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“Propaganda disintegrates on contact with these things”: Kyiv and Moscow directors on the power of documentary theatre to create dialogue

Documentary theatre makers from Russia and Ukraine recently held a theatre festival in Kyiv. Here, two directors speak on documentary theatre, war and co-participation. RU

By Tetiana Bezruk
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Performance “New Antigone”. Photo: Maria Boteva. All rights reserved. In mid-November, the Moscow-based documentary theatre Teatr.doc, in collaboration with PostPlay Theatre, held a theatre festival in Kyiv in memory of its artistic directors Elena Gremina and Mikhail Ugarov. As part of this festival, testimonies of detainees, prisoners and people who have experienced war were performed for Kyiv audiences.

Directors Zarema Zaudinova (Teatr.doc) and Den Gumenniy (PostPlay) discuss the politics and principles of documentary theatre.

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