MOSCOW, June 13 Honored Artist of Russia, theater and film actor Maxim Averin left the Satire Theater for Lenkom Mark Zakharov, said Lenkom director Mark Varshaver.
«He (Averin) is coming to us from the new season. Although he is already playing in two plays with us. Now he will rehearse the role of the king in Hamlet,» said the agency's interlocutor. Varshaver added that several years ago he offered Averin to join the theater troupe, he has now accepted this offer.
Earlier, the website of the mayor and the government of Moscow reported that People's Artist of Russia Evgeny Gerasimov will become the artistic director of the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire. In addition to his new position, he retained the post of artistic director. Theater on Malaya Ordynka.
Later, the press service of the Satire Theater reported that Gerasimov came with his director Pavel Nestratov.