The performance features a poem by Nikoloz Baratashvili "The Color of Heaven, blue" translated by Boris Pasternak

The literary basis of Andrei Kalinin's play is a free stage composition (authors — Andrei Kalinin and Hugo Erikssen) based on modernist prose of the early 20th century, as well as on other, most unexpected sources.

The protagonist of the play - the man from Dublin - is in a situation of both physical and mental escape from the surrounding reality. But escapism for him is not an end in itself; his obsession with the desire to comprehend the Truth is what pushes him to escape from everyday reality. There is no reference to a specific place of action in the text; the man from Dublin here means rather an outsider, a person not from here (it is appropriate to recall the hero of Camus's "The Outsider"), who is uncomfortable where and when he is. There are no references to a specific time of action - we are facing a parable, eccentric and grotesque in some places, absurdist in some places, once with elements of melodrama (the hero, of course, has a beloved one), and, of course, tragic in its general tone, because the very possibility of metaphysical escape is in question.

"The Man from Dublin" is Andrei Kalinin's fifth work at the Alexandrinsky Theater. The theater's repertoire now includes "How blue it is, the End of Alley..." based on the play by Rezo Gabriadze, "Comrade Kislyakov" based on the novel by Panteleimon Romanov, and "Borkman" based on Henrik Ibsen's play "John Gabriel Borkman".

The production team includes composer Andrei Besogonov and lighting designer Igor Fomin. Andrei Kalinin also acts as a production designer.

The premiere is being rehearsed by Dmitry Buteev, Maria Lopatina, Efim Rodnev, Valentin Zakharov, Anna Pozhidaeva, Vitaly Sazonov, Stepan Balakshin, Sergey Elikov, Alexander Polamishev, Elena Zimina, Vasilisa Alexeeva, Anastasia Grebenchuk.

Premiere - June 22, 23, 2024