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BEING HAROLD PINTER SUN 18th Nov 5 pm Puoli-Q / Q-teatteri TICKETS: 25/20/15€ DURATION: 1 h 20 min, no intermission Performed in Russian and Belarusian, translated in English 
DIRECTED BY: Vladimir Scherban TEXT BY : Harold Pinter CAST: Alexei Razmakhov, Pavel Rodak-Gorodnitsky, Yana Rusakevich, Oleg Sidorchik, Anna Solomyanskaya, Denis Tarasenko, Marina Yurevich
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“It's an extraordinary event that not only illustrates Pinter's career-long denunciation of political terror, but proves that poor theatre can often deliver the richest dramatic experience.” (excerpt from press-review, Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, UK) How is a play born? What is the difference between the truth in life and the truth in art? Is an artist meant to be dealing with politics? These are the questions Harold Pinter raises in his Nobel speech. The play Being Harold Pinter searches answers to these questions. The plot lines, which make the basis of the performance, are united by the problem of violence in its absolutely different displays. Beginning with violence in family (“The Homecoming”, “Ashes to Ashes”), through violence as a foundation of a social institution (“The New World Order”, “One for the Road”) and finally to violence as a form of international relationship (“Mountain Language”). One plot follows another, abstract characters are gradually substituted by the real ones, close and recognizable, and the reflection concerning the events which took place in Abu-Ghraib is followed by documentary monologues of political captives from Belarusian prisons.
Free Theatre was founded in 2005 by Belarusian playwright Nikolai Khalezin and theatre manager Natalia Koliada. Later the team was joined by stage director Vladimir Scherban. Under current political system the Free Theatre has no official registration, no premises, nor any other facilities. The rehearsals and performances are normally held secretly in small private apartments (which, due to security and persecution reasons, should be constantly alternated) and in street cafes and the countryside. The members of the staff have been repeatedly harassed by the authorities for their participation in the activities of the theatre. The theatre is supported by respected public figures as Sir Tom Stoppard, Václav Havel and Arthur Kopit. In May of 2007 Free Theatre was nominated for the European Theatre Prize (Premio Europa) for 2008.
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