How did Anatoly Evdokimov, the soloist of the travesty show, achieve worldwide success? Anatoly Evdokimov: “A travesty show is not just men in skirts. A look from the outside.

New Year's skit

I never thought I'd be doing parody. Everything happened by accident. Once, more than ten years ago, I worked as a bartender in a club, and my colleagues and I decided to make a surprise at the New Year's skit. I was involved in the selection of costumes and directing. The performance, where the three of us (with the chef and administrator) portrayed Tina Turner, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and other Hollywood divas, was seen by the director of the new Moscow club. Since then, our performances have become regular, and later I organized my own Evdokimov Show.

The art of reincarnation

I bear each of the images for a long time: I look at the recordings, try on the characters for myself, notice the features, and then rehearsals, rehearsals, rehearsals. There are very emotional, very idiosyncratic artists, like Tina Turner, who are easy to parody, and there are those who are not easy. You have to "catch" them on a more subtle level. In order for the viewer to believe you, you need to work hard. And I get used to the role of everyone I play on stage, because if I don’t believe in myself, then the audience will definitely not believe.

Themselves with mustaches

I do my own makeup for every show. It's not so easy to make up a man so that he looks like a woman from the stage. Another structure of the face, everything is different. But in any case, you can learn how to paint, you only need experience. Moreover, in our time there are many opportunities: you can go to a professional makeup artist, look at magazines, the Internet ...

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View from the outside

On women, I like natural and discreet makeup that is in harmony with the face, and not a bright make-up a la gouge out the eye. I believe that the main task of makeup is to "continue" the beauty of a woman, to emphasize and hide some of the flaws, if any.

Work on mistakes

I do not look at women in order to identify flaws in makeup. But if any mistakes are obvious, of course, it is difficult not to notice them. The most common mistake girls make is bright red lipstick, which is not for everyone. Secondly, sloppy makeup, when everything is fuzzy, uneven ... Or poor-quality cosmetics that crumble and are not absorbed ... It is better not to spare money and buy a good one. After all, investing in yourself is the most correct and will definitely pay off.

Text: Irina Bagaeva
Photo: press service of the artist

25.05.2006 , Mark Kamtarinov, especially for Best For

Interview with Anatoly Evdokimov, creator and main star of the Divas Show travesty show, before the band's three-year anniversary.

Monday, 21:00. With a bronze tan blue color eye and a short stylish haircut Anatoly appeared in the "Jam". It was impossible to approach the bar, and the tables on two floors were occupied. “I don’t know where you can eat normally,” he explained his choice. “You can, of course, go to another club, but I know that I am hired here.” The travesty show star had to wait ten minutes for the waiter to invite her to a vacant table. Anatoly did not have to be bored, at that time he sent air kisses to his friends, who actually occupied all the tables ...

Three years

Do you know that our birthday is coming soon? May 28 marks our 3rd birthday. They never celebrated, but then they decided to arrange a grand show in Treshka. All my thoughts now are about this, because by this date we are doing new program. A big, expensive theatrical performance with lots of special effects. There will be many unexpected surprises. The culmination of the evening is the presentation of a photo with an interesting person. And everything will happen once - this will never happen again.

Monsters

There is another surprise! This evening I will be on the same stage with Zaza Napoli. In life, I call him Vlad, for me he is no Zaza. Despite the fact that we have known each other for a long time, we will perform together for the first time. What did it cost to persuade him to perform in the "Monkeys"! Friends say: well, there will be two monsters on the stage! I think that this party will become a serious event in the Russian gay scene.

Stars

Oh, they react differently to my performances! I do not have a goal to make fun of someone, on the contrary, I take the virtues of a particular star and enhance them. And I only use images that I really like. My parodies saw Lyme, Piekha, Gurchenko. "VIA-Gra" just registered backstage when I parodied them. Vaikula liked it too, but the chip with a severed head, that is, the “face of a drowned cabin boy,” somehow jarred her. But she likes the team, we are even friends. In general, with many stars we support a good relationship- our guys didn’t work for anyone: Meladze, Varvara, Leshchenko, Moiseev ...

Concerts

There is not a single concert that some incident does not happen. Either the heel will break, or the wig will fly away to the devil knows where, or something else cooler! In such a case, we have our own tricks, all this is a kitchen in which we cook normally. In most cases, the viewer does not see and does not realize that our rubber band has burst or some technical problems. We discuss all the moments with equipment and music in our rider.

Suits

There is no need to prove that we have the most expensive costumes of all the travesty shows in Russia. Yes it is! And here it is impossible to say: a boa costs so much, and a hat costs so much. Creating a separate costume is a whole epic. Day and night, with a needle in their hands, Zaza and our dresser Andrey Ostrosev are poring over them. They have already created more than two hundred masterpieces - and all handmade! If we talk about the price, then only the stones are worth a fortune. We do not use simple glass, we have everything from Swarovski. One suit is about $3,000. Now calculate how much it costs only one number in three minutes. And there can be fifteen such exits!

Suitcases

If earlier, four years ago, leaving the house, I took two suitcases with me and got into a taxi, now I have to return home four times. And the suitcases are bought and bought in addition. This trend scares me! When we go to a three-hour performance, we have to buy a whole compartment - we fill it to the top with costumes. I see the loss of any suitcase as nightmare. If for a taxi driver who inadvertently takes away one of the bags of suits, the contents will be pleasantly surprising, but will be of no value, then for me this is the loss of a fortune. Each suitcase contains thousands of dollars and many hours of work of the creators.

Relaxation

It got to the point that in one evening we managed to perform in six places. We started at 5 pm and ended almost in the morning. Thirty seconds to change between numbers, the show itself and an hour to get there. From such a non-stop it was physically difficult, rest was required.

Thailand

I went there at the beginning of the year and I still live under these impressions. Broke the hearts of half of Thailand (laughs). And to be honest, my heart was broken. I was active there. Went on all sorts of tours and excursions. He went diving, rode elephants, climbed mountains, visited caves ...

local travesty

Oh, I don't like that! They are not transvestites, they are transvestites. For Thais, the main thing is to make yourself breasts and effectively transform into a woman. Put on a crown and please the client. They do not attach importance to theatricality: the main task is to get as close to a woman as possible. I don't find beauty in this.

Betrayal

We cannot appreciate bad qualities in a person. The properties of a man and a woman are the same, universal. AT recent times I fell in love with decency and honesty, as I had to face betrayal. Kindness, intelligence and sincerity are also important to me. And I also don’t like ordinary people who simply approach everything in this life, simplify it - relationships, work. I like those who know how to work on everything, who know how to find their own meaning and philosophy.

Femininity

I did not succumb to the influence of the images that I present on stage. In theory, I could have been carried away to the female side - I would have grown my hair, I would have done plastic surgery, I would have used female manners in life. In fact, I didn't even think about it. Gives some kind of disease. female image- He is only on stage, this is my job. I can abstract from any image, no matter how hard I created it. AT Everyday life I am the most ordinary guy. I have retained my courage and like myself in this capacity.

images

I know that in the image of a woman I can please any straight person. I can use my energy - and I will succeed, and he will like it. This is a theater with its own specific task. And if there is an image of a "fucking chick" in the room, I will be it! I can marry Masha Rasputina - and everyone, literally everyone, will want me! But immediately after this image, I will come out already an old, broken old woman with shaking hands. By the way, this is more interesting for me, because this role is more difficult to play than "awesome blonde with tits." I also like to combine extremes in one room. For example, depravity and holiness, youth and old age. Now I'm looking for male roles that can be properly used in our show, so that it does not deteriorate.

Really colorful, high quality, and most importantly - professional show in our country can be seen mainly in large cities. On tour, artists, with the exception of a few, show rather modest programs. Regardless of the place of residence, the public loves beauty and sexuality. The time has come when the public wants a spectacle that would shock, delight, excite and provoke .... The viewer wants emotions, impressions and feelings of an unending holiday. All this combines - the only two-time winner of the award in Russia NIGHTLIFEAWARDS as the best dance show countries. Founded in 1998 Show full... an ode to the permanent leader Anatoly Evdokimov - today this is the best cabaret show in Russia, which shows parodies of favorite and famous celebrities.

Creative biography ANATOLY EVDOKIMOVA started before the creation own show. A lawyer by education, an artist by vocation, he has been leading the Evdokimov Show Theater team he created for fifteen years. Everyone knows funny films "with dressing up" - "Hello, I'm your aunt!", "Mary Poppins, goodbye!" (where Oleg Tabakov shone in a female guise), "Tootsie", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Only Girls in Jazz" ... But few people think that they could easily fail due to "errors" of taste and / or in the absence of the talent of their creators. And then, instead of a diva, you see a grimacing jester on the stage, the cabaret turns into a tavern, and the film or performance goes into the “not for everyone” category. People come to the Anatoly Evdokimov show with their families. It all started with ordinary nightclubs and imitation of Russian and world stars. Now this is not just a synchro buffoonery, but a real Russian cabaret with expensive scenery, costumes and author's choreography.

His first performances were solo: he created images on stage famous singers, such as Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, whose voices break the hearts of millions of people. Then he was a soloist in the Dream Factory group. And four years ago, Anatoly created a show in which he is now not only a soloist, but also artistic director, director, stylist, costume designer. At first, Anatoly did not imagine that he would parody, say, Masha Rasputina. But having created Rasputin, Piekha, Gurchenko, and Rotaru appeared. This is how programs were born “ DIVASSHOW", "SONG OF THE YEAR".

“ I bear each of the images for a long time: I look at the records, try on myself, notice characteristic movements. There are very emotional, very idiosyncratic artists, for example, Tina Turner, who are easy to spot, and there are those who are not easy. You have to "catch" them on a more subtle level. The biggest compliment is when the audience comes up after the concert and thanks for the opportunity to see Whitney Houston, Edith Piaf, Madonna or Edita Piekha and Sofia Rotaru with their own eyes,” says Anatoly.

SHOW THEATER ANATOLY YEVDOKIMOV can be safely called one of the most expensive in Russia - handmade corsets and hats, unique costumes designed specifically for the show, myriad crystals and ageless divas with major hits.

In the summer of 2010, Anatoly Evdokimov presented the updated composition of the EVDOKIMOV SHOW THEATER - now, in addition to the male ballet, two girls appeared in the show. They are not just highly professional dancers, but both are winners of many beauty contests. This decisive step gave even more brightness, spectacle, dynamism and aesthetics to the Evdokimov Show, and the male part of the audience appreciated the beauty of the girls.

Today Anatoly Evdokimov has long stepped over the limits of the club scene - his performances are held in large concert halls.

In 2007, the long-awaited solo concert in Moscow and presentation of a new show “ SOUNDTRACK” , and already on March 8, 2008, especially for the female half of humanity, a program was presented "EVOLUTION OR A WOMAN IN THE EYES OF A MAN".

In the winter of 2009, Anatoly Evdokimov presented the show “NEW YEAR SPECTACULARITY”, the basis for which was the fairy tale “ The Snow Queen". An original reading of a children's fairy tale, now a fairy tale for adults, where the fearless Gerda finds herself in the luxurious but vicious world of show business, fights against the queens of BDSM, in literally passes fire and water, flying through copper pipes.

The beginning of 2010 was marked by the acquaintance of Anatoly Evdokimov with NAOMI CAMPBELL AND VLADISLAV DORONIN who personally invited EVDOKIMOV SHOW to Switzerland.

Success accompanies all the performances of Anatoly, whose show has traveled to many cities in Russia, near and far abroad. The team traveled with tours in a total of about 30 countries, including America and Canada. A designer MARCJACOBS invited Anatoly Evdokimov to be the face of his worldwide website (www.marcjacobs.com).

In May 2012, at the invitation of the jewelry house De Grisogono, the show performed at the main party of the Cannes Film Festival - De Grisogono Party Cannes Film Festival, where Anatoly Evdokimov met the world supermodel Heidi Klum!

April 26 and 27, 2012 in the Moscow State Theater Bandstands passed anniversary concerts Evdokimov show “I made everyone!”, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the team.

To make a show no worse than a Western cabaret is no small task. This has never happened in Russia before. The budget of the performance is amazing: half a million euros have been spent on it.

"It huge show. A lot of effects, lighting effects. Light suits, constant change of these suits. Sometimes five costumes are changed per number, ”admits showman Anatoly Evdokimov.

Today SHOW THEATER ANATOLY YEVDOKIMOV is rapidly gaining popularity. Performing in Moscow and expanding touring routes around the world, the band gives the audience new feelings and emotions, energy, an atmosphere of happiness and love, invariably making the audience break into completely childish delight and rightfully deserves the title FAVORITE SHOW OF THE COUNTRY.