War and Peace

The second and final performance of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic novel, by celebrated director Rimas Tuminas. Reviews suggest that most of the grandeur and complexity of Tolstoy’s work has been retained, with the Napoleonic Wars as the background for the lives, ambitions, hopes and sorrows of the three families portrayed: the Rostovs, the Bolkonskys, the Kuragins. It’s performed in Russian with English surtitles.