
28 October 2016
Tomorrow I was Always a Lion at the Arcola
By Caroline Schurman-Grenier // Theatre (London)
The Belarus Free Theatre has taken on a challenge by putting on Tomorrow I was Always a Lion. Portraying mental health onstage, especially schizophrenia, is no easy task. Because many …

09 September 2016
Belarus Free Theatre’s Burning Doors
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
‘The Pussy Riot performances cannot be reduced just to subversive provocations. Beneath the dynamics of their acts, there is the inner stability of a firm ethico-political attitude. In some deeper …

20 November 2015
More from Staging a Revolution
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
Belarus Free Theatre can claim that not only is it underground in form but also in substance. What it discusses in its plays is subversive: it challenges basic principles that …

06 November 2015
Staging a Revolution: Price of Money
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
People are shouting to me about the dangers of capitalism and I think I am liking it—let me explain how I got here: the Belarus Free Theatre, an unregistered, underground …