An adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s Diary of a Madman will be staged at The Junction in Dubai from April 18 to 21. The one-man Off-Broadway show arrives in the UAE after shows in Los Angeles and New York.
Diary of a Madman centres on the life of Poprishchin, a low-ranking civil servant who yearns to be noticed by a beautiful woman, the daughter of a senior official, with whom he has fallen in love. His diary records his gradual, mesmeric slide into insanity. The story portrays the average man’s satirical quest for individuality in a seemingly indifferent, urban city.
The performance, starring Ilia Volok and directed by Eugene Lazarev, was first staged in 2012 at the Actors Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, where it received wide acclaim.
Tickets, starting at Dh100, are available online.
