — Дмитрий Иванов    

Мансурка — Александр Шарафутдинов    Арсений Чудецкий    

Description

In the year 1930, peasant woman Zuleikha lives in a Tatar village with her husband Murtaza and his mother Upirikha ("Vampire Hag"). With the beginning of dekulakization, Zuleikha's life collapses: along with hundreds of other internally displaced persons, she is sent to Siberia, to the banks of the Angara River.

In the village of Semruk, lost in the lifeless taiga, Zuleikha begins a different life. In harsh conditions her child Yuzuf is born…

In the interpretation of the Director Eduard Shakhov, the action of the play is permeated with the atmosphere of a mystical legend. The story of Zuleikha is given a touch of epic narrative against the background of a terrible period in country’s history.

Guzel Yakhina, author of the novel "Zuleikha opens her eyes" said:

"Zuleikha opens her eyes" is a story about a woman who was very unhappy in her marriage, lost four children, was dispossessed and exiled to Siberia, and suddenly received a long-awaited son, who survived. About a woman who loves an enemy, about a woman who sacrifices herself for a child, and then wonders how far she can go in this sacrifice, and whether she has the right to demand gratitude. This is an attempt to tell not only a specific national story, but also a universal one".

The play is the winner of the XXX professional theater award "Paradise" (2019): the nomination "Best male role" (Ian Latyshev)