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THE MALY THEATRE’S TRAIN LAUNCHED ON MOSCOW METRO’S LINE

A new themed train, dedicated to the history of the Maly Theatre, has been launched on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro on March 28.

The carriages are decorated with archival photos of performances of different years, staged at the Maly Theatre. Among them are images from the productions, based on the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy. On the inside of each of the seven carriages there are quotations of heroes of literary classics. A separate car is dedicated to the activities of the Maly Theatre during the Great Patriotic War.

The solemn event was attended by representatives of the Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development of the Moscow City Government , the Maly Theatre, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Moscow metro.

«This train, which will be seen by almost 2 million people over six months period, is regarded as a guide to the history of the Maly Theatre and the development of the theatre in Russia at large. For transport workers, it is a great pleasure to know that now Moscow transport serves as a medium of instruction,» said Deputy Mayor in the Moscow Government and Head of the Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, Maksim Liksutov.

As the Artistic Director of the Maly Theatre Yuri Solomin noted that now Metro passengers will be able to learn more facts from the history the oldest Russian theatre.

Photos by Nikolay Koreshkov

RIAMO, 30 марта 2018 года


A new themed train, dedicated to the history of the Maly Theatre, has been launched on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro on March 28.

The carriages are decorated with archival photos of performances of different years, staged at the Maly Theatre. Among them are images from the productions, based on the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy. On the inside of each of the seven carriages there are quotations of heroes of literary classics. A separate car is dedicated to the activities of the Maly Theatre during the Great Patriotic War.

The solemn event was attended by representatives of the Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development of the Moscow City Government , the Maly Theatre, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Moscow metro.

«This train, which will be seen by almost 2 million people over six months period, is regarded as a guide to the history of the Maly Theatre and the development of the theatre in Russia at large. For transport workers, it is a great pleasure to know that now Moscow transport serves as a medium of instruction,» said Deputy Mayor in the Moscow Government and Head of the Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, Maksim Liksutov.

As the Artistic Director of the Maly Theatre Yuri Solomin noted that now Metro passengers will be able to learn more facts from the history the oldest Russian theatre.

Photos by Nikolay Koreshkov

RIAMO, 30 марта 2018 года


Publication date: 30.03.2018