JEVGENI ONEGIN 

The play follows the story about 19th century literature circle meeting, where people discuss their favourite book, which will grow into a tragical love story of Tatjana and Jevgeni. The ironical and witty narration is contrast to the poetical love of two young persons. By genre the play is best defined as light drama.



Six actors are on the stage performing the verse novel Jevgeni Onegin written by Alexander Pushkin. It is an playful theatre performance where actors one by one try to interprete the classical text, looking for new correlations and theatrical solutions. Actors on the stage read the same books but everyone understands them personally, in his own way, as it is in life — everyone looks like living the same life, but it is different for each living creature. There is no criterion that this is the right way and no other, the same applies to the interpretation of books, let it be Jevgeni Onegin in this case — no rule exists how it should be read, everone finds from there things important for him. For that reason some of the actors play only tragical and romantical love plot, and some actors interprete the comical and ironical scenes, some turn attention to the literary commentaries but all of them together read always the same novel, live always the same life on stage and surprisingly reach the one conclusion: life is beautiful if we are able to see its beauty.

Festivals: Tempus Art 2002, in Roznava, Slovakia, September 7 –15
Award for the modern interpretation of classics.

The premiere 8th of April 1998

Directed by Erki Aule.

The Cast:
Toomas Krall as Jevgeni Onegin
Kadri Oim as Tatiana
Heino Pall as poet Lenski
Triin Tüvi as Olga Larina
Dajan Ahmet as the singer, servant, duellant, coach
Tanel Bergmann as the servant, hussar, piano player, duellant

Translation of the novel Betti Alver
Artist Britt Urbla
Dances and movement Ave Tuumalu
Lighting Allan Räim