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Opus No. 7
Opus No. 7 Source: Photo credit Natalia Cheban

One of the most influential voices of Russian theatre, Dmitry Krymov and his collaborators devise deeply moving, visually majestic experiences - conjuring up beguiling images of epic proportion from simple materials.


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One of the most influential voices of Russian theatre, Dmitry Krymov and his collaborators devise deeply moving, visually majestic experiences - conjuring up beguiling images of epic proportion from simple materials.


Enter a world of transformation, where objects, sounds and people change in the blink of an eye. Depicting the oppression of Soviet Jews and the censorship of Shostakovich under Stalin, Opus No. 7 uses larger-than-life puppets, duelling pianos, living walls and blizzards of newsprint to create a genre-defying double bill.


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