The St. Petersburg Masterskaya Theatre Repertoire

Galatea's Dreams

Laurent Mann. Drama. Translated by Anastasia Soghomonyan

Andrei Gavryushkin's play by French playwright Laurent Mann weaves together two stories of musicians – a street guitarist and a seriously ill pianist. One treats music as a pleasant pastime, a way to make easy money, a hobby successfully turned into a profession. The other breathes music and would live it if it were not for a rare, incurable, terrible disease. An easy acquaintance develops into a serious and sincere conversation, soul mates find each other, and Leo for the first time realizes the difference between himself and a true musician, understands the essence and meaning of serving music and the despair and pain of separation from it. Two worlds, two views, two destinies – one music, one purpose of life.
Accidentally meeting two hopelessly lonely people can never be together: Leo needs Lina crazy, obsessed, not like everyone else – and Lina dreams of becoming normal, like everyone around her, like everyone else. But when she stops being herself – she will no longer be needed by the one person she wants to be with forever.

The black-and-white space of the play is a strange, unaccustomed reality, reflecting the inner essence of the story about a man forced to live a life he was not born to live, and realizing every second that he will never be able to live a real life.

Premiere – March 25, 2021
Duration – 1 hour 10 minutes without intermission
For audiences 16 years and older

PRODUCTION TEAM:

  • Director – Andrei Gavryushkin
  • Artist – Vasily Semyonov
  • Costume Designer – Natalia Grosheva
  • Lighting designer – Alexander Sarbaev
  • Composer – Andrey Didik
  • Video – Andrey Ksenzov
  • Ballet Master – Oleg Pashati
  • Sound engineer – Egor Ubel, Alexander Larionov
  • Assistant Director – Alexandra Gayevaya
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