Aleksey Mishakov

An actor who performs for a children's theater lands a leading role in a new production.

Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.

Ksenia had a painful experience in her past. In the present, she leads a lonely life. She makes ASMR videos for a popular YouTube channel. One of her regular viewers, Philip, invites her to meet in person. For him, ASMR is a fetish; but, for her, it turns into something more.

The self-taught inventor Kostylin, convinced of the expediency of his latest work, this time decided to seek recognition to the end.

He is an actor who does not fit the role. After another failed casting, he decides to hang himself, but even here life makes its own adjustments.

Exploring the creative agency of backstage professionals at one of Moscow’s iconic stages, the RAMT. Across four chapters, this work probes the boundaries of artistic expression: where does the technician’s own creativity begin?