| October 12, 14
St. Petersburg
Art-cafй “Brodyachaya sobaka”
On October, 12, 14“One author’s cabaret” of Ludmila
Petrushevskaya gave tour performances in St. Petersburg
showing a new programme “Life in red light”.
The famous writer and script writer appeared before
St. Petersburg audience in an unusual role of cabaret
chansonnier on the stage of art-cafй “Brodyachaya sobaka”.
Ludmila Petrushevskaya performed 14 hits of the XX century
which she had translated into Russian and adapted herself
following her sense and intuition. Ludmila Petrushevskaya
calls her Russian translations of famous songs “free and
non-free translations”.
Now one could say that cabaret is the favorite genre
of Ludmila Petrushevskaya. Therefore, she created her own
small theatre “Cabaret of one author” which performs the
best songs of the previous century including immortal “Lili
Marlen”, “Fallen leaves”, “Life in red light” and polish
tango “The last Sunday” as well as “Murka” which was
composed in Poland before the Second World War, the oldest
rock-n’-roll, Italian, American songs and even a foxtrot “An
old lady slowly crossed the road” from Chicago musical of
1930s.
Ludmila Petrushevskaya took her self-made hats and
button necklace – the basic attributes of her shows. These
trendy and well thought stage accessories are one of the
main decorations of “One author’s cabaret”.
To reveal the secret, Ludmila Petrushevskaya didn’t
only go info music and vocal but also sang in opera studio
as well as academic choirs (by the way, it served a plot for
her play “Moscow choir” which is staged in St. Petersburg
Maly Dramatic Theatre and has also won all the possible
theatrical awards). It partially explains the fact that the
famous writer has a wonderful voice and is an amazing singer
of her “free and non-free translations”.
St. Petersburg people could see and hear some of
compositions from the programme “Life in pink light” once
again on November,1 2008 in the framework of Ludmila
Petrushevskaya’s recital in the concert hall near Finland
railway station.
The recital “In gardens of
other opportunities” in the concert hall near Finland
railway station, St. Petersburg, November, 1 2008
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