Ranevskaya: Through Laughter and Tears in Sochi

When: 23 December 2026

Where: Winter Theatre, 2 Teatralnaya Street, Sochi

Ranevskaya: Through Laughter and Tears takes the audience into the actress’s Moscow apartment in the late 1970s. The play comes to Sochi’s Winter Theatre on 23 December 2026. Memories, sarcasm and an unexpected meeting reveal a theatrical portrait of Ranevskaya.

Official poster: Ranevskaya — Through Laughter and Tears.Source: SKFO · Source

A stranger enters a familiar world

Annushka’s arrival changes the heroine’s solitary life. Their conversation develops almost like a detective story, while familiar aphorisms give way to the feelings of a person looking back over her life.

Lion Izmailov and Alexey Tsapik wrote the play, directed by Ekaterina Pikova. Choose it for a combination of humour and drama about the celebrated actress. Quotations and the stage portrait serve the theatrical story rather than a documentary biography.

An aerial view of Sochi’s Winter Theatre, May 2018.Photo: Евгений Лодянов / Wikimedia Commons; crop: Danloud · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image optimized for the web. · Source

The Winter Theatre’s colonnade and side façade beneath a blue sky. — The colonnade of Sochi’s Winter Theatre, from the venue’s photo gallery; capture date not stated.Source: SKFO · Source

Venue and tickets

The performance starts at 19:00 at the Winter Theatre, 2 Teatralnaya Street, Sochi. The venue’s official announcement provides ticket information and current visiting arrangements.

A journey to the performance

Discuss a journey from your hotel with Hola Taxi, including a return if needed. Provide your accommodation address, chosen performance and passenger numbers. Agree on a return time around your plans for the theatre, dinner or a walk afterwards.