Tag: Michail Bulgakov

One for us Bulgakov devotees: Valeriya Pushkareva’s Margarita’s Crown Of Shadows

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Adapting one of the most respected and influential novels of the last century to a one woman play on a pub theatre stage is a bold thing - and Valeriya Pushkareva has dared to do exactly that. Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master And Margarita tells (among many, many other things) about Satan's arrival in communist Russia, about … Continue reading One for us Bulgakov devotees: Valeriya Pushkareva’s Margarita’s Crown Of Shadows

Bulgakov’s The Fatal Eggs at the Barons Court Theatre

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On my continued mission to absorb Mikhail Bulgakov’s complete oeuvre on stage I am in the vaults under the Curtain Up pub in Kensington which hosts the Barons Court Theatre underneath. It is my first visit here and after a German version in Zurich and a subtitled performance in Russian the first time I see … Continue reading Bulgakov’s The Fatal Eggs at the Barons Court Theatre

Mikhail Bulgakov’s Morphine at The Cockpit theatre – in Russian with English subtitles

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I was introduced to the oeuvre of Mikhail Bulgakov a year ago when I spontaneously decided in Zurich to go to the theatre and this blog found its direction. Since then I have checked for Bulgakov plays wherever I travelled, listened to audio plays and listened to Franz Ferdinand B-sides in a completely new context. … Continue reading Mikhail Bulgakov’s Morphine at The Cockpit theatre – in Russian with English subtitles