the company
in alphabetical order

Alexey Dadonov Gavrila Pushkin, Pushkin's nephew / Shcheklalov, the Duma Scribe
Alexander Feklistov Boris Godunov, the Russian Tzar
Irina Grineva Marina Mnishek, Yuri Mnishek's daughter
Ilia Ilin Prince Vorotynsky / Russian Prisoner
Nikolay Khmelev Father Varlaam / Karela, the Cossack
Olga Khokholva Owner of the tavern
Leonid Krasovitsky Poet
Andrey Kuzichev Grigori Otrepyev, a young monk (The Lowry)
Sergey Lanbamin Prince Vasily Shuisky (Warwick Arts Centre and the Barbican)
Alexander Lenkov Father Misail / Nikolka the God's fool
Avangard Leontiev Prince Vasily Shuisky (The Lowry)
Nikita Lukin Tsarovitch Feodor, Boris' son / Russian boy
Evgeny Mironov Grigori Otrepyev, a young monk (Warwick Arts Centre and the Barbican)
Evgeny Plekhanov Sobansky / Bailiff
Dmitry Scherbina Semyon Godunov/ Prince Kurbsky
Oleg Vavilov Patriarch / Yuri Mnisheck, the Polish nobleman
Igor Yasulovich Pimen, the monk/ Pushkin
Elena Zakharova Tsarevna Xenia, Boris' daughter
Mikhail Zhigalov Father Superior/ Chief Bailiff/ Catholic Priest/ Basmanov, army leader

creative team

Director Declan Donnellan
Designer Nick Ormerod
Lighting Designer Judith Greenwood

Music Director Maxim Gutkin
Choreographer Irina Filippova

Declan Donnellan’s Interpreter and Literary Consultant Dina Dodina

Assistant Directors Evgeny Pisarev / Anna Kolesnikova

Technical Director Vladimir Kizeev
Stage Manager Ekaterina Cheremina
Lighting Sergey Timchenko / Sergey Govorushkin / Alexey Chesnokov
Sound Valery Antonov
Make-up Tatiana Abdullaeva
Stage Georgy Siprashvili / Dmitry Khodin
Wardrobe Nataliya Vedeneeva

Interpreter Anna Kolesnikova
Surtitle Adaptation Dina Dodina

Company Manager Olga Sharapova
UK Production Manager Martin Taylor

Tour Manager Svetlana Semenova
Foreign Projects Coordinator Galina Kolosova
General Producer Valery Shadrin

The 2001 production was a co-production between Chekhov International Theatre Festival, and Avignon Theatre Festival with the support of the European Association "Theorem", Brighton Festival and La Filature, Mulhouse, France.

With additional support from British Council, Moscow, British Embassy, Moscow, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Department for Culture of Moscow.