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 Theatre production. 200 min. Author: Eugene Ionesco. Director: Ivan Popovski. Stage and Costume Design: Angelina Atlagich. Constructive Stage Design: Konstantin Lebedev. Cast: Galina Tyunina, Sergei Yakubenko, Yulia Kamysheva, Oleg Lyubimov. Subtitles available in English, German, French and Russian. Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. One fine day, the slow-paced life of a little French town is irreparably changed, as its residents overnight begin to transform into rhinos. There is only one weak and spineless individual who fails to conform to the new trend. How easy is it to remain yourself in the world ruled by collective truths? Can one person avoid the authority of the majority? How and why does the collective consciousness mutate? The play is often read as a response and criticism to the sudden upsurge of Fascism and Nazism during the events preceding World War II, and explores the themes of conformity, culture, fascism, responsibility, logic, mass movements, mob mentality, philosophy and morality. "The ideas of Eugene Ionesco’s plays can often be reduced to a single fantastical formula, but in order to turn them into a stage production, director requires a rich imagination and the mastery of psychological theater techniques. Ivan Popovski has both," Olga Fuks, Vechernyaya Moskva.
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