“We’re not giving you any interviews. What do you want, all our secrets? Goodbye!” — that’s how our journey into this topic began: with civil resistance and resilience under dictatorship (in this case Russia during its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine).
All the same, we don’t know all the secrets… or maybe we do, but we’re not sharing them. Or, maybe, we will — just not all of them.
Based on interviews with activists and defenders of human rights, the play offers a glimpse into grassroots resistance initiatives both within Russia and abroad, highlighting their actions, processes, relationships, conflicts — and, most importantly, how they live through it all. A light touch of magic and humor weaves through the narrative, as these two elements may be the only things keeping the protagonists alive and in their right minds.
- Sat, May 30 | 8pmMain Stage
- Sun, May 31 | 8pmMain Stage
- Mon, June 1 | 8pmMain Stage
- Thurs, June 4 | 8pmMain Stage
- Fri, June 5 | 8pmMain Stage
- Sat, June 6 | 8pm
Main Stage
Artistic Direction and Direction by Masha Sapizhak | Text and Sound Design by Electra Liberte | Performed by Janina Ahh Akhmetova, Anja Demidova and Ilya Khodyrev | Stage, Costume and Video Design by Arina Slobodianik | Lighting Design by Christian Maith | Production Management and Outside Eye by Christin Eckart | Translated by Aleksandr Fedotov