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Jekyll & Hyde, Russia - Review pt. II

Saint Petersburg, Muzcomedy, 30.12.2022

cast:

Jekyll/Hyde - Roman Dryablov

Lucy Harris - Nataliya Dievskaya

Emma Carew - Elena Gazaeva

John Utterson - Aleksandr Sukhanov

Sir Danvers Carew - Andrey Matveev

Lady Beaconsfield - Manana Gogitidze

Spider - Alexey Shtykov

Nellie - Mariya Reshavskaya

Simon Stride - Vitaliy Golovkin

This was the second (and also my last) Jekyll & Hyde. (I’ll put a link to the review of the first day here:)

So once again I went to the theatre a bit earlier than necessary because I had two huge bags of presents with me that I still wanted to deliver. Just like the day before, I coincidentally met Elena in front of the theatre before the show and already gave her a new year’s present. This time we also met Nataliya before the show. Then I met up with friends and we used the remaining time to take some photos in the theatre. The interior and decorations there really are gorgeous. The show itself was just as amazing as the day before, so I’ll just sum up some of the differences. First of all, I didn’t sit in the партер but in one of the benoir lodges. The best thing about the first lodge of the benoir is definitely that several of the characters (for example Jekyll, Utterson and Emma) walk past you during the show. Unfortunately, the people in front of me were all rather tall and the person next to me was writing text messages and playing games on her phone with sound and bright display on, which was somewhat annoying but nevertheless, it didn’t bother me from enjoying the show and the experience of actors running past me multiple times). Apart from the different seat, the main difference was definitely that Jekyll / Hyde was not played by Kirill, but by Roman Dryablov this time. I have to admit I hadn’t seen a lot of him before, since he only started playing the role in 2021 but I was really impressed! While Kirill’s Jekyll seemed more introverted, work-focused, Roman’s portrayal was more of a sociable, loving man at first and he got visibly colder and more isolated over the course of the show. I also think his Jekyll showed a trace of regret for his distant, behaviour, especially towards Emma. Also the engagement scene was just adorable. Roman and Elena really had incredibly good chemistry and her portrayal of Emma also was a bit different than it was the day before (but just as great), so that their characters went perfectly well together. As I said, Kirill’s Hyde really embodies an evil, murderous killer, who, despite, a trace of insanity and rage, mostly strategically thinks about hus murders up to some extent, while Roman’s Hyde just goes wild. He was more of a savage, a maniac, driven by lust and fury. He legit scared me at some points. Kirill reminded me of a serial killer whereas Roma reminded me more of a beast. I enjoyed both portrayals though. Especially since I watched the show two days in a row I think it’s great that you don’t always watch the same musical over and over again, but there’s always something new and different and every performer brings a unique portrayal of their character on stage. Lena’s Emma was amazing again, in my opinion even more touching than the day before. Knowing that this was her very last performance one of her lines in the wedding scene «настал тот день и час, чтоб отпустить» (the day and time to let go has come) and during 'in his eyes' «будь горда, уходи, забудь о прошлом» (be proud, leave and forget about the past) really made it impossible for me to hold back my tears. And the whole ‘once upon a dream' and wedding ceremony left me with teary eyes as well. And seeing her tears at the curtain call just literally broke my heart.. Natasha’s Lucy was also great again,she was by the way the only one of the three main characters who didn’t have her last performance that day : ( One of my favourite scenes this time was definitely when during (I think it was alive) Hyde accidentally ripped off the belt of her gown and then returned it to her before dangerous game with the words “I think that’s yours”. The expression on her face was just priceless xD I also really liked Sukhanov as Utterson. And Manana’s Lady Beaconsfield was so entertaining! In general, the whole cast was great. Curtain call was really sad to watch, knowing it was the last performance of two of the main characters. Overall, everything was great though and I am so sad this beautiful show had to leave..❤️‍🩹

stage door: this time I luckily managed to get out of the theatre earlier, so we secured really good places at the stage door right next to the exit. I cried an awful lot because I just hate saying goodbye to all of these wonderful people, but fortunately my friends and Elena comforted me <3 and we still did some photos together. Also I had my programme signed by Elena and Roman✨