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Creating provocative theatre carries great personal
risks: emotional, financial and artistic. For the members
of the Belarus Free Theatre, there are additional risks:
censorship, imprisonment, and worse. Director
Madeleine Sackler goes behind-the-scenes with the
acclaimed troupe of imaginative and subversive
performers who defy Europe’s last remaining dictatorship.
When authorities forbid critical examinations of
such topics as sexual orientation, alcoholism, suicide
and politics, the Free Theatre responds by injecting
these taboos into performances staged underground.
As a dubious presidential election looms, the
KGB targets the Free Theatre’s founders. Comprised
of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews,
Dangerous Acts gives audiences a front row seat to a
resistance movement as it unfolds on the stage and
in the streets. Dangerous Acts reconfirms our belief that
the power of art and hope can indeed change the world.
In Belarusian, English and Russian, with English subtitles.
Co-presented by Studio 180 Theatre.