S. V. Obraztsov Puppet Theater will perform for the first time on the stage of Kupalovsky

A large tour of the State Academic Central Puppet Theater named after S. V. Obraztsov from Moscow will be held at the National Academic Theater named after Y. Kupala on October 9 and 10. The audience will see the legendary “Extraordinary Concert”, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti” in the institution of culture told.

"Extraordinary Concert" is a comic puppet revue that is 80 years old. On stage there are puppets in the roles of singers, dancers, musicians, trainers and magicians. They parody various genres of art: choral singing, chamber music, ballroom dancing, opera vocals, ancient gypsy romances, circus numbers, pop dances, foreign stage, avant-garde music, operetta. The smile of the audience is always caused by entertainer Eduard Aplombov.

The performance was staged in Moscow by Sergey Obraztsov and Semyon Samodur in 1946. In 1968 there was a second edition, in 1972 - its television version.

It became the world’s most famous Russian puppet performance of the XX century and entered the Guinness Book of Records as a production that was watched by the largest number of spectators in the world. By the way, the role of entertainer was previously performed by the great actor Zinovy Gerdt in different languages.

This production in the year of the 125th anniversary of the puppet theater for the first time can be seen on the Kupalov stage. The performance is already loved by the audience of Russia and more than 40 countries, it is the turn of Minsk residents to enjoy this art.