In Memory of Memory
By Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale)
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Don't miss The Seagull
The Seagull. By Anton Chekhov. New Adaptation by Simon Stephens.
Unrequited love. Creative jealousy. Guns. Vodka. Art. A summer weekend at a lakeside estate falls apart when celebrities come to visit. Switching effortlessly between the ridiculous and the profound, this masterpiece of the modern era examines the burning need to create art and the destructive power of love. Read The Playbill.
> Explore the 9 other plays from russia to round out your Around the World in 80 Plays experience
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Choose, and audiences enjoy unlimited access to the audio drama from the premiere date until April 20, 2022. You will receive an email with a link to log into your account and listen to an embedded audio file through your computer or device.
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CBC IDEAS - RUSSIA indepth Podcast
IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. Using The Seagull as a launching-off point, Host Nahlah Ayed sits down with artists to discuss the cultural context to understand this Russian drama, and what it might have to say to our contemporary Canadian context. FREE
EXTEND YOUR STAY
free russian cocktail masterclass
In partnership with Toronto Life Insider, to celebrate The Seagull, we are thrilled to offer an exclusive online Russian Cocktail Masterclass hosted by Evelyn Chick, founder of the Love Of Cocktails. Evelyn walks through three classic cocktail recipes with famous Russian vodka, providing her own twist with easy to find ingredients at home.
Restaurant Recommendations from Toronto LiFE
Suliko Restaurant features traditional meats, fish, dumplings & desserts in a family-friendly environment.
Order take-out from this or other local restaurants to enjoy while you listen to the production.
Spotlight from TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS - Maria Reva
Featured here is a double interview from TIFA 2020, between two Canadian authors whose latest collections of short stories reflect on themes of community, and how lives can intertwine throughout significant historical or societal change.
Maria Reva, a Ukraine-born Canadian writer, examines life for a small community within a police state in 1980s Ukraine, in Good Citizens Need Not Fear. This conversation touches on the absurd to the horrific, illuminating the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change.
Book Recommendations from Toronto International Festival of Authors
Untraceable
By Sergei Lebedev (translated by Antonina W. Bouis)
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By George Saunders
Bride and Groom
By Alisa Ganieva (translated by Dr. Carol Apollonio)
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
By Joshua Yaffa
SPOTLIGHT from small world music – blisk
BLISK is described as a musical journey travelling through Ukraine, Poland, Russia, the Balkans and beyond. The Toronto-based, all-female quartet was brought together by a deep love and respect for the ancient songs and dances of these regions, bringing the tunes to life in the modern world through unique original compositions, storytelling, dance and distinctive arrangements of traditional folk music. BLISK is Stephania Woloshyn, Ekaterina, Nastasia Y, and Ewelina Ferenc. Throughout their performance, the band regularly shares stories about the ancient rituals and folklore from which the songs originate, which is important to the group. BLISK debuted in December of 2017, at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto where they opened for JUNO-nominated Turkwaz.
Explore Arts and Culture
The State Hermitage Museum
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State Hermitage is one of the largest museums in the world. Its exhibitions include over 3 million exhibits representing Antiquity, Western Europe, Middle East, Russia and many more epochs, countries and regions.
One day in Moscow - 360' Tour
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A short 360' video allows you to look around as you visit the sites of Russia's capital
The Bolshoi Theatre
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The Bolshoi building, which for many years now has been regarded as one of Moscow’s main sights, was opened on 20 October 1856, on Tsar Alexander II’s coronation day.
Pushkin Museum
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It is in these places, where Pushkin first saw the beauty of the Russian countryside, peasant dances, folk songs he heard and saw the rich and the provincial nobility, here shaped his outlook on life, here he began to write his first poems here it is formed as a great national poet.
Museum of Cosmonautics
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The State Museum of the history of cosmonautics, the first in the world and the largest in Russia, was opened in 1967.
Artmossphere: street art in Moscow
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Take a stroll down the street and enjoy a sampling of the magnificant mural art that has recently taken over Moscow.
The Theatrical Canon - Russia
9 OTHER PLAYS CURATED BY SOULPEPPER ARTISTS AND LOCAL SCHOLARS TO READ AND ENJOY! INQUIRE ABOUT THESE TITLES AT YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP OR LIBRARY.
Songs of the Twentieth Century
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The Government Inspector
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The Storm
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The Storm is a drama in five acts. The Storm is a work of
social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the
Russian merchant class.
Russian Jam and Other Plays
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Influenced by the works of Chekhov.
Three Sisters
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In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters
- Olga, Irina (Louise Purnell) and Masha - and their brother
Andrei live, but dream daily of their return to their former home
in Moscow, where life is charming, stimulating and meaningful.
But for now, they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction.
Cherry Orchard
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A Month in the Country
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The Lower Depths
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Lebedinyi stan (The Encampment of the Swans)
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This epic centres the October Revolution and the ensuing Russian
Civil War, which the Tsvetaeva experienced first-hand in Moscow
before emigrating in 1922.
AUDIENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
One Hour Eighteen Minutes
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A documentary play which some would call the first piece of truly 'political' theatre in modern Russia, documenting government corruption, first staged at Russia's foremost political studio-theatre, Teatr.doc in Moscow, and here in translation by the UK's Sputnik Theatre Company. Recommended by Sputnik Theatre Company.
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