MAN EQUALS MAN

Author: Bertholt Brecht

Director: Yury BUTUSOV

Translation: L. Kopelev

Scenography and costumes: Alexander SHISHKIN
Lighting Designer: Denis SOLNTSEV
Musical Director of the Performance: Distinguished Worker of Culture of Russia Ivan BLAGODER
Director on Plastics: Nikolay REUTOV
Assistant Director: Оleg YERYOMIN
Consultant: Galina SNEZHINSKAYA
Stage Manager: Tatyana TIMOFEYEVA

The performance is accompanied by music of  K. Weil, D. Zorn, R. Ino, J. Cale, K. Poihonen, L. Pollak, T. Waits 

Cast:

Galy Gay, Stevedore, an Irishman Dmitry LYSENKOV

Department of the machine-gun company of the British troops in India:

Jessie Makhony Distinguished Artist of Russia Vitaly KOVALENKO

Uria Shelley Distinguished Artist of Russia Igor VOLKOV
Jeraja Jeep Valentin ZAKHAROV

Polly Baker  - Andrey SHIMKO


Leokadia Begbik Alexandra BOLSHAKOVA
Owner of a Field Tavern

Charles Fairchild, nicknamed Bloody Five, Sergeant

People’s Artist of Russia, Russian Federation State Award Sergey PARSHIN


Van, Bonze at the Tibetan Pagoda Distinguished Artist of Russia Arkady VOLGIN

Ma Sin, Servant at the Pagoda Andrey MATYUKOV

Galy Gay’s Wife Julia SOKOLOVA

Tibetans, Soldiers:
Sergey YELIKOV, Oleg YEREMIN, Andrey MATYUKOV, Stepan BALAKSHIN 

Orchestra:
Inna ANDREYEVA (piano), Svyatoslav CHERESHNICHENKO (double bass), Konstantin KOLESNIKOV (percussion), Igor MAMAY (accordeon), Givi SARKISYAN (trumpet), Alexander SHCHERBAKOV (trumpet)

Duration of the performance is 2 hours 45 min.

The performance goes with one intermission.

Premiere took place on 10 September, 2008.