Where to go in May with children. Entertainment. The Hermitage Garden is a fabulous place
The theatrical geography of Moscow is absolutely inexhaustible. Wherever I have watched performances: in basements and attics, on construction sites and on roofs, in parks and squares, but I have not yet had the opportunity to do so in a botanical garden. And now this hole in my theatrical experience has been patched up: I visited the S.A.D. Theater! His performances are staged in the palm greenhouse of the Apothecary Garden. The location is both original and convenient - after all, it is the center of Moscow. And it so happened that in a new theater for me that day they showed a new play for the theater: “Arcadia” based on the play “Harold and Maude” by Colin Higgins. I’ll say right away that in comparison with the cult film by Hal Ashby, the play has been shortened, reworked, the emphasis has been placed somewhat differently, and even the name has been changed. So the film and the play should not be compared - they are simply different works of art. But the creators of the play nevertheless drew a parallel with the film: one of the sad dolls appearing on stage at the end of the play is the spitting image of Harold from the film. Performance by the Theater S.A.D. called "Arcadia" - Arcadia is an image of an ideal country, a happy and carefree life. But the life of the characters in the play is by no means cloudless and simple. Harold, who has lost his taste for life and organizes performances on the theme of suicide, his mother, who perceives her son not as a person, but as property, strange girls dreaming of marriage and a sexually preoccupied priest - they are all on the dark side. And on the light one is Maude, whom Harold meets at the funeral. Maud is full of love of life and optimism; the world, still painted in black and white tones for Harold, Maude paints in all the colors of the rainbow. Wonderful actors take part in the play "Arcadia". First of all, this is Agnes Peterson - her soft smile, look full of interest, aristocratic appearance create a vivid image of Countess Mathilde de Chardin, who lived a long life, survived the war and a concentration camp, lost her beloved husband, but not her taste for life. Kirill Rubtsov - Harold - his hero is an infantile young man who entertains his mother with imaginary suicides, and when she stops reacting to them, he switches to those around him. Svetlana Iosefiy - Mother is a selfish chicken who does not see a person in her son. Gorgeous Alena Ivanova is a fireworks of acting, she is bride number one, bride number two, and a funny seal. Sergei Savluk is a priest, Father Finnegan, who thinks little about God and his flock, and more and more about his own desires. The play's designer Maria Volskaya and costume designer Grigory Korobeinikov created from almost nothing on a half-empty stage both the philistine world of Harold's mother's house and the romantic abode of Maude, and the main culprit in the birth of the play, director Vladimir Kimmelman, allowed us to look into the souls of extraordinary people - Harold and Maude. Performance "Arcadia" of the S.A.D. Theater probably did not leave indifferent any of the spectators who came to the Apothecary Garden that evening, and made me want to watch other performances of this extraordinary theater.
Exhibitions
The coal-black cat Behemoth walks around the rooms, and among the exhibition there are pages of manuscripts, photographs and even a primus stove.
Liza Arzamasova and the charity foundation “Old Age in Joy” presented the play “If only I were...”
The play premiered on October 1, International Day of Older Persons. I was lucky enough to visit it on December 14th.
On the stage of the Theater. M.A. Bulgakov, the audience, entering the hall, sees an environment corresponding to the life of two ladies of respectable age - Lyuba and Katya.
Under a cozy lampshade there is a table covered with a crocheted tablecloth. A shelf on which trinkets dear to housewives are placed. Old receiver. And a sea of photographs - the walls are covered with them, they stand on the bookcase, and just on the floor.
All things here are like silent witnesses of the era and such different human destinies.
Liza Arzamasova:
“We don’t have much scenery. To be honest, we would have told this story without decorations, but we turned to the audience for help so that there would be living things on stage: not antiques, but those that “did not fit into the new life.” This is how the simple interior of our heroines appeared.”
And these heroines are so different!
Lyuba is trembling, defenseless, completely unadapted to life, living only with her dreams (of a house on the seashore).
Katya is down to earth, tenacious, she knows everything, puts everyone in their place. And in her soul there is still a bitter resentment that there was no elegant dress with sequins in her life...
Fate brought these women together when they were little girls.
There was a war. Lyuba and her mother and Katya, who joined them, lived in the basement. One day, THEIR (as Katya insisted) mother came there with a “princess” - a lovely six-month-old girl was lying in a pink blanket...
And these childhood memories were so strong that they had an indelible impact on the entire future life of Lyuba and Katya.
A very kind, bright and touching performance.
For the first time I see Marina Dyuzheva on stage, whom I love very much for her film roles. She simply masterfully coped with the role of the eighty-year-old dreamer Lyuba.
I am more familiar with the work of Olga Lapshina (Katya) and admire all her roles - from the comedic roles of Alexander Blok’s mother in Captive Spirits and Marceline in Figaro to Ekaterina Korkina in Kantgrad.
Liza Arzamasova performed in the play “If only I were...” not only as an actress (that very “princess”), whose final monologue simply pinned the audience to their seats and almost crawled after the end of the performance for a long time they could not even move, but also as the author of the idea, producer and director.
A small role went to the popular actor and, concurrently, Lisa’s friend, Philip Bledny, and he did not get lost in this “woman’s kingdom.”
But the main thing is a CHARITY PERFORMANCE!!!
For several years now, Liza Arzamasova has been a trustee of the “Old Age in Joy” charity foundation.
Previously, Lisa repeatedly took part in charity performances of other foundations (including with Olga Lapshina she played in the play “Touchables” with the participation of deaf-blind artists).
And now her dream has come true - to bring to life a performance dedicated to people of the older generation and staged for their benefit.
Liza Arzamasova:
“I wanted to do the play for a long time. Firstly, I myself take part in two charity performances of other foundations. Well, I really wanted our Foundation to also have its own theater project, to give the viewer the opportunity to learn in an unobtrusive way about the problems of our clients, or more precisely, about a small part of these problems. Try to touch their souls with our statement from the stage. But the most important thing: to give the opportunity to help our grandparents to those people who themselves cannot go on long trips to nursing homes, but would really like to somehow participate in their lives. Everything here is simple and emotional: you not only go to the theater to see artists who may be interesting to you, but you also know that buying a ticket will bring you benefits.”
Therefore, if you want not only to look at the phantasmagoric story invented by Lisa, which is based on a short story that she once heard in one of the nursing homes, enjoy the deep, strong, simply bursting performance of the actors and experience a whole range of feelings, but also In this way, to join in helping lonely people who are forced to while away the rest of their lives in a nursing home, I sincerely advise you not to miss the next showing of the play “If only I were...”.
Scroll to the end of the page and you will find here a list of places where you can go with your child in Moscow on weekends. There are an unimaginable number of them! The main question in this case becomes what to choose. After all, the capital hosts wonderful events for children in a variety of entertainment genres almost every day. These include circus performances, performances, thematic excursion programs, exhibitions in museums, and much more.
In this article we will outline directions that will help you organize an independent holiday for your child and tell you where to go with your child in Moscow on weekends and holidays.
Take your child to the circus and Moscow theaters for children
Going to the theater with your child on weekends or weekdays is not only an opportunity to please your child, but also to please the child who is inside you. Of course, theatrical performances for adults will not be entirely appropriate in this case, but visiting a puppet or other children's theater will be the right choice.
Thus, the children's book theater with the fabulous name “Children's Lamp” is included in the list of the best highly professional Russian puppet theaters. His repertoire includes productions based on the works of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Hans Christian Anderson, Rudyard Kipling, Samuel Marshak and many other children's authors.
Another famous puppet theater in Moscow, where you should definitely go with your child on holidays or weekends, is the Puppet Theater named after. Sergei Obraztsov. It is here, according to experts, that almost the best collection of dolls in the world is collected! Children, as well as adults, will receive an unforgettable experience not only thanks to the skill of local artists and the puppets lovingly cared for by them, but also thanks to the technical equipment of the theater: transformable walls, surround sound and even a sliding curtain. The repertoire includes a sufficient number of fairy-tale productions that are familiar to many from their childhood.
The Russian Youth Theater, known as RAMT, was created in 1921 taking into account the fact that its main audience was to be children. Thus, at that time it was both the first and the only children's theater in Soviet Russia. This focus has been partially preserved, and today the theater shows young visitors both fairy tales familiar from childhood, and more serious things for children, including folklore and classical works.
Of course, our review would be incomplete if we did not talk about Moscow circuses, which both children and adults would love to go to. There are 5 of them in the city today: both world-famous and little-known. The circus program in any of them gives visitors a good mood and a lot of positive emotions.
The most famous, of course, is the Moscow Circus of Yuri Nikulin on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. About 2,000 spectators can simultaneously watch his performances, but the circus arena on Vernadsky Avenue can accommodate much more (about 3,400 seats). The latter has 5 changing arenas, including water and ice. Both circuses are widely known far beyond the borders of our country. So, you can safely go here with your child and see the world’s best circus performers and their unforgettable performances on weekends and holidays.
And here is a list of the most popular theaters and circuses where you can go with your child in Moscow for the weekend:
Go with your child to Moscow parks and zoos
Today there are a great many parks in the city of Moscow, where you can definitely go with your children not only on weekends, but also on holidays, and even on weekdays. There you can not only breathe fresh and clean air, but also exercise on the playground, take advantage of interesting attractions, experience beauty, and even interact in petting zoos with “our little brothers” - animals.
Thus, the “Apothecary Garden” organizes “Lessons in the Botanical Garden” for its little visitors, and also provides the opportunity for children who sincerely love nature to join the “Young Ecologist Club”.
Among the most popular parks where both adults and children can take a walk are Gorky Park and Sokolniki Park. The organizers offer quality recreation for every taste, including attractions, skating rinks, roller rinks, exhibitions and much, much more.
The theme park “Reserve of Fairy Tales” has opened not far from the capital. It will be fully commissioned in 2017, but already now you can visit it on weekends and holidays, and just have a picnic here with your children, walk along the alleys, take pictures in front of the heroes of popular fairy tales, of which there are many installed here.
It is impossible not to mention in our review of where you can go with children in Moscow such a classic vacation spot as the Moscow Zoo, the number of guests of which is approaching 8 thousand individuals. Excursions, lectures and seminars are held here for children and adults.
In recent years, petting zoos have been an interesting format for spending leisure time with children, where you can not only look at animals, but even feed them, pet them, and hold them. Can you imagine the delight this causes in children who are brought here by their parents?
List of the most popular parks and zoos in Moscow where you can go with your child for the weekend:
Go to museums and exhibitions for children in Moscow
Of course, when asking yourself the question of where to go with your child in Moscow for the weekend, you cannot ignore the thematic museums of the capital, where both you and your child can usefully spend time expanding their horizons.
Among the huge list you can find museums in which children under 7 years old are admitted completely free of charge. These include Biological and Darwinian.
An interesting exhibition is the Ice Age Museum, which is dedicated to this stage in the development of our planet. Boys will undoubtedly enjoy museums of old cars and railway transport, and girls will be delighted with the doll museum on Pokrovka.
With the little ones you can go to the museum of folk toys, to the Soyuzmultfilm exhibition, to a theatrical performance at the Buratino-Pinocchio museum, where you can also organize a children's party.
In the Experimentanium, a museum of entertaining science, a child is allowed not only to touch, but also to conduct experiments with various exhibits. Interactivity is also possible in the museum of old Soviet slot machines, which many of today’s adults played, and now their children and even grandchildren will be able to play “sea battle”.
You can’t miss the Moscow Planetarium, which after reconstruction has turned into a kind of scientific complex and which not only children, but also adults want to go to on the weekend.
We would also like to recommend to you the Masterslavl park, where a child can manage his budget in a playful way, learn about government administration, get involved in various professions and learn about his own work.
Finding a place to go with a child in Moscow is not at all difficult. It’s difficult to choose from a huge number of theaters, amusement parks, circuses, exhibitions, and shows. Every day, a string of events in the capital replace each other, many of which take place in Moscow on an ongoing basis.
The choice of entertainment directly depends on the age and preferences of the child, as well as the season. The restless ones will probably want to burn off their energy by sliding down the slides or frolicking in the water park, while the young erudite would rather choose a scientific and educational exhibition where they can touch everything and conduct experiments on their own.
Moscow amusement parks
Numerous amusement and amusement parks will become a universal place for children's recreation in Moscow, since there is hardly at least one child who does not love the world of toys, magic and fun. Entertaining games in amusement parks are an excellent way to diversify children’s leisure time, cheer up, “tear” the child away from gadgets, and perhaps even help the child choose a future profession.
One of the new trends in interactive learning and children's leisure is the emergence of experimental centers for children, where they can touch exhibits, conduct experiments on their own, and try themselves in a profession. One of the largest amusement parks in Moscow is KidBurg, which has 4 branches in different areas of the city (MEGA Belaya Dacha, Riviera, Zelenopark and Lubyanka). The mini-city regularly hosts exciting interactive events, exhibitions, and classes. Kids can immerse themselves in the world of professions and master a new business, which they will be proud to tell their friends about.
At any time of the year, entertainment for every taste can be found in the Skazka family park. In the summer, children will enjoy riding on carousels and attractions, visiting a cinema, petting zoo or rope park, and in winter they will go ice skating, play with huskies and be transported back to the Ice Age.
Children love active games in the fresh air, especially those in which they can fool around and run wild. In the game of bumberball, you can not only knock down your opponent, but also stand on your head and roll around the field. You can play bumberball in Moscow at the Avangard stadium.
The best way to get crazy, throw out pent-up energy and work on coordination of movements is while jumping on a trampoline. Children from 3 years old can study independently; children from 1.5 to 3 years old must be accompanied by their parents.
The cost of jumping is from 200 rubles/30 minutes.
The best trampoline clubs and centers in Moscow– in our review.
You can have a fun and sporty time with the whole family in indoor rope parks "Panda parks":
in and in . The latter, by the way, has a cool Rollglider attraction, which simulates the feeling of free flight.
Cost of visiting – from 550 rub./per route (children)
The network of “European gymnastics centers” - in, Kurkino, and on - classes are held in the recreational gymnastics format. During the classes, children perform exercises on gymnastic equipment, interesting acrobatic elements, stretching, jump on a trampoline, overcome obstacle courses, climb a rope, practice with balls, hoops, jump ropes and in a foam pit with colored cubes. In addition, gymnastics can be done children with special needs.
Cost – from 1,400 rubles/lesson, trial lesson is free, subscriptions are cheaper
You can go rock climbing at the Moscow climbing walls: , Children's rock climbing school "O'SKAL" on, . For example, children can climb the façade of a modern residential building or a medieval castle, or even climb up the sheer neck of a giraffe.
You can spend your time actively in family adventure parks. 2500 square meters of entertainment: labyrinths, trampolines with a climbing wall, football and basketball courts, tubing, which you can ride in any weather, a jumping cushion and two bungees, a laser maze.
Tickets – from 300 rub./hour
For those who want to fly, there are attractions in Moscow - wind tunnels, we recommend . Children from 4 years old are accepted on the flight.
Cost – from 250 rub./1 min, from 1,500 rub./2 min.
And at VDNKh you can spend time in Russia’s first project of VR simulators, mixed reality and games in VR glasses. There are many interactive attractions using cutting-edge digital technology.
Tickets – from 900 rub.