The Lyceum Theater (St. Petersburg) operates in a special genre that combines clownery, pantomime, trafifars and pop shows. The theater is known to a wide audience thanks to Vyacheslav Polunin and such numbers as “Blue-Blue-Blue-Canary ...”, “Nizya” and “Assisy!”.
About the theater
The Lyceum Theater (St. Petersburg) began its career in 1969. It was then that A. Skvortsov, V. Polunin, A. Makeev and N. Terentyev met in the pantomime studio under the direction of Eduard Rozinsky at the Leningrad City Palace of Culture.
The name "Lyceum" was coined by Vyacheslav Polunin. The repertoire included such performances: “Taek-Shen,“ Churdaki ”,“ Parsley ”,“ Small Olympics ”,“ Asysyay-revue ”and others. Artists repeatedly became laureates of various festivals in Russia and abroad, participated in the filming of films, appeared on television.
In 1991, the "Lyceum" (theater) was closed, but the brand remained. In 2009, it was opened again. There is a school-studio "Lyceum Lyceum" at the theater. Here the training of actors in the genres of mime and clowning takes place. Students are enrolled once every three years.
Repertoire
"Lyceum" (theater) offers viewers the following performances:
- "Familyyuki".
- "Northern Tale".
- "New Hochmachi."
- "Fly and saw."
- "Twelfth Night".
- "Wacky evening."
- "Aya-yay revue."
- "Space Show".
- "Baby ride".
- "Dr. Pirogoff."
- Hercules.
And others.
"Fly and Saw"
One of the most popular performances that the Lyceum Theater regularly gives is called Fly and Saw. This show is a world famous clown with a unique talent, Leonid Leikin. In the last 12 years of his creative activity, he worked in the legendary circus Du Soleil. More recently, he returned to his homeland and now pleases the domestic audience in the theater "Lyceum".
The show "Fly and Saw" collected from the best numbers of Leonid. Along with him, other actors of the Lyceum Theater also take part in it. The Russian audience has never seen most of these unique numbers.
During the performance, Leonid Leikin talks with the audience, tells them about the life of the theater, about his career and the history of the creation of his most famous performances. Talks about his friends and colleagues. In front of the audience, he creates his own image - puts on makeup, puts on a wig, puts on a suit and demonstrates the transformation from a narrator into a clown.
Spectators should hurry to see this performance, as it will adorn the theater’s repertoire for a short time, Leonid will soon take him on tour.
Artists
"Lyceum" is a theater that is a small but very talented collective. These are the artists:
- Anvar Libabov.
- Yuri Muzychenko.
- Robert Gorodetsky.
- Anna Nikitina.
- Leonid Leikin.
- Alexander Kolobov.
- "World Champions" (vocal group).
- Anna Orlova.
- "Young hypocrites" (students of B. Uvarov).
And others.
World Champions
In 2000, a vocal ensemble called “World Champions” appeared in the Lyceum Theater. It includes five talented girls. As part of the children's choir of radio and television, they traveled the world. In their piggy bank a huge number of prizes and diplomas. They earned the right to be called world champions.
Girls work in the style of music collage, mix. Vocalists sing a cappella and do not need musical instrumental accompaniment. Their vocal arrangements are very beautiful and talented. Their repertoire includes works by Rachmaninov, Mozart, Bach, songs by the ABBA, Beatles, etc. Folk Russians, Japanese, Irish, Negro, Jewish, etc. works. They sing blues, rock, chorales, bosans, jazz and much more.
At their performances they do not just sing, but turn their concerts into performances, into humorous performances.
Reviews
Spectators are very fond of the Lyceum Theater. Reviews about him are mostly laudatory. Fans of the theater consider him wonderful and his shows brilliant. Many attend the same program many times. Theaters leave deep words of gratitude to the artists for their talent and ability to make laugh. Admire how professional they are. Viewers say that the theater is always fun and has a friendly atmosphere.
Negative reviews can be found on the play "Children's Pokatushka." In general, both adults and children like the show. But the parents of young viewers write that some of the numbers, namely with the Barbie doll and big-breasted girls, are uninteresting, incomprehensible, filled with dull humor and even immoral.