Demons

Year: 2025
Country: Russia
Stage Director: Andrey Prikotenko
Stage Designer: Olga Shaishmelashvili
Lighting designer: Konstantin Binkin
Music by: Evgeniya Terekhina
Assistant Director: Ekaterina Zhirova
Production Assistants: Natalya Yarushkina, Mikhail Emelyanenko
Cast: Aleksandr Polyakov, Nikita Vorobyov, Aleksandr Zhulikov, Viktor Zhludov, Elena Zhdanova, Konstantin Telegin, Elena Drinevskaya, Denis Kazantsev, Andrey Chernykh, Andrey Yakovlev, Kamil Kungurov, Darya Emelyanova
Genre: theatre production
Runtime: 185 min.
Age: 18+
A complex, multi-layered work about young idealistic nihilists, Dostoevsky’s novel was written under the influence of the revolutionary movement of the 1860s–70s and was based on the real-life murder of student Ivanov by members of the Nechayev circle. Dostoevsky, himself once a young revolutionary, crafted a cautionary tale about the dangers of an ideology of violence and negation. 

“Dostoevsky’s novel, which is both profoundly disturbing and darkly funny in parts, is incredibly challenging to adapt for the stage. Probably the most difficult of my career,” says Andrey Prikotenko. “All the narrative threads converge in the figure of Stavrogin—here, we encounter a situation where people project exaggerated, almost mythic qualities onto someone who doesn’t truly possess them, and he unwittingly becomes the center of attention…” 

The score for the production features music performed by the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra under the baton of conductor Arseny Tkachenko.

Awards & Festivals:

  • Winner of the I International Summer Theatre Festival in the category "Event Performance"
  • Included in the list of the most notable productions of the XXXII Competition Cycle (2024-2025 season) of the Russian National Theatre Award "Golden Mask"
  • Winner of the theatre award "Paradise" in the categories: "Best Director" (Andrei Prikotenko) and "Best Supporting Actor" (Konstantin Telegin for the role of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky)


Вадим Рутковский

5 February 2026

Городские легенды

Спектакль Андрея Прикотенко «Бесы» – многофигурная, панорамная версия романа Фёдора Достоевского – в новосибирском театре «Красный факел» и на киноэкранах в проекте TheatreHD