It’s hard to refute the emotional saying of the great poet: “All the world is a stage, and people in it are actors.” Such a roaring volcano of passions, intrigues, and betrayals that was boiling behind the scenes of the theater “Seven Dwarfs” would be impossible for even the most brilliant illusionists to perform! Right in the theater, the actress Irina Bulova is murdered. Yes, yes— that very mistress of the chief director Nikita Sergeevich, a notorious ladies’ man and braggart— a despot and a lover of young actresses. And who gets suspected first of all? Of course, Nikita’s wife—the director of “Seven Dwarfs,” Raisa Gorkina. Well, the motive seems clear. The puzzle is solved? Oh, not so fast! Viola Tarakanova, who happened to be at the theater at the time of the crime, very soon understood that the most thrilling game is unfolding not on the stage. And all around is a terrible family secret…