Belarus Free Theatre: Staging a Revolution: New Plays From Eastern Europe

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The International Contest of Contemporary Drama (ICCD) was set up by Belarus Free Theatre to encourage new writing and to promote Belarusian cultural identity on an international stage with the participation of artists across Europe. The contest will be held underground in Belarus, hidden from the authorities, and simultaneously in London, and means that Belarusian playwrights, who remain isolated in their own country because of the state policy on internet censorship and media control, and are banned from performing can be recognized for their work internationally, and have the opportunity to show their work free from state oppression. This publication is dedicated to promoting the works of the winning playwrights. This collection contains: Herman, Franz and Gregor by Julia Tupikina DIPROSOPUS: A Story in Two Faces by Lyudmila Zaytseva ONYX by Maxim Dosko Same Thing BY OLGA PRUSAK The Time Wardrobe or The New Adventures of DArtagnan by Yuri Leonidovich Harin The Women and the Sniper by Tatiana Kitsenko

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ICCD exists to give a voice to writers where there is little or no opportunity for them to be heard in their home countries. Contemporary playwrights are a vital force in these societies; they uncover worlds which are never discussed by journalists or politicians. -- Nicolai Khalezin, BFT Co-Founding Artistic Director

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Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) was founded on March 30, 2005 by husband-and-wife team Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, and joined shortly afterwards by Vladimir Shcherban. Under impossible conditions BFT continues to produce great theatre that is recognised internationally.