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How do you preserve yourself when the world is trying to erase you? How do you find strength within yourself if you're "different"? And how do you talk about faith and tolerance after that?
Five performances Shalom Theatre— a confession, a monument, and a philosophical parable. They combine the pain of the past, the difficulties of the present, and the search for the future into a single, unbroken narrative, helping viewers find answers to the most difficult questions alongside the characters.
All performances take place on the large and small stages of the theatre on Novoslobodskaya Street.
"Train of Life": Humor as a Weapon Against Despair
Date: February 20
Age limit: 16
A story of survival among the inhabitants of a Jewish shtetl, told with bitter humor and passion.
What remains for a person who can be deprived of everything but imagination and will? In the summer of 1941, the residents of a shtetl, learning of the approaching Nazis, attempt the impossible: deport themselves by train to Palestine. "Train of Life" is a play about the strength of spirit that transforms despair into an act of freedom. It's a journey where the absurd becomes reality, and a saving irony helps one to endure.
Nathan the Wise: A Classic That Faces Modernity
Dates: March 8 and 9
Age limit: 18
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's philosophical drama about the possibility of peace between religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) is set in the present day—in a tire recycling workshop. It's an unexpected and relevant conversation: this reimagining of the classic shows that questions of religious tolerance, lies, and true humanity have no expiration date. The play touches on past conflicts to ask uncomfortable questions about the present.
"The Last Ones": When a rift runs through a family
Date: February 26
Age limit: 16
A play about the discord that arises within a single family during the first Russian Revolution, and how greater history invades the home and tears apart the strongest bonds—family ties. Oleg Lipovetsky's production of Maxim Gorky's play tells the story of a father who has lost his power and position, and his adult children struggling to escape his influence, as well as the choices that make insiders into strangers.
"An Ordinary Human Story": A Panorama of One Life
Date: February 15
Age limit: 16
At the center of "An Ordinary Human Story" is a hero who, five minutes before the end of his long earthly journey, sees the past flash before his eyes. All the beautiful and bitter moments come alive in his memory—from birth to his last love.
This is a meditative, lyrical performance-memory about a private, but no less valuable life, about the moments from which fate is formed and what ultimately turns out to be most important.
"Monya Tsatskes is the standard-bearer": remaining human in inhumane conditions
Dates: February 15 and March 15
Age limit: 16
With bitter irony and courage, writer Efraim Sevela tells the story of a young Lithuanian Jew who finds himself in the Soviet Army. Private Monet, who neither knew how nor wanted to fight, was destined to become a standard-bearer and serve throughout the war. This is a look at the catastrophe through the eyes of someone who passionately desired simply to live. The production offers viewers important themes for reflection—about how to remain oneself in the most unbearable conditions, about the thirst for life, and its price.
The play is a blend of street theater and storytelling. The acting, without the fourth wall, provokes direct contact with the audience.
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A visit to the Shalom Theater can hardly be called entertainment in the literal sense of the word. Going there means agreeing to a difficult but necessary conversation—with history, with others, and ultimately, with oneself.
The plays don't offer ready-made answers, but they make us feel and think. They remind us that even in the darkest chapters of history, there's room for humanity, laughter, love, and dialogue. And this, perhaps, is the main way to prevent the world from erasing you—to remain human, no matter the circumstances.
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