The 1920s. The old world is breaking down, a new one is being built. The focus is on a colony for troubled teenagers. On one side, juvenile delinquents; on the other, educators led by Anton Semyonovich Makarenko, tasked with a practically impossible mission: to raise people who are useful to society...
Will the educators succeed in gaining trust and reaching the souls of these teenagers who have seen life, reject any authority, and view force as the main criterion for justice?
Directed by Egor Chernyshov and adapted by the renowned playwright Yaroslava Pulinovich, the play explores one of the most difficult periods in Soviet history. It is an honest conversation with the audience about the relationship between the individual and the collective, about love and trust, the role of an educator, and the core principles of the Makarenko method, which is based on fostering diligence, a sense of responsibility, and collectivism.
This is an educational and captivating performance, where today's students can see their peers from the beginning of the last century on stage and look at themselves through the prism of time.
