The head of the Yekaterinburg Kolyada Theater, playwright, director and actor, Honored Artist of Russia Nikolai Kolyada is ready to cancel the tour in Moscow after requests were received to replace the theater’s main artist Oleg Yagodin. Kolyada wrote about this on his social network page.
According to him, a call was received from the Moscow “Strastnoy Center” with the demand to “cancel the tour of the Moscow Kolyada Theater or let Kolyada replace Oleg Yagodin in all performances,” they say, discredited the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”
“The trial against Oleg Yagodin took place three years ago. At the trial, Oleg apologized for saying something wrong, wrong, wrong and paid a fine of 40 thousand. And then Oleg cursed himself a thousand times more for what happened.” – writes the playwright.
Kolyada noted that after this Yagodin already participated in the theater’s tours of Moscow and also traveled with the theater to Mogilev and Sevastopol.
“I inform those who do not know: the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Oleg Yagodin, is an exceptional Russian artist, like no other in Russia and, indeed, anywhere else. I could replace him simply by going to Moscow – Oleg only has 9 performances. But I won’t do that.” – Kolyada assured.
The director emphasized that he has been working with Yagodin since 1994, the artist performed the entire repertoire of the theater at the highest level, “no one could have dreamed of it.”
“I would rather cancel these tours and sit at home and play our performances.” – Kolyada concluded.
At the same time, he stressed that almost all the tickets for the theater’s performances in Moscow have already been sold.
As reported EADailyOleg Yagodin is also a vocalist and one of the founders of the Yekaterinburg group “Kurara”, which turned 20 this year.
The group’s concert in their native Yekaterinburg, scheduled for September 28, was canceled. In August of this year, the group itself announced the cancellation of “the entire southern part” as part of its anniversary tour. Thus, performances in Voronezh, Samara, Saratov, Sochi, Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don were cancelled. The musicians claimed that the concerts had been postponed indefinitely, promising to perform in these cities.
Previously, Yagodin was fined under an article about bringing the Russian Armed Forces into disrepute. In August 2022, a fine of 40,000 rubles was imposed. The reason was Yagodin’s statements that were broadcast live on television at the Ural Music Night festival in June of the same year.
