NATAN

You will be shown a unique effect: on stage two actors - Anatoly Bely and rock musician Mihail Borzykin, and from the combination of acting, reading the text and music, what can be called a "fantasmagorical performance". This is not a spectacle, but also not a readable one: Anatoly Bely plays several roles, relying on the text, as absurd and grotesque as our current life; and the songs of Mihailo Borzykin, the frontman of the legendary group "Televizor", become not only an accompaniment to the action and plot, but also an independent expression. The novel about the quests of Nathan and the talking raccoon is ready for publication in Moscow and should be published in March 2022. But this did not happen: it was no longer possible to publish a novel written in anticipation of a great war, a novel in which Natan and his friend, the enot Tugrik, seize power, establish new orders and organize chaos, declare wars and conclude peace, become pacifists, militarists, fascists, liberals - in short, go through all the political and social temptations. And already when the Russian army, retreating, took with them a raccoon from the Kherson zoo and the animal became a hero of the news, acquired a character, a voice, and then even started to news its own telegram channel, it became completely obvious that "Natan" cannot be published in today's Russia. As a result, the novel was published in Austria by Danzig & unfried. Feedback from early readers: "Poslednie gody menya ne ostavlyala mysl - how to write about today's day? Allegories and allusions smell of the past century, and you don't want to slide into journalism. And that's exactly how you should write!" (Andrei Makarevich) "Tragifars — such a complex genre, my favorite genre, and because of it, Artur shines with modernity. The novel is valued for actuality and will reflect the era". (Alexander Filippenko) Anatoly Bely about the performance of "Natan": "For me, it is very important that the viewers, coming to our "Natana", will laugh. And today it is a very important therapy. The most correct thing we can do now is to laugh at evil. That's what we laugh at." The duration of "Natana" is 1 hour 25 minutes. Before the show, it is possible to purchase books by Artur Solomonov, published in Austria and Israel. After the event, Anatoly Bely, Mihail Borzykin and Artur Solomonov will answer your questions. The performance is in Russian.