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Glory — a play staged at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) named after Georgy Tovstonogov by the director Konstantin Bogomolov, one of the more distinctive contemporary Russian theatre directors. Bogomolov describes the piece as a 'play about good people' built around Hollywood-style plot and compositional structures rather than ideological themes. The characters — reminiscent of Moulin Rouge protagonists — move through surreal situations, dancing in space and tapping out patterns on the walls. The staging combines Bogomolov's characteristic mix of intellectual game and pop-cultural reference. The BDT is one of the essential Petersburg drama houses — the theatre where Tovstonogov set the standard of Russian director-led drama. In Russian; language-heavy — visitors without Russian will follow the physical staging.