Ekaterina Kramzina

In the small French town of Arles, the brilliant artist Vincent van Gogh lived through his star period – with yellow sunflowers, a red vineyard, Arlesian women and men, all transferred onto his magical canvases. Here, he, as lonely as anyone, called out to his fellow artists, dreaming of creating a Southern School, where artists could live and work in harmony with nature and with each other. No one responded. Only one came – the genius Paul Gauguin. However, their relationship resembled the famous bullfight in Arles in some ways. And then there was the mistral – the cold northwestern wind blowing along the Mediterranean coast of France from deep autumn to spring, bringing with it anxiety and unease…

The plot of the play 'The Last Ones' at the Gogol Theatre centers around the Kolomiytsev family. Their home resembles the ruins left after a bombing, and the characters themselves appear as the last survivors of a worldwide catastrophe. The appearance of their house symbolizes the destruction of age-old foundations and family traditions. Despite the fact that some of the characters make timid attempts at reconciliation and family reunification, singing songs around the campfire in unison, it is clear to the audience that the rift is inevitable and unavoidable.

A search for a lamb missing in the mountains leads a shepherdess to a strange girl exploring the acoustics of a local cave. The tale of sound waves and invisible connections unfolds like the dream of a lonely woman returning home after a long day at work.

Retired Major Cherkasov helps former colleagues at MOORE to investigate the murders of lottery participants who won a large sum of money. Kovalev and Timofeeva believe that the organizer of the prank, Belousov, and the presenter, Shorokhov, are behind the murders. Gradually unwinding the case, MOORE's staff is facing resistance from officials for whom the lottery is an important budget item. Unexpectedly, the investigation leads the Murovites to the Research Institute of Mathematics and Cybernetics, where a group of young scientists is conducting research aimed at studying and optimizing ways to earn money through the state lottery.