About the Theatre
About the Theatre
Looking truth in the eye
Marina Goncharova and Nikita Karataev are professional actors. Both from Russia, both with years of experience on major stages. Having refused to support the war against Ukraine, they left — and eventually found themselves in Lisbon.
The name of the theatre is taken from Jerome K. Jerome — about people in the same boat, adrift in life, yet somehow managing to hold on to optimism and hope.
The theatre performs Russian and world classics. Since 2024 — in Lisbon and on tour across Europe
The theatre performs Russian and world classics. Since 2024 — in Lisbon and on tour across Europe
Two in a Boat — a theatre performing in Russian and English, founded in Lisbon in 2024.
The Company
The Company
Leading actress of the Maly Drama Theatre — Theatre of Europe under Lev Dodin, and the Mokhovaya Theatre.
Actress at Within Theatre, London.
More than ten film roles.
Founder of the school "Instructions for Yourself" — an original programme based on acting techniques, through which more than 2,600 students have passed.
Acting coach. Winner of the Lustrum Award, Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh.
Director and adapter of stage productions.
Actress at Within Theatre, London.
More than ten film roles.
Founder of the school "Instructions for Yourself" — an original programme based on acting techniques, through which more than 2,600 students have passed.
Acting coach. Winner of the Lustrum Award, Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh.
Director and adapter of stage productions.
Marina Goncharova
Nikita Karataev
"It doesn’t matter who you are or what you are. What matters is why you are and how you are."
"We all must choose between what is right and what is easy."
Leading actor of the Maly Drama Theatre — Theatre of Europe, and the Mokhovaya Theatre.
Nominee for Best Debut at the Russian Casting Directors Guild Award for his role in Chronicles of the Russian Revolution.
Internationally certified stage combat instructor, BAASC.
Nominee for Best Debut at the Russian Casting Directors Guild Award for his role in Chronicles of the Russian Revolution.
Internationally certified stage combat instructor, BAASC.
Repertoire
Repertoire
Notes of an Immigrant
Warsaw Melody
The Lady with the Dog
Two actors who spent many years studying the art of the Russian-speaking diaspora have themselves unexpectedly left their homeland. They now look at long-familiar works from an entirely different perspective — and are certain that every audience member will find in these pages understanding, support, and perhaps even comfort.
Based on the play by Leonid Zorin
Moscow, 1946. A Soviet student, Viktor, and a Polish student, Helena. It all seems simple — they like each other. It is all complicated — Soviet law forbids marriages with foreign nationals.
Zorin's play is twenty years compressed into two hours. Meetings that grow ever shorter. Conversations in which more and more goes unsaid. A story not about betrayal or falling out of love — but about how political circumstances make decisions on behalf of people.
Moscow, 1946. A Soviet student, Viktor, and a Polish student, Helena. It all seems simple — they like each other. It is all complicated — Soviet law forbids marriages with foreign nationals.
Zorin's play is twenty years compressed into two hours. Meetings that grow ever shorter. Conversations in which more and more goes unsaid. A story not about betrayal or falling out of love — but about how political circumstances make decisions on behalf of people.
Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov
Yalta. Two people who were not supposed to fall in love. He is married, she is married, both are weary of their lives. A summer at the resort, the sea, a little dog — and something that afterwards proves impossible to shake off.
Chekhov wrote the story without an ending — because a story like this has no neat conclusion. There are only two people who can no longer live as they once did.
Marina Goncharova has adapted Chekhov's prose for the stage, adding nothing superfluous — only what is already there.
Where We Are
Where We Are
BOOKS
LISBON
Rua da Esperança 21, 1200-267 Lisboa
Tours:
- 2024 — Porto
- 2025 — Amsterdam; Warsaw
- 2026 — Luxembourg, Valencia, Vienna
"I don't even know how to explain it. Something just changed after that show."
"It stayed with me for days. I kept thinking about the ending."
Michael, Dublin
"Não esperava nada e fui surpreendida por tudo."
Margarida, Porto
Anna, Lisbon
"Fui sozinha e saí a pensar em toda a gente que amo. Obrigada."
Sofia, Lisboa
"Honest, quiet, devastating. Exactly what theatre should be."
James, London
"I bought a ticket on a whim and came alone. I won't do that again — I should have brought everyone I know."
Katya, Amsterdam
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