Bright director from St. Petersburg, Semyon Serzin, staged a play based on the novel by Ivan Turgenev, relocating its characters to the era of perestroika. The events of the novel unfold during the reforms of Alexander II, when the atmosphere in society was tense, partly due to the contradictions between people of different generations within families. Bazarov became a symbol of his time, beginning to deny values that had been formed in society for decades. According to Semyon Serzin, what happens in the novel resonates with what occurred during the Soviet perestroika. At that time, both fathers and sons faced the inevitability of change, but each perceived it according to their life experience. The authors of the play tell a story about family and the relationships between people, and through the family, they strive to reflect the portrait of society. This is Serzin's first play at the Theatre of Nations. For more plays in Moscow, visit our website in the theater section.