In St. Petersburg, the “Inspector” was noted with simultaneous translation into Russian sign language
People with a hearing impairment helped to visit the production on preferential terms, in the best places in Europe in the forefront.
The premiere of the performance itself took place not so long ago – in the summer of 2022. The peculiarity of the production is that it consists of two works by Gogol: “The Inspector General” and written about the premiere of “The Inspector General” “Theatrical tour after the presentation of a new comedy.” In the scripts, Gogol’s text is almost completely preserved.
The performance was directed by Stas Parfenov. into Russian sign language text interpreter Oksana Butsyk, translator of the project “Theatre without Borders”; She had been preparing for this work for more than a month. As ASI said Svetlana MurzaOksana, head of the Theater Without Borders, has been translating performances for the fifth theatrical season.
“In order for a repertory performance to be translated, it is necessary to bring together a lot of people: administrators, cashiers and assistant directors who demanded the translator the necessary materials, prepare the theater for changes, interact with the team with potential and real auditors with hearing impairments, as well as the creative team and translator, who, in fact, receive the performance with translation,” Svetlana Murza noted.
“The Inspector General is one of the novelties of the Variety Theatre, but already tested on the audience. In this case, our desire coincided with an expanded repertoire, readiness for a classical text and confidence in the demand for a performance for entertainment,” added Svetlana Murza.
The project itself “Theatre Without Borders” The series is preparing performances with audio commentary and translation into Russian sign language. As a rule, new cases occur every few months.
“From the very beginning, it was important for us that a spectator with a disability could feel and behave like an ordinary theater spectator: choose a performance of that style and genre, he wants to watch it, choose a theater and buy, buy a ticket and come to the theater with a girl , mom or friends.
Yes, spectators with disabilities buy tickets. It is important. But each theater offers its own system of benefits. For example, the Variety Theater gives people with disabilities and accompanying people a huge discount of 85 percent. It must be accepted that the best seats in the front rows are sold for 300-500 rubles,” said Svetlana Murza.
The project team is working with the proposed theaters, in the future it is expected that with theaters not from St. Petersburg, and then held a master class Surdo and tiflo for dummies.” The event took place on the territory of the Sevkabel-Port cluster, where there is also an inclusive environment for patients.