Project
The Snowstorm
Category
Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
About the project (provided by the applicant)
An idyllic story of divine matrimony, staged after the novella The Snowstorm by Alexander Pushkin.
The fairytale quality of the plot alludes to folk festivals and fortune-telling traditions. At the very center stands a large post—a vertical axis around which everything revolves, a symbol of walking under the gaze of God. Similar timber posts were used during public folk celebrations.
Curtains made of rope sway and spin by forces of nature, transforming into trees and interior scenes. Maidens and common folk in animal masks become the servants of the Snowstorm.
Location
2 Lenin Square, Oryol, Russia
Project implementation year
2025
Project website
https://ogatt.ru/performances/metel/
Extra visual materials
https://enikonorov.com/Evgenij_NikonoroV/Galerea/Stranic/Metel.html
Applicant
Oryol State Academic Theatre named after I. S. Turgenev
The theatre’s history dates back to 1815, when Count S. M. Kamensky established a serf theatre on Cathedral Square—one of the first public theatres in Russia. The current theatre building was constructed in 1975. Today, the I. S. Turgenev Theatre is known both in Russia and internationally.
Author of the project
Production designer Evgeny Nikonorov
Photo
Evgeny Nikonorov
Customer
Oryol State Academic Theatre named after I. S. Turgenev
Other participants
Stage director — Vladimir Khrushchev
Costume designer — Olga Dalent
Music design — Alexander Lazarev
Choreographer — Larisa Bukhvostova
Assistant director — Nina Volkova
Status of the project
Implemented
