russian speakers/readers?

[kaigou]

I picked up an old poster for CP, while on my Major Roadtrip a few years back, and I've constantly forgotten to get a picture for translation purposes. My best guess is a magician (possibly part of a circus?), but if anyone can puzzle out the wording, color me curious, and much appreciative. Sorry the image isn't the sharpest; I had to turn off the flash so the protective plastic didn't bounce the light.



many thanks in advance!

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[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

It's definitely a circus poster. Not sure what "shapito" means--maybe a proper name? I can't quite make out the bottom part in white. On the right, it looks like prices or times.

[askerian]

Shapito might be a transliteration of chapiteau? It's french, pronounced the exact same way, and it designates the huge circus tent they do the spectacle under.

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

I guess that boils down to "at the big honkin' circus tent (for the cabbages in the audience who can't figure out what a circus is)"?

According to babelfish, it says...

[tiercel]

COMING SOON

A dude in a funny hat.
With palm trees and shit.
Awesome!

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that was actually my first guess.

[theotherdigit.livejournal.com]

KIO (a dynasty of illusionists)

Circus Shapito (yeah, Shapito is a name err ... never mind. tent is right. >_>;)

Every day - Central Park of Culture and Leisure of Gor'keey (or: by name of Gor'kogo) - something I can't make out

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

Would the prices or smaller words give more info about where & when -- I'm curious as to whether this is WWII-era or earlier. There wasn't any info on the picture itself when I got it (and the woman who knew was off for the day, and her husband was watching the shop & had no idea). I just got it because I thought it was a cool graphic, and it was actually one of the few in the shop that wasn't an icon. (Sheesh.)

[theotherdigit.livejournal.com]

Ahh...[squints]...not entirely sure, but I doubt it. The first word may (or may not) be 'beginning', which would make the number the time. Really can't make out the last word, but it doesn't look like a year in any case.

And dynasty as in "very recognizable group". I think it's a last name, actually.

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

oh, and: "a dynasty of illusionists" -- is that what KIO means, or is KIO sort of like Cirque D'Soleil in terms of "very recognizable group of ___" ?

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Gorky

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kio

(it's not clear from the poster if they mean tent, or if the circus is called "Shapito")

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky_Park_%28Moscow%29

oh, and the last hazy word seems to be "natchalo".. approx. 'beginning at'.

[christeos-pir.livejournal.com]

Also:

Russian or Bulgarian?

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

Will add note asking.

[sevun.livejournal.com]

Hey,

From what I can tell it's a poster for the illusionist Kio part of the Circus Shapito (a travelling type circus that was very popular before the revolution). The bottom states that the act would be daily at the Central Park in Moscow (or the Gorky Park) from 5-9 (if I'm reading it right) :)

~sev