Productions - Belarus Free Theatre

A performer is burning books in a dark room full of sand

A lot of people are sitting around the dinner table and some of them are looking at the camera smiling.

We’ve been creating for 17 years and have an impressive list of more than 50 shows!

Many of them have been recognised by world media, critics, cultural and political leaders. Some of them received awards, succeeded to make a change, or foresee the future. As for example, one of the latests shows predicted the war Russia started in Ukraine.

You are welcome to find more about them below. Enjoy!

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Black and white image of people sitting or standing in a dark room, sleeping. In the background, there is a projected image on the wall of a group of ladies sleeping next to a Christmas tree.

Ivanov family’s New Year tree

Ivanov family's New Year tree is a staging of the 1938 play, Christmas at the Ivanovs’ by Alexander Ivanovich Vvedensky, the preeminent early Soviet-era avant-gardist writer.

Close up and blurry image of the hands of a performer knelt on the floor. The performer's hands are together and little pieces of paper are lined up in one line next to a jar

Nearest and Dearest

Nearest and Dearest is a theatrical staging of a collection of short stories by contemporary Belarusian playwright, Konstantin Steshik.

Two people sitting in front of a frame on which alcohol bottles are hanging

Animal

Animal is a verbatim play written by BFT’s long-standing ensemble member, Yulia Shevchuk, drawn directly from real life experiences.

Trash Cuisine

Provocative and urgent, Trash Cuisine pierces the imagination with moments of the darkest humour as it challenges the ongoing existence of capital punishment in the contemporary world.

One performer with a pair of yellow rainboots is jumping into the large sheet of blue plastic as if diving into the ocean. Water is splattering from the plastic. In the middle stands a performer looking at the abyss

King Lear

King Lear, Shakespeare's great play about speaking the truth was one of the highlights of 2012's Globe to Globe Festival (part of the World Shakespeare Festival, itself part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad).

Shy Gypsies

Shy Gypsies is a dramatic monologue created by members of BFT’s theatre laboratory, Fortinbras, the only independent arts school in Belarus.

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