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was a real holiday that Hesed Polina made for us, Day Center. On December
18 we visited the first night of Grigory Gorin's "Royal Games"
play in Lermontov Theatre.
The weather did not dispose to go anywhere - it was a real winter day
with a snowstorm, but no clients of the Day Center thought about staying
at home and not going to the theatre. It was so long ago that we could
miss the classes to go to the cinema or an exhibition of our favorite
painter.
And now we are slowly coming up to the familiar building. We are entering
the hall… How did the theatre changed! Plenty of people, noise, modern
design with old pictures, and permanent smell of the wings. It is nice
that the new generation also likes this place. Most of Almaty Jews gathered
there. We met our old friends and made new ones.
The play began. Our favorite pages revived on the stage. I could not take
my eyes away form queen Anna played by Anastasia Tyomkina. Suitable decor
and talented direction represented the atmosphere of the English court
in detail. I thank G-d for giving me a chance to live till the day that
thousands people see plays of Jewish playwrights on the stage.
We thank Hesed Polina, the head of Day Center program Tatyana Risman,
driver Sergey, and of course our dear Lermontov theatre. Hopefully, such
holidays will not be rear in the Day Center.
Raisa Fastovskaya (client of the Day Center program)
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