(Maqam –trance music)

Play A night at the inn “East-West” is based on a number of opuses, including “West-Eastern Divan” by Goethe, “Tattabubu” by Zulfikarov, “Layla and Majnun” by Navoi and “Sheikh Sanan” by Attar.

Late in the evening a wandering stranger comes to a stand-alone “East-West” and meets two men – Dervish and Royal carver. Deeply immersed in a conversation, they talked about love until morning.

One of the key moments of the play is appearance of a mysterious Guria, a personification of a number of different female characters that belongs to the other world.  She is an embodiment of a mystery and sensual image of seductive woman weaving thin webs of love affairs.

The play harmoniously combines fine classical love lyrics of eastern and western poets, and thus deeply touches the soul and makes everybody think about the complexity of the relationship between man and woman.

So, how will the main characters change by the morning? Will they feel reborn? Or may be broken? Spiritualized?…

The performance was created with the assistance of the Swiss Cooperation Office of the Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan.

The play opened on December 11 – 12, 2013.

The performance features captions in English.

Staging and adaptation – Ovlyakuli Khodjakuli

Scenography and costumes – Maria Soshina

Composer – Felix Yanov -Yanovsky

Choreographer – Anton Avrutsky

Translation from English to Russian – Yuri Zelenskiy

Cast:

Guria – Zilola Ruzieva

Viator – Vladimir Yudin

Dervish – Rustam Esanov

Royal carver (Kravchy) – Abror Juldashev