Adventures of a Theater Director

Andrei Zhitinkin is a cult director whose productions are known throughout all of Moscow. Any one of his stagings is always an unexpected discovery. It may be scandalous, shocking, or lyrically romantic, solved in classic traditions—but it is never trivial. Outstanding actors have worked with him—Yu. Yakovlev, E. Bystritskaya, V. Vasilyeva, L. Gurchenko, B. Klyuev, M. Terekhova, M. Kozakov, O. Aroseva, A. Shirvindt—and modern stars too: S. Bezrukov, A. Domogarov, N. Fomenko, D. Dyuжеv, A. Zavorotnyuk, and many others.

And the author’s very own book is another production created in Zhitinkin’s manner, where he tells about the secrets of his profession, about how performances appear and how actors work—each time living new lives.