The first production created for the Alexandrinsky by Hungarian director Attila Vidnyanszky, one of the most significant theatrical figures in Eastern Europe. The Petersburg audience knows Attila Vidnyanszky from productions presented in 2014-2015 at the "Alexandrinsky" festival. This year, the collaboration of the outstanding Hungarian director with the Alexandrinsky has reached a new level - Vidnyanszky created the first production for the legendary Russian theatre, "Crime and Punishment" based on the cult novel by Dostoevsky. Attila Vidnyanszky can undoubtedly be called a living classic of European theatre and one of the most significant directors in Eastern Europe. A graduate of the Karpenko-Kary Theatre Institute in Kyiv, founder of a unique Hungarian theatre in the border town of Berehove, art director of the Hungarian Opera, later - the Mihály Csokonai Theatre and the National Theatre in Budapest, he pays special attention to the development of contemporary dramaturgy. In Vidnyanszky's works, classic and avant-garde, traditions and current trends in world art are harmoniously combined. The production of "Crime and Punishment" with the Russian theatre allowed Vidnyanszky to delve deeper into Dostoevsky's philosophy, who is one of the most revered foreign writers in Hungary. The key question that the director addresses in his play becomes the relevant issue of lost faith for the Old World. For more performances in St. Petersburg, check our website in the theatre section.