Szkice o najnowszym teatrze białoruskim (2010-2020)

Sketches on contemporary Belarusian theatre (2010-2020)

The history of Belarusian theatre at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries is still waiting for its chronicler—someone who will attempt a comprehensive look at what has taken place in Belarusian theatre over three decades of relative freedom: from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the emergence of the independent Republic of Belarus, to 2020, when repressions completely destroyed the country’s independent culture and severely curtailed the functioning of official culture.

This book—composed of texts by Belarusian authors who lost their right to speak at home and now publish under pseudonyms in exile—represents the first attempt to describe the last decade (2010–2020), marked by the rise of new drama and the independent theatre movement.

Irina Lappo (from the introduction)

Author: various contributors, edited by Irina Lappo
Translated by: Agnieszka Goral, Iryna Lappo, Natalia Rusiecka, Andriy Savenets, Beata Siwek
Publisher: Workshops of Culture, Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute