Wild sync. In Kiev there was a space for white Raven

“Scene 6”

On the street the fall. In Kiev pounding rain. The building of the Dovzhenko Centre resembles the skeleton of a marine animal washed up on shore. On the sixth floor rehearsing a Wild theatre. Maxim Golenko puts a fragment of a play Martin McDonagh’s “the Lieutenant of Inishmore island”. And it happens on the “Stage 6”.

The theater was founded in Kiev a year and a half ago. And in early September, the Dovzhenko Centre has opened a new theatrical platform “Scene 6”. The Scene Is Wild. It was created by the efforts of four people — the founder and Director of Wild theatre, Yaroslava Kravchenko, journalist Oleksiy Ananov, Director Sergey Chiasm and the art Manager of Vladimir Sheiko, with the support of the Director of the Dovzhenko Centre Ivan Kozlenko. Here will show their projects for alternative theatres.

Space “Scene 6” is that they fall in love with the first breath. The air even smells repair. There are no frills, no mirrors. All austere, as in Suprematism. The inscriptions on the walls made smooth and crisp fonts like theatrical posters from the heyday of Vsevolod Meyerhold, and somewhere around the corner I see the stubborn profile of this genius.

The scene heard the Mat and the frantic cries of the death of the old cat. This is a rehearsal. In the Wild no taboo — annotation projects usually warn viewers about that plays sounds obscene vocabulary and there are scenes of violence. The project emphasized critical, about what is happening here and now. Performances in a dense spike, with time. This is the type of theatre about which we can say the words of Mayakovsky: do not display a mirror and a magnifying glass.

The format is project theatre. Here talking about uncomfortable topics. And the language you hear on the street. The loudest premiere was the play “Aphrodisiac” based “Perfume” Suskind staged by Maxim Golenko. Played him in the circus. The play is called the polar responses of the audience — from total rejection to delight. One of the most successful projects — “acne” on the play by Vitaly Chensky. Set it the same Golenko. Play Alex Borichevsky and Andrew Kreglewski. This is a play about our contemporary, whose life consists of failures. The fate of the little man intertwined with the fate of the country. In fact the play is a monologue, a diary of one person which establishes the period of life from childhood and adolescence in Mariupol to unsettled the sorokovnik in Kiev. The refrain goes: I’m twenty, thirty, forty, and no one gives. Dotted line — the search for its meaning and attempt to understand reality. To understand that singing the chorus to all can not. Even if we are talking about revolution, so jerking off in the bathroom on the Maidan. And finalise this part of his life going to the urologist.

For a Western audience such a performance would be just a cool story about the contemporary. For theatrical virgin Ukrainians, he is shocking and tough. Our audience can cause confusion and rejection of the very theme of the play. As, for example, happened with the play “Tom at the farm”. The main character in it is gay. Put it Director and playwright Pavlo Arie. “Tom” showed in the city — the part of the audience immediately left the room. Why? The answer is to look at the results of opinion polls, according to which the level of xenophobia in our society rolls.

While on the stage is a rehearsal, we smoke with Yaroslava Kravchenko in the dressing room. Before every show, Yasya, as it is called, takes the stage and welcomes viewers as guests. From her words it becomes warm. And the more powerful for the inexperienced can be a social slap, which is embedded in each project. A play about women “Buti snizu” was brought to tears several gentle spectators who stormed out of the room. But it’s just about psychological violence and feminism.

From the Yasi full lips, short hair and big eyes. She, like the heroine of 1917, lacking only the Mauser. All the time laughing or smiling. Even if we are talking about terrible things. Now we are talking about “Stage 6”.

— I clearly understand that in order to move on and do other projects, I need to have some stability, — says Yasha. — “Scene 6” is rather a concept more global than the home to the Wild theatre. I want the “Scene 6” became the Assembly point is interesting, radical, independent projects.

Without irony asked where the money for this Paradise. Yasha grins in response, although she was sick of this question. It tells us that invests their savings and what he earns Wild theatre. One of the founders of the “Scene 6”, Oleksiy Ananov, instead of having to buy a flat, put the accumulation in this piece space. Yasya says that all the founders of the “Scene 6” realize how unstable the country we live in. That the ground there was unsteady, and the government, as the wind can change at any time. And Dovzhenko Centre someone will give or sell. And then adds:

I look at guys who are in our team, and I think that they…watie.

Intonations Yasi pride in their.

Discrepancy as impetus

Wild theatre emerged in the collision of truth and falsehood. War and illusory peace. The pain and the inertia of government agencies. During the Maidan Yasya worked in television and voluntarily in the women’s hundred was the chief of staff. Prior to that had experience at a Young theatre literary Manager, the PR Manager. In 2014 realized that will go with TV. Too strong was the dissonance between life and TV.

— In the spring of 2014 we were filming for a program on which I worked, the story of Dr. PI — Slyusarchuk. We visited different cities, in which he scored. Lviv, Ternopil, Rivne. And here we go to look for victims. But at the same time in these cities burn, SBU and police stations, because the revolution and the war roll across the country. And it seems to do its job — there is a journalistic task, but you know that the country is burning. It was my last shot.

In a wild dress. Actor Alex Borichevsky in the play “acne”

Most dumb project when we in the women’s hundred decided to make a hotline to help soldiers and their families. At that time it was not a normal command was not trained army. Guys in any situation, called the parents and told where they are and what they need. We had to coordinate the actions of parents and soldiers. But then came the tin. Began calling us mom’s who were looking for sons of the military were ambushed by the young boys who were called and who did not understand what to do when they bombed and surround. They could not get ahold of staff and called us. We worked 24 hours a day. What did the Ministry of defence that made the General staff? They just took our phone and put it on the website. And all mother, all the relatives began to cut us phones with questions: where are our children? they’re dead? why don’t you tell the truth? All the guys who covered the attacks, told us: you are traitors, why do you not save us, don’t pull out? Our line was bombarded with phone calls. We are in this rhythm lasted a month. While all the girls started to go crazy.

Then Yasyu called to work in the Ivan Franko Theatre. She came and was unable to watch the performances. They were not that worried, not about the present.

— In the country are historical events — people are dying, and you come to the theater Franco and see that it does not intersect with life. On the Maidan Andrey killed illuminator from the same theatre. And not talk about it, and you realize that this can not be. Theatre is a mirror. Where is the mirror? Why do we pretend that everything is fine? And then I realized that here something not that, — this theatre is not in sync with reality.

— What is synchronous?

— The one that says modern man about him. So I could see there myself. So I had the reflection. It to be honest. This is the main feature of the Wild.

When free

The territory of the Wild theatre as a decoy for the people who lies. White Raven. Which, when they do not that under that sharpened, it becomes really bad. Actor Alex Borichevsky plays in the play “acne” delicately and accurately. He had blue eyes and beautiful face. He could make a career in the movies. Either to earn, acting in commercials and TV shows. I ask him what he is interested in Wild. After all, he’s an actor with a classical education Karpenko-Kary at the state theater still satisfying and more stable. Borichevsky responds, choosing his words carefully.

In the arena. Show-performance “Aphrodisiac” playing in the circus

I was looking at “Rain” lecture by one of the Russian blogger who criticizes Putin’s power. So this blogger said, “I write not because I am brave, but because if I don’t write, I will be bad.” You ride the subway, watch people and understand that if you don’t show it, to talk, to try to change things, you will be bad. After high school, I deliberately did not try out for the state theatres. When I was studying, we were taken out on stage at the Young waiter. It was the theater, which to me looks liked, but having been there, I met up with this system where you have to do a lot unexplained. And I realized that still want to engage in project theatre.

Maxim Golenko became a Director at the turn of the century. When the state spat out of theater school graduates, as the gum in the trash. Golenko went to work on the TV. Stayed there for a long time. But if the person is not engaged in the business, it starts to hurt.

Is constant fatigue. Mental disorder and dullness, says Golenko. — I worked not only the first Director on the telly, but second, it is not a direction any way. Mostly planning. It was excruciating. And, of course, when the opportunity came to jump off of this, I took advantage of immediately.

According to Golenko, “jump off TV” was able after left the Ukrainian market Russian trash. People who have earned, bringing the performers out there, understand that it is necessary to invest in domestic products — ranging from Christmas tales to serious productions, such as Homo Soveticus on the play by Viktor Shenderovich, “Wii 2.0” Natalia Vorozhbit, “Aphrodisiac”. Now Golenko several projects. Puts it to Ukraine quickly — within a month. Says that it is a Wild — area of freedom, an example of how from nothing you can get the theatre for half a year, a stage repertoire.

Now in Wild nine performances. And stay its founders are not going to. The way theatre has another rule. No pass. Tickets must buy even their friends or colleagues participants ‘ performances.

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I’m going to an evening dreary subway and look at the creased faces of the passengers. Think about what I said Alex Borichevsky, — the desire to reflect what he sees around. In the car loud laughs of the young, their eyes sparkle and buzz. The youth has fora — the illusion that the whole life ahead of you, so you can so desperately to laugh in the subway, even if the majority of passengers face contorted life. The Wild has a handicap — he is young. He was at the start. He is bold, because independent and not suckling from the state. And this is almost equal to freedom. In any case, allows the use of modern forms of dialogue with the audience, sometimes bringing a magnifying glass so close to contemporary that can be seen on the stage simple and to the banality of the terrible face of a man. So close, if he looked into his own gut.