Porfiry
A mashup of Dostoevsky and Akutagawa
Director & performer — Alexander Panov
Oct 24, 19:00 · CSI “Byl”, Red Hall
About the production
The murder of the old moneylender. No evidence. Motive unknown. The suspects have scattered through a bamboo grove, mingling with young officers.
Meditation. Ikigai. Bushido. Only this will help Porfiry solve the most sinister crime in Russian literature.
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“The production ‘Porfiry’ was a wonderful intellectual game, filled with memes, beloved quotes from Akutagawa and elegant Japanese touches, full of irony and humour.”
MDT actor
“For an hour the audience revelled in a triumph of postmodernism and irony, where everything coexists: Dostoevsky and memes, Zen and detective fiction.”
publication “Novy Kompanyon”
“This production should be shown to young people. Many stagings of Dostoevsky lack irony and humour; here it was demonstrated brilliantly.”
Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia
Witty social media meme quotes, an actor clearly loving every moment on stage — then switching to sudden depth in an instant.
St Petersburg Theatre Journal