La MaMa and The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) will begin previews on Wednesday, April 13 for the return engagement of the acclaimed Belarus Free Theatre. The group will perform encore performances of BEING Harold Pinter and ZONE OF SILENCE, which were sold-out hits at this year's Under the Radar Festival, as well as the New York premiere of DISCOVER LOVE. The three shows will run in repertory for five weeks only through Sunday, May 15 at La MaMa (66 East 4th Street) with an official press opening on Monday, April 18. Single tickets are $35 for each show and are available now at 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.
New Yorkers have another chance to see this moving and powerful company that Ben Brantley of The New York Times called "truly passionate, truly political theater...Being Harold Pinter isn't just admirable, it has virtues beyond its relevance and bravery." The troupe barely escaped imprisonment in December and had to sneak out of the country to come to New York to perform at The Public's Under The Radar Festival. For the past several months they have been performing in the United States, most recently in Chicago, because they are unable to return to their homeland for fear of persecution.
Adapted and directed by Vladimir Shcherban, BEING Harold Pinter incorporates transcripts from Belarusian political prisoners with excerpts from Harold Pinter's lifetime of writings. Creating visually striking images with simple means and underscoring the fierceness of Pinter's words with the intense physicality of the actors, BEING Harold Pinter blurs the boundaries between art and reality, delivering a poignant contemporary commentary on violence, oppression, freedom and human dignity.Photo Credit: Nikolai Khalezin
Aleh Sidorchyk and Maryna Yurevich in Discover Love
Maryna Yurevich in Discover Love
Dzianis Tarasenka and Maryna Yurevich in Zone of Silence
Pavel Garadnitski in Zone of Silence
Yana Rusakevich in Zone of Silence
Pavel Garadnitski and Dzianis Tarasenka in Zone of Silence
Yana Rusakevich in Zone of Silence
Dzianis Tarasenka and Pavel Garadnitski in Being Harold Pinter
Aleh Sidorchyk in Being Harold Pinter
Pavel Garadnitski in Being Harold Pinter,
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