Vladimir Bolshov

Two elderly friends plan their own funerals in an attempt to conquer their fear of death, but instead find themselves feeling alive again.

Lear, the aging king of Britain, decides to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters.

Two friends, Al and Max, decide to spend the weekend fishing, during which, amid an incomprehensible noise, a briefcase full of dollars suddenly appears at the end of Al's fishing line. A boss who has lost a million dollars can't calm down, and his two bodyguards have to find a case within 48 hours. In the pursuit of money, the bandits work out various scenarios, forcing Al and Max to participate in this whole nightmare – an attempt to rob a bank, participation in a drug deal.

Eight men, eight stories about the morning after party...

Anton Chekhov’s first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Tréplev. Yury Butusov's Golden Mask Award-winning production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who struggles to find a language of his own. This is not only a performance about the theatre, it is an anthology of the theatre. Chekhov’s characters are in the process of creating their lives or watching them fall apart, which, according to Butusov, may be a closely related activity.

The city at night. A bus stop. A drunken man is dozing there. A young woman approaches. He asks her for help—to pour some cognac into his mouth. He cannot do it himself; his hands are occupied holding a grenade with a pulled pin—a weapon he came to possess purely by accident. The young woman calls the police. While waiting for help to arrive, a dialogue unfolds between them.

In Soviet Union young Misha is dreaming to see USA, but it seems highly unlikely...

Platon is completely at home in Moscow life. Successful, charming, and busy, he knows everyone in Moscow, and Moscow knows him. He makes money based on basic instincts. Contacts, connections, money, girls—he had it all. And everything was perfect until he met Lyubov.