"Voices of the Country": the play "Ocean Within" at the RUSSIA EXPO on March 22

On March 22, the Main Stage of Pavilion No. 84 "House of Culture" will host a performance of the play "Ocean Within" by director Alexander Pronkin. The play will be a part of Konstantin Bogomolov's author's project "Voices of the Country". The main role in the production will be played by Dmitry Chebotarev. The shows will take place at 18:00 and 20:00. Admission is free, by pre-registration on the website.

Artistic director of the project Konstantin Bogomolov is convinced that the need for a modern hero and description of contemporary life is always relevant.

"The need for a modern hero and the description of contemporary life has always been, is and will be there. Theater always talks to the audience about the present - even when it turns to the classics. This project is an attempt to find the hero of our time through the form of documentary theater. There were a lot of applications, very different people sent their biographies or even whole essays. Selecting only 12 stories from them was a delicate and intuitive work. But it is done in co-creation. I am the head of the project, and each story is independently worked on by directors, playwrights, photographers. And each monologue of a hero is a separate performance. We will tell the stories of heroes whose lives are filled with love, joy, dreams, meaning and purpose," said Konstantin Bogomolov.

The hero of the play "Ocean Within" is 36-year-old Alexander Osadchiev from Moscow. Alexander studied at boarding school and from childhood was interested in books on biology and geography. Since 2009, the hero has been working at the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the development and updating of scientific knowledge about the world ocean and its processes. For his achievements and successes in science, Alexander was awarded the medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2018 and the Moscow Government Prize for Young Scientists in 2020. Alexander is actively involved in popularizing oceanology among the younger generation and often speaks at conferences. The role in the play will be performed by theater and film actor Dmitry Chebotarev.

The play about Alexander Osadchiev was staged by playwright Maria Malukhina and director Alexander Pronkin. The artist is Philip Shein.

"The casting for our fascinating hero was surprisingly challenging, as not all artists were able to portray the scientist with such a dense and interesting fate. But Dmitry Chebotarev was a 100% match. When our team heard him read the text at the first meeting, we realized that he was the one who could become the real voice of our hero. Dmitry's energy and involvement will make the performance unforgettable, playful and very subtle," said Alexander Pronkin.

"Voices of the country" is the author's project of Konstantin Bogomolov, realized with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives. 12 documentary mono-performances at the RUSSIA EXPO will tell the stories of ordinary people whose daily work changes our lives for the better. Following the project, a book and a documentary movie will also be published - they will include the stories of all the heroes, their photo shoots and videotaped interviews.