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LEGENDS OF CHILDHOOD Puoli-Q / Q-teatteri TICKETS: 25/20/15€ DURATION: 1 h, no intermission Performed in Russian, translated in English
DIRECTED BY: Vladimir Scherban DRAMATIZED / ADAPTED BY: Konstantin Steshik, Vladimir Scherban CAST: Pavel Rodak-Gorodnitsky, Yana Rusakevich, Oleg Sidorchik, Anna Solomyanskaya
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Legends of Childhood is the first Belarusian play on a topic that has never been discussed in the Belarusian society before. The country used to have a variety of performances for children, but not a single one was about children. The play is based on the personal stories of the actors. It is a totally exclusive performance, where any substitution of an actor is impossible. The actor is an author, executor and spectator at the same time. Legends of Childhood is the first part of a large project that will unite several performances under the name “Silence Zone” which aims at blowing up the taboo topics for Belarusian society. Director Vladimir Scherban had the idea to start the project exactly with childhood legends because ‘it’s only the collective analysis of the childhood that will help us understand why we are who we are, and why the nation is in such state…” The authors of the project dedicate it to ‘those who used to be children and those who will never grow old’. Legends of Childhood will have its premiere at Baltic Circle festival, because the premiere in Minsk in August was interrupted by the forces of the special division of Ministry of Internal Affairs. Both the performers and the audience were arrested.
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. CONTACT INFORMATION SUPPORTED BY N/A |
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