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This book highlights the important creative work of Belarusian theatre and filmmakers seeking to raise awareness of the Pro-democracy movement and human rights abuses in Belarus and to build communities of care and mourning following the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections in Belarus. Examining the work of the Belarus Free Theatre, Andrei Kureichik, and the Kupalautsy Theatre, it demonstrates how documentary theatre, adaptation, and digital theatre have enabled displaced, dissident artists to form international communities to support Belarusian dissidents in these fraught times.
“An important and comprehensive overview of independent Belarusian theatre of resistance. An inspiring guide to what theatre can really be.”—Vladimir Shcherban, Theatre Director
Valleri Robinson, Department Head and Associate Professor of Illinois Theatre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, writes and teaches about documentary theatre, 21st-century dramaturgies, and Eastern European diasporic performance. Robinson is author of Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933 (2011).
List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In Their Own Words: Andrei Kureichik’s Documentary Impulse; 2. A Time for Theatre: Courage and the Belarus Free Theatre; 3.Performing Resistance Virtually: The Digital Home of the Free Kupalautsy; Toward a Conclusion; Bibliography; Index