One of the attention of the viewer is, according to reviews, the play "Family dinner at half past one." It was staged based on a play by V. Pavlov. This performance will be discussed in the article.
Creative team
Considering the reviews of the play “Family dinner at half past one”, one can note a lot of positive comments from the audience.
Director M. Citrinyak gathered on the stage a brilliant cast. The production includes theater and cinema stars: O. Ostroumova, A. Bolshova, O. Volkova, A. Vasiliev, S. Nikonenko, K. Grebenshchikov, E. Barinov, A. Rapoport.
The premiere of the presented performance took place in the summer of 2015.
Plot
The presented play is a piercing, partly lyrical, partly funny story about eternal values. She talks about love and separation, about relationships. They arise between a woman and a man, children and parents. The play raises questions about the responsibility that people bear by interfering in other people's lives. This is a statement of each person’s personal responsibility for decisions made once and for committed acts, which ultimately determine the whole future fate.
In the play “Family dinner at half past one,” the plot is built around the relationship between the two main characters. She is the daughter of parents who hold a high position in society. He is her lover, sent to military service in Chechnya twenty years ago. The main characters fell in love in their early years, but still could not stay together because of the intrigues of their relatives and their indecision.
Having met again after 20 years, the heroes realize that their feelings are still alive. Will they be able to start all over again from such different, well-established people "for forty", each of whom has his own, settled life?
In any case, to separate a couple in love for their relatives is more difficult than twenty years ago.
Cast
Considering the reviews for the play "Family dinner at half past one", it should be noted the magnificent game of wonderful actors. The main character of the play, played by A. Bolshova, blamed her parents all her life for the fact that in their youth they separated her from her lover. His role is played by K. Grebenshchikov.
Faced after twenty years of separation, the characters begin a frank conversation, which turns into a bright farce in connection with the unexpected arrival of relatives.
The heroine's parents look at her daughter's ex-lover with completely different eyes.
In the presented production, the audience unanimously noted the magnificent game of O. Ostroumova (mother of the heroine) and A. Vasiliev (father of the heroine). O. Ostroumova was able to perfectly convey the character of a mother who wants good to her child and thereby makes him unhappy.
According to unanimous reviews of the audience, the heroine's father brilliantly discharges the oppressive atmosphere - the brave military man, played by A. Vasiliev. He invariably caused explosions of laughter in the hall.
Spectators who visited the theater emphasize the excellent play of all the actors involved in the performance, their complete dedication and immersion in the material.
Reviews
Theatrical criticism of the play “Family Dinner at half past one” was quite supportive. It is noted that at first the performance looked a bit long, despite the excellent play of the duet Bolshov-Grebenshchikov. But as soon as the heroine’s parents appear on the stage, the brilliant duet of Ostroumov-Vasiliev, it is already impossible to tear oneself away from the stage. Two hours, which lasts for the performance, pass completely unnoticed.
The game of the actors is so captivating that it’s already impossible not to empathize with the heroes. Those sitting in the hall laugh and cry with them, holding their breath, watching each turn of the conversation. For the audience, the heroes are understandable and recognizable, life situations are real. All this keeps the audience in suspense until the very end, forcing them to experience a wide range of very strong emotions.
And an amazing ending - the appearance on stage of a little girl in a tutu. A moment of silence - and an explosion of applause in the hall.
The production of “Family dinner at half past one” presents positive reviews. The performance is marked as very good, sincere. It is suitable for a family trip to the theater, to relax from everyday worries, for thought and discussion after. The value of the production is that it gives you the opportunity to look at your life from the outside, to feel the importance of every moment of it - love, family, children and parents, respect for feelings, responsibility for them. The viewer leaves the room on a spiritual lift, with a smile on his face and a lot of positive emotions.
Director - about the play
According to the director, he was very interested in working on a performance with such magnificent actors. M. Tsitrinyak believes that this play affects every person. It makes him think about eternal universal human problems - responsibility for his love, for his future, for his fate and the fate of his loved ones, for his words and deeds.
The director said so about his work: "The play touched me, which means it will touch others." At the performance, the viewer will both laugh and cry. Indeed, the play does not leave anyone indifferent, as evidenced by the reviews of the audience.
Reviews
Almost every review of the play “Family dinner at half past one” begins with the words: “A very sincere performance”, “Awesome performance”, “I liked it very much”, “I am very impressed”. The plot captures the viewer as a whole and keeps in suspense continuously for two hours.
The performance looks at one go. All viewers celebrate the wonderful cast and magnificent play of all, without exception, participants in the production.
According to the audience, the performance on the one hand seems easy and non-stressful, and on the other makes you think about the value of love and the present moment, that you need to protect your feelings and fight for them, that everything needs to be done on time and about impossibility twice enter the same river.
The play makes him empathize with the heroes. As one of the viewers noted: looking at the heroes, you are glad that you yourself did not have such incomplete relations in the past. And you grieve for the heroes who never managed to figure out their own lives.
After reviewing the reviews of the play “Family Dinner at half past one,” it can be noted that this is a worthwhile production that can be watched with friends or family.