BFT 10 year Anniversary Highlights: Staging a Revolution
Belarus
Free Theatre work both underground in Minsk, where they are banned, and
in the UK, where the leaders of the company live as political refugees.
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we presented Staging a Revolution,
a two-week festival of performances and discussions in London featuring
some of their most acclaimed original productions along with the world
premiere of their brand new work, Time of Women.Our festival pioneered a unique model of performance-driven campaigning to tackle social and political taboos, from mental health and torture to sex and inequality.
Opening on 18 October with the I’m with the Banned solidarity concert at Koko, which was commissioned by The Space and streamed live on BBC Arts, it continued from 2-8 November at secret locations around London. For the final part of the festival, from 9-14 November, we returned to their UK 'home' at the Young Vic theatre.
Following each performance, a curated panel of artists, campaigners, journalists and activists discussed an area related to each taboo topic, generating ideas around taking action.
More films on BBC Arts: bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2sZHbcRVJklMrLrzsjhNxFJ/staging-a-revolution-belarus-free-theatre-in-london
A Belarus Free Theatre Production 2016
Produced by Lena Zimmer + Georgie Weedon
Footage BBC Arts + Ministry of Counterculture
Editing Philippa Edwards
Music Composed by Dylan Townley
belarusfreetheatre.com/
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