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Vakhtangov and the Russian Theatre – Options & Progress

A summary update on the film Vakhtangov and the Russian Theatre and overall progress of the Russian Theatre Film Series. Vakhtangov is now in production with plans to shoot in the house museum of Vakhtangov in Moscow as well as other locations throughout Moscow. Archive footage is almost assembled and script on its way to being finished. As I work through the material the script is opening out and starting to “hang” together better with each refinement. Reading Dostoevsky’s ”The Devils” (or Demons) in parallel with all the research material as a supplement to the atmosphere I would like to create in the film.

There is a possibility of a Vakhtangov event in the UK although this is still undecided but if it does happen we will travel to the UK to film this event and possible conduct some interviews as well. This will either be included in the film or maybe as supplementary material as part of the overall film project.

Another line of action being considered is to raise finance through Kickstarter or Indiegogo although nothing has been decided on this question. Other avenues for finance are being considered as well. One of the advantages of a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign is that as well as attracting finance it may raise awareness of the series and for future films in the series which will include another documentary on the influence of carnival on Russian theatre and a feature type adaptation of Blok’s “The Fairground Booth”. Two previous films in the series include: “Meyerhold Theatre and the Russian Avant-garde” and “Stanislavsky and the Russian Theatre”.

Connected with all this we are preparing publicity material – some short films, blog posts and other internet material. Gradually, therefore, bringing all the elements of the project together and blending them together step by step.

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“Chekhov Country” Revisited – a winters tale

Now the holiday is officially over here in Russia its time to take stock and make a few announcements. The long holiday – Christmas and New Year in Russia extends until 14th January ending officially with “old” New Years Day – gave me plenty of time to consolidate my thoughts about future projects and work. Continue reading

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Updates from Moscow about progress of theatre film project from Copernicus Films

Most of the day engaged in updating social media networks  but the second half of the day preparing new short film for Chekhov Country series  for uploading on to YouTube. Its the kind of the final bit of our stay out in the Russian countryside where I spent a few weeks working on the scripts for the Vakhtangov and Carnival documentary  and Bloks Fairground Booth for the Russian theatre series. Yesterdays blog Blok,Vakhtangov, Carnival and Theatre, explains in some detail what the outlines of this project will be. Getting the carnival script lined up and gradually pulling the pieces together for this part of the project is the next step as well as checking out the location for The Fairground Booth.

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