Theater of Nations canceled screenings of the play “The Tale of the Last Angel” with the participation of Akhedzhakova

The Theater of Nations announced the cancellation of the performance of Andrey Moguchiy’s The Tale of the Last Angel with the participation of Leah Akhedzhakova on April 26 and 27. IN press release The theater claims that the performances have been canceled “due to technical reasons.”

Earlier, for the same reasons, the theater canceled performances in St. Petersburg. In the middle of April became knownthat the Ministry of Culture did not renew the contract with Andrei Moguchiy, who served as artistic director of the Tovstonogov Theater.

Liya Akhedzhakova, 84, has repeatedly spoken out against the Russian military operation in Ukraine. March 10 actress in a letter toldthat the Department of Culture supported the decision of the head of Sovremennik Yuri Kravets to exclude her from the theater’s repertoire. She later reportedthat on the same day she resigned of her own free will. She has served in the Sovremennik troupe since 1977. Vitaly Borodin, Head of the Federal Project on Security and Anti-Corruption asked initiate a treason case against Leah Akhedzhakova and recognize her as a foreign agent.

Laura Keffer