The opening night for the folk performance based on Pyotr Ershov’s tale “The Humpbacked Horse” was in January of 2007 directed by Artistic Director of the theatre, People’s Actor of the Russian Federation Yury Osherov. The production designer – Yury Namestnikov.

The fairytale by Pyotr Ershov “The Humpbacked Horse” - one of the most favorite fairytales has been celebrating almost two centuries’ anniversary nowadays. Its presence to folklore, lightness and delicacy of rhyme has provided this fairytale with vast popularity both among children and adults. The idea of St. Petersburg’s student  Pyotr Ershov to write “The Humpbacked Horse” was born in his mind after reading the fairytales by Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin in 1834. Eventually we have a joyful fairytale about brave Ivan – a peasant’s son, a stupid Tsar and about a miraculous humpbacked little horse. A. S. Pushkin highly appreciated the fairytale by Ershov. The fairytale contains quite many folk motives. An original, musical, and deeply romantic fairytale is about dream, about the fact that if you believe in dreams with all your heart they will necessarily come true. Ivan got a wonderful present from his life – a faithful friend Humpbacked Horse. Seeking for happiness they together come through numerous endurances and adventures.
Actors:

Foma, Ivan the Fool	Shchedrin Anton Yurievich
Erema, Humpbacked horse	Loginova (Lisenko) Olga Dmitrievna
Milolika, Fire Bird, Tsar Maiden	Voloshina Zhanna Vasilievna
Merchant Sidor Karpovich, the Tsar	Emelyanov Valery Nikolayevich Skachkov Dmitry Valentinovich
Ivan’s brother Gavrilo	Karabanov Alexey Nikolayevich
Father	Varenov Alexey Nikolayevich Egorov Vladimir Vladimirovich
Commander	Bykov Andrey Valentinovich Konev Vladimir Ivanovich
Duma’s Deacon	Kuzin Artem Evgenievich
The Moon	Polozova Marina Ivanovna Shanina Victoriya Victorovna
The Sun	Divlyatshin Ruslan Sergeevich
Soldiers, Fire birds, Salesmen, crowd on the square	Zhukova (Shindina) Maria Alexandrovna Nikulina Svetlana Igorevna