The film tells about the cult rock opera "Dogs", staged at the Rostov Theater for Young Spectators. "Dogs" were sold out in 1988. in Moscow and other cities. Rehearsal of the performance - choreography lesson is conducted by choreographer Alla Time. The play "Dogs" on the stage of the Moscow Theater on Taganka. View of Moscow from the theater window. A panorama of an empty auditorium. Film critic T. Shah-Azizova talks about the play (sinhr.). The chief director of the Rostov Youth Theater V. Chigishev speaks about the problems of modern youth, about rock culture, about the performance (sinhr.). V. Chigishev is rehearsing the play "Dogs". The spectators are seated in the hall. Make-up artist makes up artists before going on stage. Makeup artists are waiting to go on stage, a panorama of the artists' faces. Fragments of the performance. Artists do their make-up in the dressing room. Film critic A. Dementyev talks about the development of rock culture in the USSR (sinhr.). The actors smoke on the stairs. Playbills. The cashier churns out tickets. The artists go out to bow, the audience in the hall applauds. Spectators present flowers to artists on stage.