A play for young audiences based on the novella of the same name by Nina Dashevskaya on the Small Stage of the BDT. Directed by Famila Dzhavadov, it tells the story of how important it is to be able to see and accept a person who is completely different from you. The world is infinitely diverse, and those who sometimes seem strange are actually just people with their own feelings and experiences. At the center of the play are the relationships between an autistic boy, Lyova, and his school "enemy," Kirill. They are like Mozart and Salieri, differing in everything, while music and first love, a girl named Sonya, stand between them. The narrative is structured as monologues of the main characters, who think very differently but ultimately converge at one point. It turns out these guys are not so different after all. As Lyova says, "at zero degree, all people are the same, equal to one." You can find more plays in St. Petersburg on our website in the theater section.