Translated by Kyra HeyeInspired by a story by Nikolai GogolDirected by Kirill Serebrennikov

Thalia Theater Hamburg
At a time when war in Europe brings death and destruction, the extraordinary production "The Viy" unites artists in the spirit of freedom. The Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov was one of the most prominent figures of the cultural resistance against the Kremlin long before the war in Ukraine. He was sentenced to years of house arrest in Moscow after a politically motivated court ruling and has been living in exile in Germany for over a year. Serebrennikov realizes artistically what is currently almost impossible in reality: international partnerships between artists who, regardless of their background, are united by the same values. He does this with the words of author Nikolai Gogol, who was born in the Ukraine in 1809.