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1985

Giraffe Royal

London... Paris... St. Petersburg...

Welcome to the theatre of the last spectator!!!

a little more than a theatre

theater of dreams

Or maybe it's

you

who are we

Terry Gilliam...
Jerzy Grotowski...
Slava Polunin...

we began our creative journey
embraced the tradition of the masters of the past
created our own style
resonating harmoniously in the present moment

and we are the guardians of this connection

We are from the time when there was a Theatre and there was a Spectator

2025

1985

1985

Mother

Father

Daughter

Clowness. Costumes. Logistics.

Clown. Producer. Technician.

Clowness. Makeup. Director.

Larisa Lebedeva

Stanislav Varkki

Anna Varkki

«…when they are on stage, it seems that if the world slowed its pace or the earth began to rotate in the opposite direction. Their performances are mysteries. Without saying a word they reveal the soul to the audience and those who saw them once can no longer remain indifferent...»

THEATRE FAMILY

“…a combination of fantasy and dream…“

we present

the rarest root traditions of world theatre

in which the living essence of the profession is preserved

Bearers of canonical traditions:

- philosophical theatrical clowning, inherited from Slava Polunin
and old school clowns

- french white clownery from the heiress of the circus dynasty Madona Bouglion

for the first time in history! successors of two lines of the most mysterious of genres

clownery

special attitude to form

"Giraffe Royal" artists are recognized as leading specialists in the industry

pantomime... associative pantomime... plastic drama... commedia dell'arte...

это понятно всем и каждому

pantomime

рantomime

body language

professionals who have gained first-hand knowledge from the great masters of the past. on the Street since 1988

the way of a street actor

the path of a street artistwork "for a pittance"... festival format... a city-wide performance... merging with nature...

square...park theatre... urban spaces... natural landscapes...

street

theater

from breakdance to modern, from ballet to butoh, from folklore to rave...

dance

and as a basis

components of dance

rhythmic. emotional. choreographic. ritual.

creating an atmosphere in which miracles are possible

Carnivals are:

White

Red

Black

change in the state of the public on the scale of a hall... street... city... region...

processions. actions. games.

carnival culture

and as environment

stages of the creative path

"...like Slava Polunin, they came from the famous studios of plastic arts and pantomime, long before perestroika and the "new studio boom" that gave birth to an entire movement of "new theatricality" and "non-verbal theater" in Leningrad at that time..."

"...leading specialists in several rare and now dying fields...the last bearers of the canons of mastery and professional ethics..."

now

town hall period

star period

start

detailed biography

Studio Laboratory Lenconcert
International level
Grotovsky
Duet Theatre
First performances

Terry Gilliam
Konchalovsky
Theatre Olympics
Golden Bear Berlin
Madona Buglion Paris
Polunin London

Art Monastery
Laboratory research
Testing
Formation of own genre
Staging of performances
Mastering different formats

Opening of the theatre venue
theatre tours

Mystery play
"On the way to the Heart"

A journey through the worlds through the symbols and images of the four elements - Fire, Water, Earth and Air.

Performance - extravaganza
"Christmas"

The most powerful generator of Christmas mood. For children - a holiday, for adults - a ticket to childhood.

The carnival performance
"Dreams of a Storyteller"

is the theater that has existed since the beginning of time, when Petrushka, Pagliacci, Troubadours spoke without words about the eternal...

Theatre performances

We are in the movies. Our cinema..

an important tool for the formation of images of the theater, laboratories with masters of photography, throughout the creative path

video...

cinema...

Photo...

watch

some videos of the theater from different years

the video certainly doesn't convey the atmosphere and energy of what's happening in the theater, but

Film "House of Fools" special prize of Venice Film Festival. S. Varkki leading male role.

Film "Clown" Silver Lion of the Venice Film Festival. S. Varkki second role.

Film "Pharaoh" Golden Bear of the Berlin Film Festival. Visual concept and production of the film

some of our projects:

genres directions co-production experiments

Butterflies with Shusaku Takeuchi

in the Hermitage

Rave theater

The legendary performance "Love"

with Alexey Aygi at the Philharmonic

7 days and nights in the Peter and Paul Fortress

with Terry Gilliam in Israel

Tambov City Day in Carnival Format

with Slava Polunin launch of the "Snow Show"

Variety Number project

The great Master and Teacher of Pantomime, Modris Tenisons

“Astonishingly expressive and eloquent moments of a great celebration!
A feast of creativity!
A profoundly striking thought embodied in a refined and exquisite form!”

“…thank you for the generosity of your soul, for the heavenly gift of bringing miracles to life, for your highest mastery and refined taste. Behind it all shines the light of true erudition.”

“How wonderful you are… How glad I am that your art, in all its forms, is present in my life. You truly heal souls, make those who have never reflected before start to think — and you bring deep inner peace to those in turmoil and distress. Thank you for everything!”

“It is rare to encounter such determination, such devotion to creativity and sheer capacity for work, such an ability to combine grotesque with lyricism, tenderness with humor, sorrow with a smile.
This small ensemble — having trained in one of the most brilliant physical theatres of the 1980s, Terra Mobile, hardened by countless tours around the world as street performers, and having experienced both the joys and hardships of clowning in Slava Polunin’s troupe — masters both drama and comedy, contemporary dance and raw street performance. They embrace both avant-garde and folklore, breakdance and the subtleties of psychological acting. And above all, they love everything new, unexpected, and yet unexplored…”

Art historian and critic Ekaterina Vasenina

Audience member and artist Lyudmila Svarchevskaya

Audience member and journalist Lyubov Vasilina

Theatre scholar, critic, and expert in pantomime and clowning Natalia Tabachnikova

“Theatre Giraffe Royal is full of mysteries and secrets, yet they are simple and deeply human, understood by everyone, because they radiate the energy of KINDNESS AND LOVE.
This is the GOLDEN TREASURY of contemporary art…”

press, words of professionals and sincere statements of viewers...

words

Theatre is the only art form where the means of expression is a living person... not a canvas, not a pixel, not an idea, not a skill, not a memory...

THEATRE is only here and now...

transmission of information and line maintenance

what's next?

laboratory

school

save humans as a species...