Yury Butusov’s acclaimed staging of King Lear at the Satirikon Theatre (featuring a towering performance by Konstantin Raikin) is an intense, surreal deconstruction of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Far from a traditional period piece, Butusov weaves a chaotic, visually stunning tapestry of madness, betrayal, and generational decay. Utilizing bold symbolism, grotesque imagery, and kinetic energy, the production portrays the collapse of order as a tragic, swirling descent into the void, capturing the agonizing fragmentation of a king and his kingdom. (Presented in Russian w/ English subtitles)