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Mother's Field

Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre

,The Pit

Striking movement, gestures and signs convey the narrative in this potent performance without words, a plea for peace and humanity based on Soviet-Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov's enduring story.

Tolgani, a strong Kyrgyz woman, has a special connection with Mother Earth, a companion in whom she confides and seeks commiseration. Granted a healthy family, her bounty is lost to misfortune when war intervenes. Back in the fields, her heart is torn apart by grief.

Revered as a giant of 20th-century Russian literature, Aitmatov published his novella eighteen years after the Second World War, ushering in mythical folklorish elements to his realistic fiction. His outspoken tale is realised in this non-verbal adaptation by Sergei Zemlyansky who directs young, skilled artists with boundless choreographic freedom. The expressive piece is set to a haunting musical score characterised by the sound of the cello.
 

Tagged with: Theatre & dance Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre

Duration: 1 hour 10 mins, no interval
Age guidance: 14+
 

Presented by the Barbican

Tour produced by Oksana Nemchuk in association with ArtsBridge

The Pushkin Theatre would like to acknowledge the generous support of Roman Abramovich

Creative team

  • Chinghiz Aitmatov   Author
  • Sergei Zemlyansky   Director and Choreographer
  • Maxim Obrezkov   Set Design
  • Pavel Akimkin   Music

With

  • Natalia Reva-Ryadinskaya  
  • Sergey Miller  
  • Vladimir Motashnev  
  • Evgeniy Plitkin  
  • Rodion Dolguirev  
  • Anastasia Panina  
  • Olga Demina  

Reviews

‘Exceptionally powerful‘
Focus (Russia)

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Location
The Pit is located on Level -2 within the main Barbican building and can be accessed via the stairs or lifts on Level G, next to the doors to the Lakeside Terrace. 

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EC2Y 8DS

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