S.Ch.: I was very lucky to get a chance to work with Declan Donnellan, a pillar of international theatre. We were introduced by Evgeniy Pisarev, my good friend and a theatre director. Evgeniy himself co-directed this production with Declan. For the first time in my theatrical career, I encountered the monothematic concept in music: the director’s idea was that all musical intonations in the play were to derive from a lesser-known 19th-century romantic song. In the final march, which closes the whole performance, you can hear those intonations too. The show had a long and happy stage life. For more than 10 years it was performed in many different theatres and at various theatre festivals all over the world.