About the show
“Kiev Pectoral” Award – 2011 “For the best scenography” (Maria Pogrebnyak)
The performance “The Lower Depths” with the musical theme of “Stairway to Heaven” by the band Led Zeppelin after the play of one of the best Russian playwrights of the early 20th century, the author of works with a revolutionary trend Maxim Gorky. This work, written more than 100 years ago, is amazingly relevant today.
“Each of us can decide for ourselves how to act: sit in the dark in our usual quiet cellar or try to rise to the unknown stars. The future depends on your own choice.”
Performance language - Russian
Additional Information - Winner of the "Kyiv Pectoral" theatrical award
3 hours with intermission
Genre - Drama
First night - 25 March 2011
Author - Maxim Gorky
Director - Vitaly Malakhov
Assistant Director - Volodymyr Kudlinsky
Set Designer - Maria Pogrebnyak
Costume Designer - Nina Rudenko
Music - Vladimir Borisov
Video - Sergey Shevchenko
Lyrical Author - Alexander Klauning
Stage Managers - Tatiana Antonova, Sofia Lyudvichenko