Thus spoke... The Chief Prosecutor

Based on Vladimir Sorokin (7th part of the novel “Norma”)

Trial - schizophrenia with split personalities of all present, including jurors-spectators

Prosecutor – Grigory Kofman (text, action)

Accused – Grigory Kofman (sound, action)

Text-music-fusion in seventy-two minutes

The works of Vladimir Sorokin provide an excellent opportunity to unfold multi-layered situations

on stage. This happens thanks to a modern mythological image, which can be designated as the

Ghost of the Culture of Humanity. That is, this is not a full-blooded physical character, but a kind of

spirit, molded from the traces-imprints of the most important achievements in the history of

Culture. It manifests itself through the richness of linguistic associations, the absurdity of the

characters’ behavior, and it interferes with shocking elements in a seemingly completely traditional

theatrical action.

Thus, in the “Speech of the Chief Prosecutor,” the prosecutor is dealing with the Case of a certain

Defendant, who is essentially accused of placing, as a result of his scientific research, the art of

the twentieth century above all other achievements of human culture - above Leonardo,

Shakespeare, Mozart... Forced, however, during the analysis In this case, to operate with specific

cultural evidence and turn to the non-standard logic of the accused, the speaker himself from time

to time turns into the Accused.

Age control: 18+