Chout
![Set and costume designs by Mikhail Larionov for the 1921 premiere at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique in Paris](/Images/godic/202501/04/Sketches_by_Larionov_for_the_ballet_Chout_with_music_by_Prokoviev_May_1921_-_Gallica5419.jpg")
Chout, Op. 21 (pronounced "shoot"), is the usual English-language title of a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, written in two versions between 1915 and 1921. It is sometimes known as "The Tale of the Buffoon", or simply "The Buffoon". There also exists a symphonic suite from the ballet, Op. 21 bis, which is much more often performed than the full ballet score.