the Art Director of theatre “the Contemporary” Galina Volchek will be buried at Novodevichy cemetery near the graves of Mark Zakharov, Oleg Tabakov and Leonid Bronevoi. This was reported “Interfax” a source in city hall.
Farewell to the artist will be held in the theatre “Sovremennik” will start on 29 December at 10:00, 11:00 there will be a memorial service.
Volchek died on December 26 at the Metropolitan hospital. There she was taken a few days ago in connection with pneumonia, but her condition only worsened.
according to RIA Novosti, “Contemporary” is still closed, but fans have already started to bring flowers in memory. Bouquets left on the steps of the theater, the staff refused to comment, walking past the journalists to the service entrance.
“We rightly called her “mom.” And now we’ve been orphaned,” — said in a message to staff published on the website of the theatre.