|The Bright Way. 19.17|

In 2014 young actor, Alexander Molochnikov, burst into the theatre world with his production of 19:14 (dedicated to the Centennial of WW1), that he himself conceived from beginning to end.  Three years later, Molochnikov & Co. present a production directly related to the events of October 1917. The production focuses on the centennial of the Russian Revolution, but not in the sense of glorifying it, or as an apotheosis of it.  25-year-old director works with the myth of revolutionary utopia, and with the texts emerged because of this myth in Russian and worldwide culture. This is a generational production, a message from those born in the nineties, who studied from textbooks where the Great October has already been dubbed a coup. Both contextually, and formally this production represents those who are sometimes referred to as the unwhipped generation. The Bright Way. 1917 is hard to depict in one sentence or to explain using a rigid definition. One has to watch it, and watch as advised by the philosopher: do not cry, do not laugh, do not hate, but do grasp.