A show that reveals resonance despite a foreboding appearance.
Anatoliy Ogay’s solo drama with music about Soviet Koreans deported to Kazakhstan who later join the communist struggle against Hitler’s armies is a passionate, compelling, stylish show, propelled along by Ogay’s magnetic performance. And it’s a work that ultimately moves beyond its historical specifics to become a moving, captivating interrogation of family love, cultural identity and technology.
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OTOSOTR: WWII monodrama to be performed in UK and US
“This work started as a pure desire to pay respect to the memory and bravery of my grandfather. However, during the process of creation, as an artist I began asking myself questions about why I am doing this. I knew that the story was strong and the form is interesting to explore, but with the main question being unanswered, the whole thing would be pointless….” CONTINUE READING…
2019 ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition Winners Announced
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2019 ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition. Selected from nearly 700 entries… OTOSOTR (On the Other Side of the River) by Anatoliy Ogay has been named the runner-up.
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War, peace and identity – the history of a lost nation of Soviet Koreans
The little-known plight of around 200,000 Koreans who were deported on the orders of Josef Stalin has led to them being described as a “lost nation”. The displaces families and others were forbidden from even talking about the deportations until Glasnost in the 1990s.
A working-class heroine
Working-class Scottish voices are hard to find on the Fringe, and it’s unusual to find them as well done with a rare intensity, and in seeming like a thoroughly modern reflection on family and identity, mediated through Ogay’s lyrical but driven 21st century music…
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“Какого цвета твой паспорт?”: казахстанец эмоционально обратился к властям
Казахстанец Анатолий Огай снял видеообращение властям на английском языке. В своем эмоциональном монологе парень раскрывает все наболевшие проблемы, которые сейчас есть в Казахстане.
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Казахстанцы в Америке. Анатолий Огай и Татьяна Ким.
То до того, как я приехал сюда у меня было очень узкое понимание того, кто такой актер, что такое театр или театральная пьеса.
ПРОДОЛЖИТЬ ЧИТАТЬ…
Казакстандык монодрама «Фриндж» фестивалынын атайын сыйлыгын жеңип алды
2012-жылы чоң атамдан алган маектин негизинде жасалган эмгек. Спектаклде анын каардуу 43-жылы башынан өткөргөн окуялары чагылдырылат.
АРЫ ҚАРАЙ ОҚУ…
Актер из Казахстана снялся в американской пародии на “Трансформеров: Последний рыцарь”
Режиссером видеоролика выступил Джулиан Хиггинс («Доктор Хаус»), а главного героя сыграл актер из Казахстана Анатолий Огай.
