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September 12, 2009: OPENING OF THE 34TH SEASON
On September 12 The Mark Weil “Ilkhom” Theatre is going to open its new season. As usual, there are lots of plans and they are to be advertised this late August both at a press conference and on the site of the theatre.
Meanwhile, we may tell you about the events of the very early season: - The premier of “Hamlet” by W.Shakespeare; - Maksim Vardanyan's personal exhibition; - Admission to Studio 7 of the Drama School of The Mark Weil “Ilkhom” Theatre; - The demonstration of “Oresteia” by Aeschylus at the drama festival in Lublin (Poland) in the early October, 2009.
Tickets for the performances of the new season are available since August 12, 2009.
PREMIER COMING! «HAMLET» by W.Shakespeare
Translation by B.PASTERNAK, A.CHERNOV
Production: Ovlyakuli KHOJAKULI
A number of big writers including Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Eliot didn’t regard “Hamlet” as a full-fledged dramatical piece. They noted its under-formed composition, oddly (at least, oddly) defined characters, time contradictions and many other defects that could not allow seeing the play as a model of literature even for that time. However, all these things don’t prevent the play “Hamlet” from being an apotheosis of classical literature on the dramatic stage. Why? Probably, because, speaking nowadays language, Shakespeare hid under a roof-file a message-file the work was created for. Since then each century keeps finding here its message, more than one…
DRAMA SCHOOL OF MARK WEIL’S «ILKHOM» THEATRE: Admission to Studio 7
Admission to Studio 7 Personality+Skill+Stanislavski +Meierhold+Grotovski +Mikhail Chekhov+Jaques Lecocq =the best of Russian and European drama, exclusive system, 9 mandatory subjects, the best staff of the best Central Asian drama school!
Classes Begin October 2009 For More Details Contact: info@ilkhom.com
June, 28: Premiere! «LETTERS OF CLAY» Sukhbat Aflatuni
«He came to us with the rain. We were all surpriesed when he arrived. But rain fell, and we decided, that the arrival of this man – was perhaps a good sign». «Letters of Clay, Floating Apple» Sukhbat Aflatuni
«Letters of Clay» Sukhbat Aflatuni –This story is a history of memories in the story of a certain mass of people – A teacher, who suddenly apperars in a normal modern village- Auleà. ...also something of a paraphrase of an old biblical story about a teacher (with a capital letter T) – people coming to new understandings… about the past, and therefore, changes the present.In the process many modern problems are addressed: ecology, religion, society, and nationalism… and of course a love story.
A PREMIER – June, 27: «TRASH» by Mikhail Durnenkov
On October 23 leading actors of The Theatre by Mark Weil “Ilkhom” and graduates of the 5th and the 6th drama schools began the production of the play “Trash” by Mikhail Durnenkov, the holder of the Grand Prix of the Festival competition EURASIA in June, 2008. The producer of the project – Vladimir Mikhelson (StPetersburg, Moscow).Support: The Union of theatrical workers, The Centre for the support of Russian theatre abroad and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Ladies and gentlemen, on December 6, 7, 20,2008 we shall present a preview of the play “Trash”. The first night is to be held in the early February, 2009 during the Days of Modern Russian Drama in our theatre. The Theatre of Mark Weil “Ilkhom” is invited for December 9-14, 2008 to Nice, France with the last play by Mark Weil “Orestia” that’s why we postpone the Days of Modern Russian Drama till the late January and early February, 2009. Fragments of rehearsal of performance «TRASH» 11.11.08 - the first part Fragments of rehearsal of performance «TRASH» 1.12.08
ECSTASY WITH THE POMEGRANATE - based on paintings of Usto Mumin - by M.Weil, Dm. Tikhomirov
This Performance- a drama about beauty, surrounded by ever observing admirers, of art, bordering with vulgar human desires, the search for art, broken frames of morality, about strength and weakness and embracing ones self, as we are, about a difficult merger of two different cultures, vagueness of time, and revolution. In general, varying degrees of everything. ENEYA, 13 Oktober 2006, Blog AFISHA. more>>
Ladies and gentlemen! For your convenience several performances in our theater are being presented with English subtitles. Now you can not only enjoy the exiting play of our actors, and read the full text as well! No more guessing in regards to what the actors on stage are saying! We anxiously await your visit to the performance of the Ilkhom Theatre!
A multimedia music project dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. …Yes, here is a parable alternates with a historical document, which inexorably confirms a rebellious spirit of Mashrab, who selected a difficult, but absolutely unique way of the world and truth perception. This is the way of a free spirit, who does not take the truth from strange, even notable, hands, the way of a maskaraboz (a buffoon), who impartially tells fair accusations to unrighteous rulers’ face. «Mashrab and Mozart – the accord of geniuses» by Yuriy Podporenko, «Vecherniy Tashkent»á May, 2006
«…Thus, a polyphony of voices coloring the immense spectrum of human experience was born in Ilkhom Theatre… Aeschylus «Oresteia» became one of the biggest, most sophisticated, and most expensive (in terms of technology) productions of the theatre thus far. While that certainly wasn't the goal, it became necessary as we continued to explore the intricacies of this complex text. And while we strove for simplicity we could not help but yearn to explore all of the potential of its meanings… ...As we were wrapping up the rehearsals and doubts began to appear at every corner, hanging over its creators like the fatal «sword of Damocles», I knew then that it was a great idea to put «Oresteia» on Ilkhom's stage». Mark Weil, Ilkhom Theater Artistic Director
Ladies & Gentlemen! Now you can buy the original soundtrack to the production of «Oresteia» and enjoy its outstanding and expressive sound. The project of «Oresteia» was initiated by Ebert Fund, and German Embassy in Uzbekistan.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 2008- PRESENTATION OF THE 33rd THEATRE SEASON
Festival of the School of Dramatic Arts of Mark Weil's Ilkhom Theatre Dear friends, all events that will take place during the 33rd theatre season- will take place within the framework of the Festival of the School of Dramatic Arts- all of our graduates, and of course all of our teachers will celebrate 20 years of our school! (The first course was started in 1989) At the Presentation on September 12th- you can take part in a real theatrical holiday- a short guide to all that will happen during the 33rd season. Presentation on September, 12th 2008/1/Photo by Vitaly Evdokimov Presentation on September, 12th 2008/2/Photo by Vitaly Evdokimov Plans for the 33rd Theatre Season - 2008-2009
September 20, 23, 25, 27: DAYS OF MODERN FRENCH DRAMA
Project made possible by the frnch Embassy of Uzbekistan and the V. Hugo French Cultural Center. September 20, 23, 25 and 27th we will introduce the Tashkent public three French plays, which, maybe, are not completely new to the theatre world, but the dramatic class and themes reflected in them are worthy of the chance for the Tashkent public to see them on the professinal stage, at least in the form of a staged reading. In choosing the plays we went from the principal of intorducing Tashkent to the more meaningful and modern presentations in the European dramatic tendancy. 20th September - «Up-grade» by David Lesco(a solo perforance ìîíîñïåêòàêëü In French, prefomed by Reginald Ugenen (France) The visit by Reginald Ugenen was organized within the framework of the program «One actor, one author»by the Agency CulturesFrance, French operations for international cultural exchange. 23 September – «I was waiting at home, waing for the rain to fall» by Jean-Luc Lagars (Directed by Vecheslav Tzu)/Photo - 23.09.08 25 September– «Roberto Zukko» by Bernar-MarieKoltes(Directed by Boris Gafurov) Photo - 25.09.08 27 September – «Oscar and the Pink Lady» Eric-Emmanuel Shcmitt (Directed and performed by Marina Turpisheva and Olga Volodina) - Photo - 27/09/08
November, 4 - 8: DAYS OF A MODERN GERMAN DRAMA
scenic improvisation with support Goethe Institut in Tashkent and Embassies of Switzerland in Uzbekistan This is the fourth time the stage of our theatre is going to present scenic improvisations of nowadays German plays. We are extremely glad that just from very German plays our theatre commenced another wonderful tradition – familiarization of Tashkent audience with the world dramaturgic processes. This time we have selected plays telling you very interesting for actors’ incarnation stories. The characters are shown in their everyday private lives as if they do not have any impact on important social processes. Their lives resemble some micro-spaces in the big space of human being. And these very micro-spaces are the scenes of action.
4 - The Arabian Night by Roland Schimmelpfennig 6 - Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg/Photo by Vitaly Evdokimov 8 - The Proof by Lukas Bärfuss
January, 21-25: Festival of the Drama School of Mark Weil’s “ILKHOM” theatre dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the School
Twenty years ago, in 1989, Mark Weil enrolled students for the very first ILKHOM’s studio. Years passed… By now the studio has turned out 5 classes of students. Now lots of them fruitfully work in different countries of the world: Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, the USA, Italy… This season the students of the 6th School are to become actors but meanwhile they are still our trainées. We decided to hold a festive student week to present performances of the present school and performances joining hands of the School masters and graduates of different years.
21 – «Flights of Mashrab» 22 – «Zoo Stories» by E.Albee 23 – «Senses» by Anja Hilling 24 – «Clay Letters» by Sukhbat Aflatuni
On January 25, a two-time holyday – International Students’ Day (St Tatiana’s Day) and Master’s Birthday, there will be held the 2009official graduation. Last year we decided that from then and on we would make presents for our Master. In the year of the 20th anniversary of our School we present for him 13 new actors!
Let them remember our Master and everything he taught: - We are artist and creators not only for our roles but for our destinies as well, - Our emotions, sensuality and dreaminess are able to bear their fruit providing we work like horses, think critically and wish constructively, - We must be individuals even if it runs counter to any general opinions.
…And - the most important – we must believe in our abilities, live hoping for a better future and love the past our teachers, creators of our theatre, gave us.
So well, January 25 – “Watch out! Studio 6!” class concert.
27 January-4 February: Days of Modern Russian Drama
The Ilkhom Theater under the auspices of the Embassy of Russian Federation in Uzbekistan, “Roszarubezhcenter” in Uzbekistan, The Russian Fund and The Russian Cultural Center has a unique possibility to present some super modern texts to Tashkent’s audience. Plays written by best Russian playwrights during last two years will be presented on the stage of our Theater. These will be: “The Down-way” by Oleg Bogaev (2007), “The Traffic Jam” by Ksenia Dragunskaya and “Titiy, The Impeccant” by Maxim Kurochkin (2008). A culmination of the Days of Modern Russian Drama will be a premier of the production “The Trash” based on the play by Mikhail Durnenkov. After each stage impromptu and the premier production discussions with audience will be held. All spectators are invited to participate.
On 1 February 2009 – a lecture on modern drama and theatre process in Russia will be held at the exhibition hall of the Theater. The lecture will be held by Pavel Rudnev, Moscow theater critic and Art-director of the Meyerhold Center. Also, there will be conducted a meeting with playwrights Ksenia Dragunskaya and Mikhail Durnenkov. The event will start at 3:00 p. m.
February 27 – March 4: THE DAYS OF AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURE
supported by the Embassy of the USA to Uzbekistan
February 27 – Aisel Balich, JAZZ-CONCERT (with participation of Tyler Polamski) March 1 – Scenic improvisation after drama by Imam Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Johns) «DUTCHMAN»(improvisation directed by Boris Gafurov and Marina Turpischeva) March 3 – scenic improvisation after stories and poetry by CHARLES BUKOVSKI(directed by Anton Pakhomov) March 4 – Concert of the State Choral Group of Uzbekistan «SPIRITUAL NIGHT»
The programme is subject to slight amendments. Detailed information is coming soon.
ILKHOM THEATRE ITINERARY: A TOUR TO THE USA: MARCH – MAY; GERMANY: JUNE
Dear friends! We publish the detailed schedule of the Ilkhom Theatre 2008 tour in the USA. Dates of tours in Germany will be announced soon. A tour to the USA will take place with the support of / Sponsors of the Company supported the staging of the production: Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project; a program administered by the New England Founfation for the Arts with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Doris Duke Charitable foundation; the Ford Foundation, the Embassy of the United States of America Nelson Partners Corporation; RWE NUKEM Inc. ; Avialeasing
MARK WEIL-S PLANS FOR THE ILKHOM THEATER IN THE 32ND SEASON
Ladies & Gentlemen!
Here we publish the plans for the 32nd season of Ilkhom Theatre made by Mark Weil and sent to us from Seattle in early July. We sincerely hope that with our determination and your continuous support, none of the plans made by Mark Weil will have to be altered in any way. We wish to assure you that HIS THEATER will exist for more than one season. In addition to providing us with a highly detailed schedule for the 32nd season, He also left us with general plans for the 33rd Season as well as project ideas for several years following. We intend to follow through with all of his plans and ideas, as we understand that to best serve His Memory is to continue His work, to justify His hopes and dreams and to live up to the expectations and work ethics he instilled in our characters.
We will keep His productions alive and His spirit will always remain inside of us. With the passing of Mark Yakovlevich, the existence of His Theater will not cease. This is how He brought us up, His pupils: to continue to serve Art despite any misfortunes or hardships that may occur. We will continue to work just as He would want us to – today and always.
The Ilkhom Award» was founded in 2007 by the Ilkhom Theater and remained within the framework of the Theater. In autumn of 2007 «The Ilkhom Award» was named after Mark Weil. This theater season Mark Weil planed to develop the Award as a project crossing the borders of one theater and covering different types and genres of the art. According to His idea, the Award would have become an annual forum, where community of Uzbekistan could mark the most outstanding achievements in the sphere of culture, art and mass media. One of the most important components of the forum became freedom from political and market demand-supply situation. Being a social and non-commercial forum, the Prize will mark works in the sphere of culture, art and mass media for its real artistic and social significance. This theater season Mark Weil planed to develop the Award as a project crossing the borders of one theater and covering different types and genres of the art. Famous actors, directors, composers and artists will consist of the Jury of «The Mark Weil’s Ilkhom Prize». March 1, 2008 an award ceremony of the Award will become a culmination.
«COSCOM» company - The General Sponsor of the «THE ILKHOM AWARD»
Mark Weil usually tried to spend his birthday with his family in Seattle, WA. Sometimes he met his birthday journeying between Seattle and Tashkent. On the rare occasion that he happened to be in Tashkent, he would always celebrate his birthday with great modesty. His home would only be visited by those who came of their own accord to present him with a gift… It was impossible to persuade him to celebrate his 50th or 55th jubilee publicly or colorfully – it was not his style :-). This year we decided to follow this tradition and not organize any pompous evening of magnificent speeches or fanfares. Not only because there has been such little time between grief and celebration, but because we felt it more appropriate if this evening was celebrated in the style of «Ilkhom» – lightly and poetically. For our memory of him and our sorrow for his loss burn bright and always will. He shared his light with us all of His life. Our intention is to merely present our gifts to our Master. We will read His poems and poems dedicated to Him. We will sing His songs and songs dedicated to Him. We will perform passages and sketches from the productions created by him, including the Christmas evenings. And surely enough, we will present some surprises as well!
On September 12 The Mark Weil “Ilkhom” Theatre is going to open its new season. 
Translation by B.PASTERNAK, A.CHERNOV
Admission to Studio 7
«He came to us with the rain. We were all surpriesed when he arrived. 
On October 23 leading actors of The Theatre by Mark Weil “Ilkhom” and graduates of the 5th and the 6th drama schools began the production of the play 
This Performance- a drama about beauty, surrounded by ever observing admirers, of art, bordering with vulgar human desires, the search for art, broken frames of morality, about strength and weakness and embracing ones self, as we are, about a difficult merger of two different cultures, vagueness of time, and revolution. In general, varying degrees of everything.
Ladies and gentlemen!
A multimedia music project dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Festival of the School of Dramatic Arts of Mark Weil's Ilkhom Theatre
Project made possible by the frnch Embassy of Uzbekistan and the V. Hugo French Cultural Center.
scenic improvisation 
Twenty years ago, in 1989, Mark Weil enrolled students for the very first ILKHOM’s studio. Years passed… By now the studio has turned out 5 classes of students. Now lots of them fruitfully work in different countries of the world: Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, the USA, Italy…
The Ilkhom Theater under the auspices of the Embassy of Russian Federation in Uzbekistan, “Roszarubezhcenter” in Uzbekistan, The Russian Fund and The Russian Cultural Center has a unique possibility to present some super modern texts to Tashkent’s audience. 
supported by the Embassy of the USA to Uzbekistan
This December the Theatre of Mark Weil “ILKHOM” is invite to take part in 
Ladies & Gentlemen! 
Mark Weil usually tried to spend his birthday with his family in Seattle, WA. Sometimes he met his birthday journeying between Seattle and Tashkent. On the rare occasion that he happened to be in Tashkent, he would always celebrate his birthday with great modesty. His home would only be visited by those who came of their own accord to present him with a gift… It was impossible to persuade him to celebrate his 50th or 55th jubilee publicly or colorfully – it was not his style :-).
