Published on: 2026-10-13
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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To discover the dark side of the soul or to get lost in the labyrinth of a fictional world, to fall victim because of an innocent game or to do everything for a loved one. Theater directors affiliated with the capital’s Department of Culture, turning various plots into mystical stories. The service “Mosbilet” offers an autumn collection performances with a mysterious, enigmatic, and gloomy atmosphere that will allow the viewer to be transported to another reality for several hours.
“The Master and Margarita. A Love Story”
Dates: October 24 and November 21
The Moscow Academic Satire Theatre turns to one of Mikhail Bulgakov’s most mystical works, “The Master and Margarita.” At the center productions — a love story for which the characters are even ready to make a deal with the devil.
The play contains many unexpected twists and spectacular scenes. One of the most vivid is the ball at Satan’s with bright multimedia projections, special effects, and colorful decorations.
Director and stage director — Anton Nepomnyashchy. The play features Yevgeny Gerasimov, Igor Lagutin, Yanina Studilina, Yuri Vasiliev, and other theater actors.
“An Ordinary Miracle”
Dates: October 24, November 6 and 22
The Moscow Drama Theatre named after N.V. Gogol invites you on a magical journey through a phantasmagoric universe. It was created by the main character of the production. “Ordinary Miracle” — a great writer whose inner demons, fears, and repressed emotions were embodied in characters with their own personalities and wills.
The fictional world will captivate not only the audience of the play but also its creator and his wife. The couple will have to rediscover the story of their love and try to find their way out of the labyrinth they themselves created.
Director-producer — Pavel Parkhomenko. The play features Dmitry Vysotsky, Lyubov Konstantinova, Sergey Muravyov, Alexander Denisov, Polina Rezaeva, and other actors.
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Dates: October 24 and 30, November 4 and 20
It is said for a reason that another person’s soul is darkness. The protagonist of the play experienced this metaphor firsthand. “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, which is playing at the ‘School of Dramatic Art’ theatre. The production is based on the novella of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The story begins with an almost innocent experiment: the kind and successful Dr. Jekyll decided to explore the boundaries of his own morality. But as soon as he separated light from darkness, Hyde appeared—a double deprived of conscience, doubts, and fear of the law. Gradually, the scientific experiment becomes a trap for the doctor: Hyde grows stronger and dominates, while Jekyll becomes a prisoner of his own shadow.
The theme of doubling is revealed in the play as an anxious exploration of the soul’s underground — that which is repressed, suppressed, but never disappears.
Director, playwright, and musical arranger — Gleb Cherepanov. The play features Andrey Kharenko, Evgeny Polyakov, Konstantin Sakovich, Anastasia Privalova, and other actors.
“Black Blizzard”
Dates: 6 and 7 November
Absurdist horror takes you further away from familiar reality “Black Blizzard” — a joint project of the theaters “Praktika” and “Dmitry Brusnikin’s Workshop” based on the play by Anastasia Bukreeva.
An office worker from Sverdlovsk is sent on a business trip from the capital to the northern town of N., where everything is steeped in mysticism. In the fierce blizzard, one can encounter bears and dead miners, and while escaping from the cold — true love. The northern world is wary of strangers and reluctant to let them go.
In search of the way home, Sverdlov walks around the entire city and talks to random passersby. Gradually, the conversations begin to break off and overlap, the familiar reality blends with a viscous timelessness, and a black blizzard approaches the city, sweeping away all landmarks.
In this strange journey, the hero returns to his family history, notices patterns of “Russiness” in those around him, and gradually learns to accept hidden feelings. Thus, through the mystical plot, a story of love emerges, born despite external circumstances and the biting frost.
The play is built on repetitions reminiscent of a fairy tale or a magical spell. And the northern city on stage is enclosed in a metal pavilion, the contents of which change throughout the performance.
Director — Sergey Shchedrin. The roles are performed by Ilya Barabanov, Konstantin Bobkov, Yuliya Djulai, Vladimir Kanukhin, and Polina Povtar.
“The Salem Witches”
Dates: 23 October, 12 and 23 November
Mysticism at the Theater on Trubnaya is hidden in the play “The Salem Witches” based on Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible.”
The plot begins with girls playing witches in the forest, which turns into real accusations of witchcraft. People who have known each other all their lives are now ready to send their neighbor to death just to save themselves. At the center of this madness is the main character — farmer John Proctor. He must choose: to confess to what he did not do and survive, or to uphold the truth at the cost of his own life.
The decorations accurately convey the atmosphere of a 17th-century American village — with thatched roofs, wooden fences, and wells.
Behind the plot about medieval superstitions lies a story of how fear can destroy society, and universal belief in lies can turn an innocent person into a criminal.
Director — Dmitry Astrakhan. Starring Alexander Ovchinnikov, Miroslava Mikhailova, Alexey Surensky, Evdokia Germanova, Vadim Kolganov, Alexander Mokhov, and other theater actors.
“Heart of a Dog”
Dates: October 17 and 30
Recently, the premiere of a play took place at the Nikita Mikhalkov’s “Workshop 12” theater “Heart of a Dog”. In the new interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s famous story, the director speaks about human nature and searches for the boundary between moral and artificially created.
While preserving the literary foundation and ironic intonation of the work, the creative team addresses issues that remain relevant today. The story turns into a theatrical exploration of human identity and the creator’s responsibility.
One of the main expressive means becomes movement. The plastic design is arranged so that the actors’ gestures do not just complement what is happening, but help to reveal the concept of the production. Special attention was paid to the atmosphere of medical practice in the 1920s-1930s. Medical specialists were involved in the work, who helped to more accurately convey the details of the professors’ daily lives and the clinical logic of the era.
The director is Sergey Gazarov. The play features Fyodor Lavrov, Alexey Shevchenkov, Viktor Rakov, Danila Dzygar, Sergey Stepanchenko, Nadezhda Filippova, and other troupe members.
“Flowers for Algernon. 30 Years Later”
Dates: October 24 and November 18
The “Modern” Theater invites you to continue the story of Charlie Gordon from Daniel Keyes’ work. It can be seen in the play “Flowers for Algernon. 30 Years Later”. The authors moved the main character several decades into the future to show how his fate could have unfolded in the modern world.
Once, Charlie volunteered for Dr. Strauss’s experiment on artificially enhancing intelligence. After brain surgery, the hero’s IQ began to rise rapidly, but gradually his personality and connection with the surrounding world were lost. By Charlie’s side remained Alice, who accepted him as he was, and his friend Fay, who showed him real life. However, love and happiness remained unattainable for the hero. Thirty years later, Charlie must once again find his place in a changed reality.
At the heart of the production are the relationships between a man and a woman, the desire for love, understanding, and acceptance. The technological nature of the modern world is highlighted by original decorations and lighting effects.
Director — Yuri Grymov, playwright — Maria Sulchani. The performance features Alexander Serikov, Lyudmila Pogorelova, Konstantin Konushkin, Nadezhda Menshova, Alexey Bagdasarov, Alexander Borisov, and other actors.
You can purchase tickets for these and other mystical performances of the capital’s theaters without markups and commission in the service “Mosbilet”. To participants loyalty programs They also propose using “Mosbilet” points to pay for purchases in order to receive a discount of up to 20 percent. And after attending the event, 10 percent of the ticket cost will be credited to their bonus account in the form of points.
You can learn about other mystical events in a special selection of the “Mosbilet” service. Here are gathered performances, concerts, as well as lectures, quests, and master classes.
“Mosbilet” is the official service on the mos.ru portal, through which you can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, concert halls, and other institutions under the jurisdiction of the city’s Department of Culture, without commissions or markups. The service page features announcements of the most anticipated events, season premieres, activities within city festivals, exhibitions, performances, and concerts taking place in the upcoming weekend.
You can purchase tickets directly through the service. For events requiring personal data for ticket purchase, entering the last name, first name, patronymic, and visitor information is not necessary: if the user has a standard or full account, it is enough to leave the default document selection as Mos ID. Mandatory fields must be filled manually if the account is simplified. When booking tickets for young guests through the service, all data must be entered only by the accompanying adult. For children under 14 years old, only the last name, first name, patronymic, and date of birth can be indicated; showing the child’s document when attending cultural events is not required.
In addition, authorized users will be able to open QR codes in the mobile applications “My Moscow”, “My id” and “Moscow State Services”.
Find out about performances, concerts, exhibitions, and other interesting events on Mosbilet’s official channels at “Max” and “Telegram”.
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