1999-2000

Daniil Strakhov’s theater career was given a new start in 1999 upon a meeting with Andrey Zhitinkin in the Mossovet Theater. The latter offered Daniil a tiny role of the Moroccan Prince in The Merchant of Venice. This has kept Strakhov busy for another two years, when another offer came: Chikatilo, the maniac.     

   ‘I’d lie if I said I cared a little then as to whom play and under whose direction. Say, if Kirill Ganin waved to me, I wouldn’t go, unlike Petr Phomenko... Of course, the possibility to revive my theater career was of the highest priority. Was I aware of provocative nature of Zhitinkin’s plays? Yes, I was. As much was I aware of their short life. The permissiveness the theater and other arts are exposed to today is, in my opinion, much due to the time we live in, and there’s nothing we can do. However,  while my outer self was willing to accept all these roles, my inner one was crying for   something more insightful.  When playing    <<back                                                      forward>>