Performance of the play “One Eight Eight One” in St. It will not take place at the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. This issue was reported to the socialbites.ca correspondent, who applied under the guise of a buyer, in the institution’s safe.
“No, it won’t happen. Check the information on the website or you can call the administration,” said the theater employee.
Deputy artistic director of the theater Ekaterina Kapatsun did not comment to socialbites.ca about the information about the cancellation of the show.
“I can’t comment on anything,” he said.
The day before, on January 12, St. Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, announced on his Telegram channel the cancellation of the play “1881” based on the play by Boris Akunin (known as 1881). foreign agent in the Russian Federation) at the Alexandrinsky Theatre. According to Vishnevsky, his assistant bought a ticket to the show on January 14. Screenings were planned for January 12, 13, and 14. However, on January 12, he received a letter that the show was cancelled.
Rosfinmonitoring added Georgiy Chkhartishvili (known under the pseudonym Boris Akunin) to the list of terrorists and extremists. Later, the RF Investigative Committee filed a lawsuit against the author for fake news about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. On January 12, the Ministry of Justice added the writer to the list of foreign agents.
Previously at RAMT approved Cancellation of performances based on the books of Boris Akunin.