Yakish and Poupche
Play by Hanoch Levin

Director – David Sakvarelidze
Assistant Director – Sveta Gogokhia

Cast

Yakish – Jano Izoria
Poupche – Nino Shavgulidze
Yakish’s Mother – Sanata Dzadzamia
Yakish’s Father – Nikoloz Tserediani
Poupche’s Mother – Marina Solomonia
Poupche’s Father – David Beradze
Leibech – Paata Vakhtangishvili
Madame Fortsedes –Badri Begalishvili
Shampinie Sandelie – Mariam Kolbaia

About the production:

A gloomy comedy Yakish and Poupche, who are both ugly and poor, and are matched together. The story begins when their relatives discover that the two cannot consummate a divine commandment for mortals: “Be fruitful and multiply”. The desperate couple start to seek a way out. David Sakvarelidze’s production follows the sufferings of Yakish and Poupche.

Duration: 80 min.

Premiered: 21/07/2017 at the opening of the Regional Theatres Poti International Festival.

21/11/2017, transfer to the Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre, Tbilisi.

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