I don’t know about you, but I love being behind the scenes of anything. If I go to a country, I try to see not only the official tourist places, but also what tourists are not usually shown. If I come to a concert or festival event, I try to get to where the performers are preparing for the next performance. And this time I was especially lucky - I was invited to a rehearsal of a real musical.

The musical “The Flying Ship” was a success in St. Petersburg, and now a performance is being prepared in Moscow. The Moscow premiere is expected at the Izmailovo Concert Hall on October 5, 2018!

Heroes of the musical "The Flying Ship" - Polkan, Vodyanoy, Tsar, Fun, chimney sweep Vanya

Vladimir Kisarov, already familiar to us, invited me to the rehearsal. In the film he played an evil boss, this time he also got a characteristic role - Polkan.

- Why do you always get the scoundrels? - I ask him.

- Apparently, already old. Before, I always played heroic lovers...

At this moment, the Tsar joined our dialogue and clarified that in “The Flying Ship” Polkan is also, in a sense, a hero-lover.

In fact, playing a positive role is the easiest thing to do. Everyone loves you and cares about you. But try to play a negative role, and in such a way as to please the audience!

"The Flying Ship" was one of my favorite cartoons as a child. I remember that as soon as it was shown on TV, we then discussed it for a long time with our classmates and even sang songs from this cartoon. Most of all, I was captivated by Vodyanoy (singing in the voice of Anatoly Papanov) and such cheerful old women-yoshkas, singing ditties, dancing in mortars, playing accordions and waving brooms.

I am Vodyanoy. I am Vodyanoy.
Someone would talk to me.
And then my girlfriends -
Leeches and frogs…..

Or this?

I was walking home through the forest
The devil is following me
Thought he was a man
What the hell is this!

“The Flying Ship” has undergone an evolution from a children's cartoon we all love to a large-scale hit musical! You probably remember the plot, I won’t dwell on it.

Now Vodyanoy looks like this - but this is without makeup and costume.

When he gets dressed up and puts on a show, I think it will be exactly the same.

The rehearsal began with a warm-up on the big stage.

At this time, props were being prepared in the hall.

He was just brought to the Izmailovo Concert Hall, where the main action will begin in a few days.

Rehearsal

Actors rehearse everywhere - in the halls

and corridors.

Some, on the contrary, retired to repeat their role.

Egor Druzhinin - director of the musical "The Flying Ship"

The director of the musical, Yegor Druzhinin, is one of the best directors of musicals in Russia. It seemed to me that he himself was ready to play absolutely all the roles,

but he doesn’t do this because someone has to lead.

The songs performed by the artists are well known - these are the hits of Yuri Entin and Maxim Dunaevsky. Some new songs also appeared that were not in the cartoon.

Here comes Zabava, the heir to the throne.

And what - it’s very similar.

The king turned out to be sad and confused.

He has a lot of problems: he's deep in debt,

He rented out the palace to Polkan, and Zabava dreams of marrying him favorably and solving his financial problems. They even develop their own insidious plan - how to persuade Fun.

And she answered them:

But I don’t want to, I don’t want to, out of calculation,
And I want it for love, for love
Freedom, freedom, give me freedom
I'll fly high like a bird...

Everything is like in a cartoon!

Chimney sweep Vanya is also very sincere.

Look - one face.

And how he sings!

New musical heroes

New characters appeared in the musical that were not in the cartoon. Here, for example, are the foreign suitors of Princess Zabava, whom she successfully rejected.

And this is the owner of the Na Dne club, where Vodyanoy works.

Well, and many more.

I won’t go into details, soon you will be able to see everything with your own eyes, performances begin on October 5!

The musical is about to begin...

In some kingdom, in some state there is a fair.

Having seen, at the very beginning, what goods were being sold at the fair, I began to worry seriously: what to expect next from the musical? But, fortunately, then everything was decent.

Local millionaire entrepreneur Polkan arrives there in a limousine

The Tsar-Sovereign also arrives, whose treasury is completely, completely empty.

They start a conversation about how to improve the Tsar’s financial situation. Polkan promises to solve all financial problems if the Tsar marries his daughter, Princess Zabava, to him.

The Tsar himself has been trying to sell Zabava in marriage for a long time.

He had already matched her with princes, both Greek and Turkish. Fun rejected everyone!

And she even called the American prince an indecent word!

Fun doesn’t want to marry for convenience.

And demands freedom in choosing a groom! For love!

Zabava meets a simple chimney sweep, Ivan. And, as befits a fairy tale, she immediately falls in love with him

But the Tsar Father is against their relationship. Why does he need a poor son-in-law?

He locks Fun in the palace. Or rather, what was left of him. To come to your senses and come to your senses.

And Polkana himself instructs him on how to achieve the princess’s favor.

Sing a serenade to her, for example.

Fun comes up with a test for his suitors: I will marry the one who builds a flying ship!

Overseas suitors drop out of the race immediately: they found the task too difficult. Polkan Googles where such a ship can be bought.

And only Ivan honestly goes to build the ship!

Along the way, he comes across a swamp, in which Vodyanoy laments about his worthless fate.

Vodyanoy, seeing a kindred spirit in Vanyusha, decides to help him at all costs.

And lends him his magic tools.

Who get down to business - and voila!

The ship is ready! But how to make it fly?

Grandmas Yozhki come to the rescue with their spells

Meanwhile, Polkan steals the ship and wants to pass it off to Zabava as his own.

Ivan manages to recapture the ship. But Polkan is cunning - he convinces Ivan that Zabava will not be happy with him anyway. What can he, a poor chimney sweep, give to her, the Tsar’s daughter?

He gives Polkan his ship. Let Zabava marry a rich man and be happy with him!

And so that Zabava would not be sad about him, he comes to her to say goodbye. And he tells all sorts of horrors about himself. And that he is terminally ill. And that he is married. Right on three...

Miracles to everyone!

Do you love fairy tales?! If you are not yet in the New Year's mood, then Yegor Druzhinin's musical "The Flying Ship" will help you plunge into the holiday atmosphere, remember your favorite cartoon and favorite songs, and get a mountain of positive emotions!

Musical "Flying Ship"

The idea is based on everyone's favorite cartoon of the same name. Thanks to the fact that the authors supplemented the plot, created cool arrangements, came up with incredible scenery and costumes, the result was a wonderful story, where toads, mermaids, princes, guards and Pie Man were added to the favorite characters. Grandmas-Yozhki sing rock and roll, and Vodyanoy performs French jazz. A musical and very funny fairy tale for adults, directed by one of the best directors in Russia - Yegor Druzhinin.

Familiar songs, lots of humor and, of course, amazing dance numbers!
In addition to well-known hits, new compositions by Maxim Dunaevsky and Yuri Entin will be performed.
The musical “Flying Ship” is a BRIGHT SHOW ABOUT LOVE AND DREAM!
#lovelove

Duration of the performance: 2 hours with one intermission.

Ticket prices: from 600 to 3000 rubles.

Age limit: 12+. This is not an age restriction, it is a recommendation due to some "adult" jokes. We went with our 5-year-old daughter and she really liked the show. In my opinion, there was nothing critical in the presentation.

Occupancy of the hall and availability of tickets: tickets without extra charges can be purchased on the official website of the musical. The hall was full, but tickets were available even a couple of days before the performance.

Plot: Is there anyone who hasn’t seen the wonderful musical cartoon of the same name? I think everyone knows each other! The main plot of the musical is not much different from the cartoon. But there are significant additions.

Tsar - presented in the role of an outcast, living in a barn with his beloved daughter Zabava. He transferred all his property, except the crown, to Polkan for use, but even this does not save him... There is not enough money even to put it on the phone. Almost every dialogue between Polkan and the Tsar ends with:

Rogue!

What? What?

I sneezed!

Be healthy.

Vania - a kind-hearted hard worker traveling around the kingdom. He saved the city from monstrous pollution, for which he received the nickname - Messiah. Is there anyone from St. Petersburg? Jokes adapted for our city!

Do you see the pipes over the mountains? It's absolutely scary there, a criminal area!

Which one?

Trubchino!

Fun - a cantankerous princess who dreams of true love, who has already rejected more than a dozen princes.

I want a flying ship!!

It’s fun, but there’s no real dream?

Then do this, Vanya, so that our team wins the World Championships!!

Well, a ship, a ship!

Polkan - athletic build is a worthy competitor to Vanya, if not for his greed, of course. He has the most colorful suits with accompanying accessories.

Like in a fairy tale, LOAN won again!!

Water - a bright and well-developed image, a master of transformation. He is friends with Toad, with whom every skirmish ends:

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Baby Yozhki - this is very controversial, despite the fact that the scene itself is very bright and “Stretch the fur accordion...” is present... Grandmas Yozhki for some reason at the end of the song turn into completely snow-white angels.

Tools - guest workers They perfectly lifted the mood with their “incendiary” dances.

The script easily and simply combines the well-known melodies “Oh, if only my dream came true...”, “But I don’t want to, I don’t want to by calculation...” and new melodies, I still hum one of these Vanya songs ...

And I go, I go, I go,

I'm walking somewhere.

Will I meet joy along the way:

I don't know myself.

The new jokes fit perfectly into the old script!

If you really love, then you will do everything for the sake of your beloved!

Who said this, Fun?

This is my VKontakte status, Vanya!

And, of course, evil will definitely be defeated!

Checks at factories discovered meldonium!!! MELDONIUM!!

Aaaaaa!!!

Polkan! You are losing everything!!

Noooo! I'm ruined!!!

And at the end there will be a wedding!

And from the groom's side? Who's on the groom's side?

Yes, here it is: dad and the toad!

Separately, I would like to talk about some actors:

Fun - Anastasia Stotskaya! She was almost perfect for the role: her appearance, fragility, temper and absurdity of character were harmoniously combined with her role. The only thing is that I personally did not have enough tenderness in her performance. I didn’t have enough lyricism on her part in the love line.

Vanya - chimney sweep - Dmitry Savin! You will not find his name on any poster, even in its extended version, which lists generally completely unknown and unmemorable actors. Apparently this is the law and policy of show business. But the man coped with his task perfectly. Sincere performance of the role, conveying all feelings at the level of “I Believe!”, a voice that penetrates to the depths of the soul and that “lyricism” and sincerity of feelings that Zabavka lacked so much. Now, honestly, if Polkan got it, I wouldn’t be upset.

Polkan - Alexander Ragulin. The strongest voice and excellent performance of the “negative” hero. A truly memorable character, bright and very shocking.

Tsar - Sergei Losev. Absolutely the sweetest grandfather! Causes extremely positive feelings.

Vodyanoy - Alexey Bobrov. Very comical, original and an excellent transfer of the classic “receptionist” of the registry office, for which “Bream” was included in the performances!

From the program you can learn about the “second” composition of the performance. In the official VKontakte group you can find out who will play in the play, but only the day before. Of course, maybe someone will be upset not to get to see Anastasia Stotskaya - Zabava or Sergei Migitsko - Vodyanoy, but this still will not change the charm of the performance. Worthy choreography by Yegor Druzhinin, excellent musical accompaniment of the orchestra, bright light show and very unusual costumes will lift your spirits to unprecedented heights!

Oksana Bondarchuk

Columnist for Tricolor TV Magazine

Egor Druzhinin about the musical “The Flying Ship”, the philosophy of dance, the show “Dancing” and jokes about pension reform

Famous choreographer and show mentor Yegor Druzhinin released a new musical “The Flying Ship” with Anastasia Stotskaya and Vladimir Kisarov in the lead roles. Having reinterpreted the plot of the popular cartoon of the same name, Yegor created a new performance that became a hit for both children and adults. Tricolor TV Magazine spoke with about the philosophy of dance, the details of creating a unique musical, the narcissistic participants in the show “Dancing” and how to get to work from the show.

Stage director of the musical “The Flying Ship” Egor Druzhinin

Egor, your musical recently premiered "Flying ship". How did you make sure that the story of Fun, who can't choose between two men, would be interesting for children too? How did they change the script of a popular cartoon?

In the script that we wrote, the story ceased to be just a fairy tale, it became a parable that every viewer - both adults and children - can project onto themselves, onto their lives. The child, first of all, continues to see this story as a fairy tale, and the adult viewer as a true story. And the funny thing is that children do not look at the adult motives of our characters, but they read them very well and react to them very well. The merman is funny because he makes paradoxical conclusions, but at the same time he behaves like the father of those children who came to our performance. And this applies to absolutely all characters. In Zabava they see almost a peer, such an eccentric girl, and her relationship with her father seems to them similar to their own relationship with their parents. In Ivan they see a hooligan who is interested in this girl. When Zabava talks to Ivan, it is clear that this is a conversation not between adults, but between two young people who are carried away and gradually fall in love with each other. And this happens with every character in the musical. Even Polkan becomes interesting and attractive to children, because he is courageous, he enjoys life, he has no problems and he is confident that sooner or later he will seize power in this kingdom with Fun.

What is special about the performance for family viewing?

This is not just a performance that is interesting to both. What parent will bring their child to a children's performance and will not be touched not so much by the performance itself, but by their child's reaction to it? But this is not at all the effect that I personally expect. I would like the adult viewer to take something of his own out of the performance, and for the child to take something of his own. Moreover, this relationship between a child and an adult as an audience is very important to me. A child does not understand all adult jokes, but for him an adult is always an authority, always someone whom the child is trying to be like, and therefore the child gets excited, for him parental laughter is an inspiration to watch the play more carefully, to follow more closely plot, also react. Moreover, children often develop a paradoxical sense of humor; they will laugh not at the point of a joke, which they may not understand, but, for example, at the rhythm and paradox of the joke.

For example?

In our play there is a joke about pension reform. Zabava voices her task for the suitors: she will marry only the one who builds a flying ship. Vanya asks her if she has a simpler task: to defeat the dragon or find the Firebird? To which Zabava says: “Can you make sure that in our kingdom-state the retirement age is reduced by 10 years?” And Vanya answers her: “Well, a ship is a ship!” And children react to this joke in the same way as adults, and not because they know what the point is, but because they understand that Zabava offered Ivan a condition that he cannot fulfill, so they laugh along with the adults.

Tell us about the casting. Was it immediately approved? Anastasia Stotskaya? Is there strong competition between musical artists in Russia, or can you count the good ones on one hand?

Among the musical artists, the actress and singer Anastasia Stotskaya and the show's artist are best known to the audience "A big difference" on STS Vladimir Kisarov. We did not have a goal to involve super-famous media artists in the musical, but the play does not need this, there is no such need. I enjoy working with people I have known for a long time. And in this case, I cannot be influenced in any way by the fact whether a large audience knows them. If there is a coincidence, then it’s nice; if not, it’s okay. The fact is that the caste of musical artists in Russia is quite extensive, but at the same time quite closed, because these people, as a rule, wander from one performance to another, and we know that people who would work on television (this is the main a mechanism that makes people famous) and who at the same time would participate in musical performances, musicals, not so many. But true fans of the musical will surely recognize a huge number of familiar and favorite names in the program of our performance “The Flying Ship”.

Choreographer Dmitry Maslennikov, stage director Egor Druzhinin and producer Nikita Vladimirov

Can you name someone from the show? "Dancing" hire you for a musical?

Dima Maslennikov, participant of “Dancing” in two seasons: the second season and "Battle of the Seasons" is the choreographer of "The Flying Ship".

Now everyone around is dancing and opening dance schools. They offer a million approaches, techniques, and so on. But what is the most important thing in dance?

The musical premiered in October on the stage of the Lensovet Palace of Culture in St. Petersburg

You actually said regarding the casting for “Dancing” that many are engaged in narcissism and this interferes with the matter.

The fact is that when future participants in the next season of the “Dancing” project come to us, they have completely different dance experience behind them, some have more academic experience, some have more street experience. But in any case, they came to “Dancing” because they would like to realize their talents, and their talents are very diverse. Some people like to dance hip-hop, some like to twerk, some like contemporary, modern, jazz, some come with classical training (I mean ballet), and some come from a folk school of dance, Some have been dancing for longer, while others started just recently. It does not matter. In dancing, it is important that the person who wants to reach the finals is original and able to express himself expressively and emotionally. But if we talk about my requirements for these participants, then first of all, of course, I want to see artists in them. I'm less concerned about how they carry themselves behind the camera outside of rehearsals, how they give interviews, how they talk about dance. Of course, I would like that after they go through the crucible of the competition, the “Dancing” test, they understand that dancing is not only the ability to move, it is also an attitude.

At the end of next year it will be 40 years since the animated film “The Flying Ship” was released, directed by Harry Bardin with songs to music by Maxim Dunaevsky and poetry by Yuri Entin. Years go by, but audiences' love for the cartoon only grows stronger. More than one generation of boys and girls has grown up on it, and today, but with their children, they continue to watch this fairy tale - about true human values, about true love, devotion, friendship and kindness.

Yegor Druzhinin decided to transfer the fairy-tale animated story adored by millions and its favorite characters - the chimney sweep Vanya and Princess Zabava, the Tsar-Father, Polkan, Vodyanoy and Babok-Yozhek - to the stage, from which, of course, songs from the fairy tale “The Flying Ship” will be played. , which have long become musical hits. The main role - Princess Zabava - will be played by Anastasia Stotskaya. And the premiere of the musical will take place next weekend - October 5, 6 and 7 - at the Izmailovo Concert Hall.

Egor Druzhinin, whom the general public became familiar with quite a long time ago as a talented choreographer, is recognized as the best director of musicals in Russia. In his production, he will re-introduce the audience to the unlucky and naive Tsar, his rebellious daughter Zabava - the heir to the throne who believes in true love, the treacherous Polkan, the sincere Vanya, who is endearing with his simplicity and openness. According to the plot of the musical play, its characters will have to face numerous obstacles on the path to true happiness.

The hit musical “The Flying Ship” is the result of our work in recent years, the result of the work of experienced people in the theater and musicals industry: the best artists, the best performers. And, of course, amazing songs by Yuri Entin and Maxim Dunaevsky - it’s not for nothing that we call our production a “hit musical”. Every number here is a full-fledged hit. I see how during rehearsals the artists are sincerely happy and excited as the numbers progress. I see how Nastya Stotskaya has a blast in the role of Fun - and I understand that the viewer will receive more than a high-quality production. He will receive pure positive emotions, will have a happy child for years to come, and will have the opportunity to simply enjoy life, as we all once knew how to do in childhood. Come visit us with your children, come with the whole family! - Yegor Druzhinin invites.

I love my heroine Zabava! - admits Anastasia Stotskaya. “She is perhaps the character closest to me in spirit out of all those I have played.” I really love her calling card - the song “But I don’t want it out of convenience, but I want it out of love...”.

TV viewers have already seen this number; Anastasia and the actors of Yegor Druzhinin’s hit musical “The Flying Ship” performed it shortly before the premiere in the finale of one of the episodes of the Channel One show “Evening Urgant”:

Natasha Kolobova