MR CARMEN

Premiere: 2003
Genre: Calligraphic tragedy
Duration: 60 minutes

Director: Yana Tumina
Performed by
: Maksim Isaev, Pavel Semchenko
Music: Vyacheslav Gaivoronskiy, Andrey Sizintsev
Sound: Denis Antonov
Light: Vadim Gololobov/ Alexander Kurganskiy
Organizational support: Vadim Gololobov, Maria Tavapova

About a performance:
his is a performance that is based around the format of a duel. Theatrical reality collides here with everyday reality; this is text in its written form is opposed to a text which is read. The hero meets his alter ego.

The action is enclosed in a small space. The empty space is bordered by a thin line; crossing it brings death to the hero. In yearning for death, the character proves his right to live. This is a protagonist who strikes out the word “Carmen” from Merime’s text and inserts “Jose” instead. He signed his last letter using Carmen’s name.