What Roman Viktyuk brought to the theater and how we will remember him

On October 27, it became known that the director Roman Viktyuk is in hospital with coronavirus. However, soon the press service of the theater reported that Roman Grigorievich was recovering and recovering. He was getting better, he was already preparing for discharge, but suddenly his life ended. The director was 84 years old.



This year takes away great people one by one, which cannot but grieve. Today's edition. "Site" It tells us what Roman Viktyuk is famous for and how we will remember him.

Roman Viktyuk Roman Grigorievich was born in October 1936 in Lviv, which was then still part of Poland. Parents, looking at the way his son leads yard friends, always knew that he would be a director. And Viktyuk himself never doubted this.

After school, he entered GITIS, studied at Anatoly Ephros and Yuri Zawadsky. It is worth noting that in his later career he stubbornly continued the work of his teachers. In his youth, he managed to work at the same time in the Kiev and Lviv TYUZ, and also teach. And his first performances “It’s Not That Simple” and “The City Without Love” impressed the audience.

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Publication from Roman Viktyuk Theatre (@teatrviktuka)



In theatrical circles Roman Viktyuk has long gone has become a legend. He will go down in history as the one who opened many theater doors. He removed taboos, spoke directly and created his own unique theater. The director put more than 200 performances. He worked in theaters of Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, USA, Italy and many others.

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Publication from PsychologySelf-knowledge (@smysl.pro)



He will be remembered as a director who did brave things. Alla Sigalova, the choreographer of the play The Handmaid, noted: This was absolutely the brightest person. The hooligan is the most perfect, sometimes impossible to stop, bold and prowling with some incredible desire to live, call and absorbed in love for the theater, for ballet, for dance, for everything beautiful, for such special beauty.

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Publication by Daniil Kalatura|Dan Kalatura (@danya_orfey)



And that's what it was. Viktyuk was known as a provocateur and scandalist in theater circles. In his performances, he was not afraid to talk about what was forbidden. What his play is worth "The Handmaids" It is based on a play by Jean Genet, in which all roles were played by men. He liked to challenge society.

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Publication by Sergey Vlasenkov (@svlas)



“Maids” did not leave the posters for more than 10 years. The cult production received world recognition. The most successful performances of Viktyuk are considered “The Royal Hunt”, “Tattooed Rose” and “The Old Actress”. Critics also praised the production of Romeo and Juliet. He managed to bring something new even in such a hackneyed story.

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Publication from Galin, Moscow (@galina_trua)



This is how we will remember this great director: a shocking, bold, scandalous, but truly brilliant creator. Once again we have lost a unique person and director. However, he will continue to live in his productions, in the theater that he created. Bright memory, maestro!