Theatre

A Lightness Worthy of Nureyev: Martin ten Kortenaar in Nureyev at Staatsballett Berlin

BY Yulia Simic POSTED 04/07/2026 5:09 PM

When Staatsballett Berlin brought Nureyev to the Deutsche Oper Berlin, it was much more than the arrival of a celebrated ballet outside Russia for the first time. It was a reclamation of an artist whose life and identity remain inseparable from the history of twentieth-century dance. Kirill Serebrennikov’s production, with choreography by Yuri Possokhov, avoids […] Read More

Masks Without Mystery: Netrebko Leads a Musically Strong Un ballo in maschera in Berlin

BY Yulia Simic POSTED 21/04/2026 10:41 AM

Giuseppe Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, set to a libretto by Antonio Somma, remains one of the composer’s most politically and dramaturgically compromised works, shaped decisively by nineteenth-century censorship. Originally conceived around the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, the opera was forced into an alternative colonial American setting, yet it retains the essential […] Read More

Drop-In: spring equinox and Eastern European art

BY Izba Arts POSTED 20/03/2026 5:23 PM

From March 20th to the 22th, Izba Arts present a brand new festival and exhibition of works at Drop-In from across the former Eastern Bloc focused around belonging, myth and renewal. Weaving together stories old and new through a series of films, performances, paintings and interactive installations, the show brings together artists reclaiming and reimagining […] Read More

The Claustrophobia of the Inner Critic: Revolt at Battersea Arts Centre

BY Ksenia Kazintseva POSTED 18/03/2026 7:07 PM

There is a particular kind of silence that precedes self-destruction – not the silence of peace, but of a clock winding down. It was this silence that filled the Battersea Arts Centre on 11 March, as Revolt premiered as part of London’s Borough of Culture festival. At its core, Revolt stages the most intimate and […] Read More

Battersea Arts Centre: on ritual and a home renewed – equinox, maslenitsa and the in-between

BY Izba Arts POSTED 07/03/2026 9:29 PM

From March 9th to the 13th, Battersea Arts Centre and Izba Arts present an exhibition of works from across the former Eastern Bloc focused around belonging, myth and renewal. Weaving together stories old and new through a series of films, performances, paintings and interactive installations, the show brings together artists reclaiming and reimagining Eastness and […] Read More

You Just Watch Me: Afterthoughts on Ostermeier’s Seagull

BY Iana Moskalenko POSTED 12/06/2025 5:26 PM

From 26 February to 5 April, the Barbican Theatre hosted showings of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull directed by Thomas Ostermeier. The new adaptation (by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier) produced a remarkable performance with an impressive cast starring Cate Blanchett, Paul Bazely, Tom Burke, Emma Corrin among others. Since the typical period for composing a […] Read More

Les Noces – The Departure at Woolwich Works

BY Izba Arts POSTED 28/12/2023 9:51 PM

A century after Stravinsky and Nijinska crafted the powerful masterpiece Les Noces, the New Movement Collective is set to present a reimagined version of this iconic ballet, culminating in a grand celebration. One hundred years after Stravinsky and Nijinska created the powerful masterpiece Les Noces, New Movement Collective presents a re-imagining of this iconic ballet […] Read More

Golda. A musical story of love, loss and resilience

BY Izba Arts POSTED 21/11/2023 8:47 PM

Bird&Carrot Productions proudly presents the world premiere of GOLDA, a heartfelt and immersive musical story that follows the inspiring journey of a Ukrainian artist and refugee as she fled her home to find hope in a foreign land. The heroine’s life took an unexpected turn when war shattered her world. Once brimming with joy, love, […] Read More

Performance of ‘The White Factory’ at Marylebone Theatre

BY Izba Arts POSTED 31/08/2023 3:44 PM

Spanning several decades, The White Factory explores the life of Yosef Kaufman, a Holocaust survivor from Łódź, haunted by his wartime experiences as he tries to build a new future in 1960s Brooklyn. This is the world premiere of a daring collaboration between Ukrainian, Russian and British creatives, led by writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the bestselling Metro 2033 franchise, […] Read More

Russian premiere of tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 14/06/2023 6:17 AM

Tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt gets a Russian premiere Yulia Savikovskaya meets Alexey Borodin, the director of the production and the Art Director of Russian Academic Youth Theatre, Moscow. On June 16, 2023 Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT), Moscow will have a unique premiere that will open a new page in its history. The audiences will […] Read More