This Thursday, October 27, will be held at “Hanza Peron” the premiere of director Roman Smirnov’s musical performance “Lūk, tā!”, Which was inspired by the leader of the rock group “Kino” Viktors Cojs and his work.
This year, the famous singer and musician, the leader of the band “Kino” Viktors Coj would have turned 60 and, in his honor, Mikhail Chekhov’s Riga Russian Theater staged the musical show “Lūk, taa!” – dedicated to a man who became one of the legends of the 20th century. The show will contain pieces by Tsoi known to many, which will be performed by Maksim Bussel, Ekaterina Frolova, Vitaly Yakovlev, Rodion Kuzmin, Tatyana Lukashenkova, Alexander Malikov, Veronika Plotnikova, Evilena Protektore, Ivan Streltsov, etc.
“Victor Coy’s bright and keen talent flourished in the ‘breakout era’ of the 1980s. The expressed sentiment against war, the heartfelt individual resistance to the system in its various manifestations and forms, the deep individual nuance of experiences , the strong and bright lyrics, the daring and memorable musical solutions characteristic of the group “Kino” coincided with the times and the spirit of change. Songs from new – about us today “, announce the organizers of the show. “In addition, with this play by Mikhail Chekhov, the Russian Theater in Riga also expresses its anti-war position and its attitude towards the war in Ukraine.”
Well-known theater director Roman Smirnovs, who personally knew Viktor Coja, his family, friends and colleagues, says: “I like to compose a comedy together with the actors. Here my intentions coincided with the intentions of the theater – in the sense that I am well known. to create musical performances and not just musical ones, but with the songs of the authors I love and know. I have a pretty clear idea of what Victor [Cojs] he would have agreed, but why not. These are also limitations. There are real feelings in there, warm, very real, sometimes naive … even more often naïve. Until then, I’d like to bury myself. It seems that I have now stated our goals and objectives. Perhaps it will be well said: I have tried and will try to obtain a personal and authorial learning of the material. I offer the actors to look for themselves, their attitude, their reading “.
