On October 30, the play "The Traveling Frog" premiered at the Moscow Children's Puppet Theater.
The new version, inspired by a well-known fairy tale, is a vivid, touching and truly magical story.
In the theater foyer, while guests waited for the performance to begin, there was an atmosphere of joy and creativity.
Young audience members took part in a workshop on making frogs out of paper and tried their hand as puppeteers: in their hands baby goats came to life, the gosling gaggled, frogs croaked, butterflies fluttered, and the “Cheerful Beetles” performed dances for the guests!
Then the viewers set off on an exciting journey with brave Lyalya the Frog. The actors performed a story about the importance of dreaming, being brave, helping others and believing in miracles — a tale that left no one indifferent.
“The theme of travel is one of the most interesting in art. During a performance you can feel the spirit of adventure and rethink ordinary reality. And the tale about the ‘Traveling Frog’ is one of my daughter’s favorite works. So all these things came together, and the theater’s artistic council approved the production,” says Tatyana Sidorova, a leading artist, the production’s director and the performer of the title role of the frog named Lyalya.
“The play’s storyline differs from the familiar story told by Vsevolod Garshin. The production will be interesting to audiences of all ages: little ones will enjoy the puppets and characters, while adults will be able to follow the plot and the development of our characters,” shared Irina Ivanovna, Artistic Director of the Kryachun Theater.
The premiere was attended by many well-known figures: Nadezhda Ruchka with her son; Evgenia Akhremenko with her son; Tatyana Tereshina with her son; Polina Kazantseva-Metelkina with her children; Zhenya Malakhova; Darya Khramova; Maya Bulaeva, deputy of the Moscow City Duma; Olga Makovetskaya with her daughter; Anna Eshchenko; Timofey Okroev; Yana Belyaeva with her son; Evgenia Yustus; Ilya Gurov; Marianna Abravitova; Vladimir Plys; Viktoria Zaikina; and others.
Photos by Dmitry Selyanin and Olga Prokhorceva.
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On October 30, the play "The Traveling Frog" premiered at the Moscow Children's Puppet Theater.
The new version, inspired by a well-known fairy tale, is a bright, moving and truly magical story. In the theater foyer, while guests waited for the performance to begin, an atmosphere of joy and creativity prevailed. The little audience took part in a workshop making paper frogs and tried their hand as puppeteers: in their hands baby goats came to life, a gosling honked, frogs croaked, butterflies fluttered, and more…