The Interview - Co-founder, Free Belarus Theatre - Natalia Kaliada

Co-founder, Free Belarus Theatre - Natalia Kaliada

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Belarus is Europe's last old-fashioned dictatorship - a country where political dissent gets you beaten up and locked up. Hardtalk speaks to one Belarussian who has refused to be cowed by President Lukashenko's iron fist. Natalia Kaliada co-founded the Belarus Free Theatre almost a decade ago. Directors, actors, even the audience have all faced arrest and imprisonment, but still their shows go on. Is drama an effective tool of resistance?

(Photo: Natalia Kaliada)


Published on Monday, 12th May 2014.

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