Theatre During Wartime: A Report From Ukraine
Live performance persists amid the Russian onslaught, not as a commentary on the war but as an active response to it.
Live performance persists amid the Russian onslaught, not as a commentary on the war but as an active response to it.
In a triptych of plays, now onstage in Santa Monica, Calif., the Ukrainian playwright responds with ferocity to the invasion of his country.
A news story about a performance in a Ukrainian bomb shelter inspired the U.S. theatre company Irondale to fly a young troupe over, putting human faces on harrowing headlines.
For this special episode in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Brian compiles messages from theatre artists in the U.S., the U.K., Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine.
Gavin Reub, a founder of the Seagull Project in Seattle, describes the company’s experiences when they took their theatre to Uzbekistan.