The performance "Bashlachev. The Singing Man" resembles a concert more - for those who are nostalgic for the carefree youth in the Soviet state and, of course, for those who are experiencing this period in modern Russia. The performance was created by the latest: the production was carried out by young actors who established their own studio based at the Bolshoi Puppet Theater. Pavel Grigoryev served as the director, Regina Chertkova as the concertmaster, and the artistic director of BTK, Ruslan Kudashov, oversaw the process. The performance is dedicated to a truly tragic figure: Bashlachev passed away at the age of 29. "Colleagues in the trade," bards and rockers who created at the turn of the decades in the late 80s and early 90s, called him among their first poets, and among the series of geniuses, starting with Pushkin, - the last poet. "Vanyusha walked, and that was it," Bashlachev himself wrote, referring either to himself, or to his generation, or perhaps to all of Russia, with all its past and present. When Sashbash performed "Vanyusha" at house concerts or acoustic concerts in clubs, he broke his fingers on the strings until they bled. During the performance on the BTK stage, the poet's poems and songs will also be heard - performed by the theater's actors. Against the backdrop of music and recitations, everyday scenes from the life of a Soviet person unfold: here, melancholic waitresses glide by with trays in their hands; here - a table set with faceted glasses, workers in helmets and mustaches... No pathos, no irony - those times were portrayed by young actors, who hardly experienced the "Soviet" in their lifetime, without embellishments. Perhaps this is how the Singing Man saw them. Evidence is in the poet's lines: "In every anthem - a duty, in every march - order. A mechanical wolf in the arena of rays, a flawless dancer of Magadan squares, a DJ of the Buchenwald furnaces...". You can find even more performances in St. Petersburg on our website in the theater section.