Belarus Free Theatre Shows Londoners What It’s Like To See Plays Under A Dictatorship

The company’s “Staging a Revolution” festival aimed to “introduce British audiences to some of the conditions their compatriots have to endure in order to see shows in Belarus. To achieve this, [the program] was divided into two weeks: during the first seven days, audiences attended shows held in secret, and in the second installment, got the chance to experience shows in a public venue in freer circumstances.”