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MOSCOW, June 10 Svetlana Khodchenkova returns to the theater stage after a long break. The actress is rehearsing the main role in the production of «The Waiting Room.» In the play, her partner was Alexander Metelkin. Producer and head of the private Atelier theater Elshan Mamedov said this in an interview.
“Svetlana Khodchenkova has much fewer roles in the theater than in cinema, but almost all of them are in our theater. For the first time on the professional stage, Svetlana appeared immediately after graduation in the play “Moulin Rouge Hospital,” which had great audience success. Further works are “Santa Claus is a bastard”, “Theater with and without rules”, “Love Story,” Elshan said.
According to him, “The Waiting Room” is the Russian version of the play La Valse du hasard by the famous French playwright Victor Aim, whose works have been staged in many countries.
«You find yourself between two worlds. Where next? What after? Depends on how your life was lived. Your future is in the absolute power of an Angel. Wise, funny, sincere. He invites you to play a game. The rules are simple: talk about your life extremely honestly, avoiding platitudes. Do you agree? But remember – even one wrong step can change everything. There is a chance to reach heaven,” this is how the plot of the new play was described at the Atelier Theater.
“Svetlana Khodchenkova noted: “The Waiting Room” for me is exactly the story with which I want to return to the theater after a rather long break, and a new acting challenge. We have to combine two ways of existence – cinema and theater. It's complex and very exciting.»
The director of the production was Pavel Parkhomenko. «The theme of the play really resonated with me — the awakening of consciousness. The heroine for me is a sinner, her whole life is a mistake upon a mistake. Sometimes you need to reach the very bottom to wake up,” he admitted.
Premiere shows of the play “The Waiting Room” will take place on October 14 and 15 at the Ermolova Theater.