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The Future of Theatre and Performance Is Queer, but in Russia This Sounds Unimaginable
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The Future of Theatre and Performance Is Queer, but in Russia This Sounds Unimaginable
by VIKTOR VILISOV
1 June 2021
Reflections on Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival
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Reflections on Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival
Making the best Russian theatre more accessible than ever
Friday 23 April 2021
Russia
In Search of Complexities
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In Search of Complexities
Documentary Theatre in Today’s Russia
by Anastasia Patlay
13 May 2020
Two shirtless men standing next to each other on a balcony from their bedroom.
The Future of Theatre and Performance Is Queer, but in Russia This Sounds Unimaginable
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The Future of Theatre and Performance Is Queer, but in Russia This Sounds Unimaginable

1 June 2021

Viktor Vilisov talks about the realities of queer artists and art in Russia today.

on a stage, two people look forward while a person in a white dress looks at them.
Reflections on Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival
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CITD
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Reflections on Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival

Making the best Russian theatre more accessible than ever

Friday 23 April 2021
Russia

The Center for International Theatre Development (CITD) presented Reflections on Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 23 April 2021 at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 1 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8 p.m. MSK (Moscow, UTC+3).

an actor onstage with a large projection behind her
In Search of Complexities
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In Search of Complexities

Documentary Theatre in Today’s Russia

13 May 2020

Anastasia Patlay talks about creating documentary theatre with the Moscow-based company Teatr.doc.

close up of an actor playing the cello
The Search for Truth in Putin’s Russia
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The Search for Truth in Putin’s Russia

How Teatr.doc’s “Civil Theatre” Is Exposing Injustice

4 June 2019

verity healey looks at Teatr.doc’s latest show, Torture, and the vital need for “truth-telling” theatre.

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Shifting Sands of Russian Theatre
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Shifting Sands of Russian Theatre

Reporting from Moscow’s Golden Mask Festival

8 May 2019

Howard Shalwitz, Karen Houppert, and Yury Urnov reflect on the productions they saw at this year’s Golden Mask Theatre Festival in Moscow, Russia.

First Foray into St. Petersburg's Theatre Scene
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First Foray into St. Petersburg's Theatre Scene

20 August 2017

David Diamond, curator of the La MaMa Umbria International Symposia, visits St. Petersburg and presents a look at Russian theatre artists today.

Theatre as Resistance
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Theatre as Resistance

12 May 2017

Robert Stanton for #FairWageOnstage considers the recent success of negotiations for salary increases for Off-Broadway actors and how theatre can support and lead the resistance to oppressive political administrations.

Natasha’s Dream
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Natasha’s Dream

a Foreign and Familiar Vision

21 March 2017

Erik Nikander discusses Yaroslava Pulinovich's Russian play Natasha's Dream, presented in New Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts.

Elyse Dodgson on Sarah Kane
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Elyse Dodgson on Sarah Kane

“She Was a Pure Writer”

11 January 2017

Interview with Elyse Dodgson, the International Director at the Royal Court Theatre, at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow about her work and relationship with playwright Sarah Kane.

Conversation about Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis with Elyse Dodgson of The Royal Court Theatre, London and Director Alexander Zeldovich at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
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Conversation about Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis with Elyse Dodgson of The Royal Court Theatre, London and Director Alexander Zeldovich at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre

Sunday 9 October 2016
Moscow, Russia

The Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow, Russia presented a conversation about Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 9 October at 12:15 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3:15 p.m. EDT (New York) / 19:15 UTC / 8:15 p.m. BST (London) / 21:15 CEST (Berlin) / 22:15 MSK/UTC+3 (Moscow). On Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and @electrotheatre_.

"Migrating Modernist Performance: British Theatrical Travels Through Russia"
Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
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"Migrating Modernist Performance: British Theatrical Travels Through Russia"

Wednesday 13 July 2016
Moscow, Russia

The Stanislavsky Electrotheatre presented Dr. Claire Warden's Lecture: Migrating Modernist Performance: British Theatrical Travels Through Russia, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRoundTV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 13 July at 8:00 a.m. EDT (New York) / 7:00 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:00 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12:00 p.m. BST (London). Twitter @electrotheatre and #howlround.  

Talk Travels with a Dilettante: Moscow by John Freedman
Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
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Talk Travels with a Dilettante: Moscow by John Freedman

Saturday 11 June 2016
Moscow, Russia

Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow presented a talk Travels with a Dilettante: Moscow by John Freedman livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 11 June at 19:00-20:30 MSK/EEST (Moscow) / 18:00-19:30 CEST (Berlin) / 5pm-6:30 p.m. BST (London) / 16:00-17:30 GMT / 12pm-1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 11am-12:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 9am-10:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your comments on Twitter with #howlround.

Masterclass by Tim Supple at MIR-5 Studio of Individual Directing
Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
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Masterclass by Tim Supple at MIR-5 Studio of Individual Directing

Tuesday 7 June 2016
Moscow, Russia

Stanislavsky Electrotheatre and Boris Yukhananov's MIR-5 Studio of Individual Directing in Moscow presented a masterclass conducted by British director Tim Supple on space and the creation of atmosphere livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 7 June at 18:00-22:00 MSK/EEST (Moscow) / 17:00-21:00 CEST (Berlin) / 4pm-8pm BST (London) / 15:00-19:00 GMT / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. EDT (New York) / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts and media using #howlround.

To Moscow?
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To Moscow?

4 February 2016

verity healey on what four new Russian plays performed at London’s Frontline Club say about the present and future of theatre in Russia.

Photo from Don Quixote.
The Bolshoi Ballet at The Lincoln Center Festival
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The Bolshoi Ballet at The Lincoln Center Festival

9 September 2014

Marcina Zaccaria looks at The Bolshoi Theatre production of Don Quixote performed at the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival.

A tunnel covered in graffiti.
Postcards from Russia 4
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Postcards from Russia 4

Moscow

21 June 2013

Rounding out his time in Russia, Christopher White recounts the thriving artistic community in Moscow.

The Omsk Drama Theatre.
Postcards from Russia 3
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Postcards from Russia 3

Omsk

10 June 2013

Christopher W. White reports on his visit to the provincial city of Omsk, Russia.

Photo from a contemporary production of Hamlet.
Postcards from Russia 2
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Postcards from Russia 2

Yekaterinburg

29 May 2013

Continuing the series, Christopher W. White reflects on his time viewing the strikingly contemporary art in Yekaterinburg

Photo from the play Change.
Postcards from Russia 1
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Postcards from Russia 1

Saint Petersburg

23 May 2013

Christopher White in his quick trip to St. Petersburg- a “museum city”-found the mainstream theaters to be both devoted to Russian classics and visually immersive theatre.

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Yury Klavdiev's Strike: Two Plays at Breaking String's New Russian Drama Festival
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Yury Klavdiev's Strike: Two Plays at Breaking String's New Russian Drama Festival

Saturday 9 February 2013
Austin, TX, United States

Breaking String of Austin, Texas, presented a performance of Strike: Two plays by Yury Klavdiev directed by Graham Schmidt as well as a post-show discussion: "Klavdiev Performances in Russia and the US" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 9 February 2013 at 6 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 8 p.m. CST (Austin) / 9 p.m. EST (New York).

 

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Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television Live from Breaking String Theater
Breaking String theater
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Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television Live from Breaking String Theater

Saturday 8 December 2012
Austin, TX, United States

Breaking String Theater of Austin, Texas proudly presented Vodka, Fucking and Television by Russian playwright Maksym Kurochkin, directed by Liz Fisher, and translated by John J. Hanlon, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 8 December at 6 p.m. PST (San Francisco)/ 8 p.m. CST (Austin) / 9 p.m. EST (New York) / Sunday 9 December at 02:00 GMT (London) / Sunday 9 December at 06:00 MSK (Moscow).

Postcards from Russia 
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Postcards from Russia 

Christopher W. White reflects on his participation on the Beyond Capitals project, meant to encourage connections between Russian and US theatremakers.