Description of the attraction
The St. Petersburg Theater of Hand Plastics "Hand Made" is a rather young collective that creates in an original genre. The main means of expression used by theater actors are textures and hands.
The Hand Made Theater traces its history back to mid-2007, when it was organized from the 2007 graduates of the SPbGATI Puppet Theater (acting department, class of A. O. Mindlin). Currently, the theater troupe consists of graduates of SPbGATI of different years, as well as graduates of the Irkutsk theater school. The artistic direction of the hand plastics theater is carried out by the Honored Artist of Russia, two-time laureate of the Golden Soffit, associate professor of the puppet theater, Andrei Valerievich Knyazkov. The theater director is Svetlana Ozerskaya.
The theater does not have its own stage. The repertoire of the theater of plastics of hands includes puppet-plastic performances for adults and children, drama performances, choreographic miniatures.
Today "Hand Made" presents the following performances: "Viva, Italia!" We are peaceful people."
"Viva, Italia!" immerses the audience in the events of Italian history. The action of the production convinces us that such seemingly different countries as Russia and Italy have a lot in common. Color, original space solutions, ultraviolet lighting, various textures create the feeling of computer graphics.
"Fun - an hour, or TIME FOR FUN" is staged in the genre of plastic performance. The performance is highly appreciated both in Russia and abroad. The performance is a laureate of the Art Theater Festival held in Cologne in 2005, a laureate of Theater Meetings in Bulgaria in 2006, and the owner of the Grand Prix of Theatrical Games for the Gertrude Cup.
"Circus in the palm of your hand" is an amazing performance during which wonderful transformations take place: the heroes of the production appear literally out of nothing. Acrobats, animal trainers and animals, gymnasts, clowns emerge from bright scraps of fabric - the remains of a tent of a circus that had left long ago. There is a lot of music in the performance, it makes each plot memorable and expressive in its own way. "Circus in the palm of your hand" is interesting for both adults and children. Children will be attracted to it by simple tricks, and adults will discover imagery and symbolism.
"Playing in 4 hands, or How to make everything out of nothing" is a pop performance aimed at an adult spectator. With this performance, the theater troupe traveled to 12 countries of the world, while receiving the Grand Prix of the Festival of Laughter in Casablanca. Various genres and techniques, such as illusionary tricks or puppet miniatures, are used in the pop numbers that quickly replace each other. Some numbers of this production are often used in a variety of television programs on central TV channels.
“We are Peaceful People” - a play based on the stories of Andrei Platonov, consisting of 2 parts. In the first part “At the dawn of a foggy youth, the difficult fate of a girl passes before the viewer, who was left without parents early. Her comrades become closer to her own aunt, and she finds faith and care in the person of Lenin, whom she does not know. A fragile girl, at the cost of her own life, saves people's lives.
In the second part of the play "The Return", the theme of forgiveness and reconciliation is raised. The play tells how in a person, despite the hardships of the Soviet regime, kindness and the ability to sacrifice oneself for the sake of others remain.
Both stories are told by the "Hand Made" actors easily, but at the same time wisely and not without humor. That is why the performance is accepted by the audience with great success.
Theater "Hand Made" constantly takes part in high-profile events in the life of St. Petersburg and Russia, in international theater and film festivals: the International Theater Festival "Theatrical Web, Golden Sofite", "Harlequin", the International Festival "Cook-Art", Annual theater games for the Cup Gertrude, International Festival of Puppet Theaters "Anthill", International Theater Festival "Open Space" Theaters from Nothing ", International Festival of Creativity of Children with Disabilities" Step Towards! " and many others.
