From the Author
“Kipling once said that ‘a locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made’, and I decided to follow his lead, and also write about it. My mind conjured up the long-forgotten and warm word ‘locomotive’, a bit hoarse, breathing out clouds of steam, smelling of coal even in wet weather. The locomotive led me to another joy – the circus, smelling of tarpaulin, sawdust and of something I would not like to call manure. The traveling circus of my childhood. So, these two motifs met – the locomotive and the circus. These were the things that seemed to have long disappeared and I felt a need to tell about that feeling of paradise, I’d once found myself in, not deserving it, and from where life had exiled me”.
Rezo Gabriadze
PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR AND ART DIRECTOR
REZO GABRIADZE
Running time: 75 minutes
Performers
Ermon – Zaza Papuashvili
Ramona – Nino Kasradze
Babakhidi – Aleksei Kolgan
Samarkandsky – Roman Kartsev
Keto – Rusudan Bolkvadze
Beglar – Ruslan Mikaberidze
Viktor –Zaza Papuashvili
Olga – Nino Arsenishvili
Old Man – Rezo Tavartkiladze
Gipsy – Nana Shonia
Clowns Uime And Vaime – Denis Surnov
Policeman – Davit Dvalishvili
Peasant – Badri Gvazava
Animators
Tamar Amirajibi, Badri Gvazava, Irakli Sharashidze, Niko Gelovani, Anna Nijaradze, Tamar Kobakhidze
Puppet Masters And Set Designers
Viktor Platonov, Luka Gonashvili, Aleksander Kheimanovski, Gela Jangirashvili, Aleksandra Luniakova, Oleg Ermolaev, Svetlana Pavlova, Giorgi Giorgobiani, Levan Kiknavelidze, Artem Ozerov, Avtandil Gonashvili, Tamar Chalauri, Tamar Kobaxidze, Nana Chezghia
Musical Directors
Rezo Gabriadze, Elene Japaridze
