it said here is a mansion in the wind blew by president johnson nobody has bothered to brush and say he wasn't part of the reluctance of them but that many troops in this town too much so you know i'm. doing a tribute to one of russia's more this controversial leader it's on the age of ten about seven boris yeltsin's from the country remember his demise of the but president of serbia launch of a leader of the future changes but his legacy is still divided many in the country today. and on and it's expanding a russian diplomat up like using moscow's intelligence says as of making films on the original post but to use in some lighting double instead of the identities of six other citizens are taken to great fake documents of russian agents exposed in the west boxed. up next we travel to a very unusual say it's how a russian prison inmates escape from reality by staging other things from shakespeare to dostoyevsky stay with us how special report coming up next.

that was always preceded by bursts of laughter and swearing and shave today it's you they were all wrong schools swearing all the time i am. the first glance this theater is like and i am the difference is that this stage is found in a prison i am flukey to two thousand kilometers east of moscow convicted criminals serving time plays there are similar playhouses behind that and such.

but the us is this puppets were made it recently so. the general should be. used and then comes the judge but it. it's down to any of these inmates regularly visited a theater before they landed behind bars valentini ivanov was given eighty years for being in possession of heroin here the extra traffic puts on puppet shows an unusual spectacle for a penal colony. we design the puppets anything available here this piece for instance is made from paper. there are some true craftsmen. after all they didn't always sit in prison their whole lives. of fairy tales when they were children. and they like them now to.

occasionally take on the role of playwright. new meanings to old folk stories to adapt them to spectators who spent many years behind. the people here in prison have a lot in common with the fairy tale heroes. for example. behavior used to be. used to do so many bad things. and faithfully landed him in jail. inmate spend most of their time in these quarters there are enough to tear beds for one hundred people an area is set aside for convicts who want to write to their relatives. ideas hello hello.

prisoner for when you get a letter. thank you. to the prison. he's serving a twelve year prison sentence for. his wife is an inmate at another prison camp for a separate crime the other thing they have in common is their daughter. and the letters they write to each other. he says. that is lookin forward to the moment when they let me go. he wants me to visit him in the bureau he's still active in the drama club. his muse and all don't have very much. there are more than a thousand inmates in this prison council and then there's a theater here too but unlike her husband doesn't appear on stage.

but she often watches performances by incarcerated stabs a favorite is shakespeare's romeo and juliet. six so when you. look at your last. arms take your last embrace. it and the lips oh you the doors the brass seal with the righteous kiss. me on a date less bargain to engrossing death. since there are no men around all the men's roles in this production the play by women. the girl playing the part of frome you easy lana to me she had always been just a girl before appearing in that scene where i say i love. the picture in my mind's eye suddenly changed as i said that addressing her i felt as if i was talking to

a boring although in actual fact a girl so i think you need to be in love if you want expressions of love on stage to look genuine if you have love in your soul then you have no difficulty showing it in your acting. whenever i look at kutztown on stage it seems to me that she is indeed juliet and i see myself as romeo. the girl who's playing juliet was convicted of homicide before being sent here a friend who. was involved in a shop. i know actually in this theater very much. been doing it since two thousand and seven. the theatres are home really time moves faster here. a chain you. believe in entirely different. sometimes i even forget that i'm in prison was

pretty. soon as the performance is over the women actors will change their fancy costumes for prison even if. they look like mates but the rascals and friends a stepping stone for. today's come back to that is about to come to an end everyone returns to the salads in the evening. and in the men's prison. there's a letter for you. every word is important to me.

thing is that she loves me. and hasn't forgotten about me. easy him to talk about that. he says love and fear to help him survive prison life. will move this one for want. and these together you watch it. we're going to hear you as one two three as ok like that. the theater creates a different reality a world of fantasy heroes rather than criminals. this is cathy and linda i can't tell one woman from another i'm really at a loss. wait a minute nicholai you are

a father your son is fooling around with two women yes my son so off you go just do it me at this thought was that it was a dress rehearsal passes off smoothly. now it's chief aim is to raise awareness about what we're doing and target audience is inside and outside prison. that's why we touch on such important subjects as friendship between men. family and jobs. a mesh a puppet sporting colorful costumes take to the stage while many great prison uniform filled the room. in one thousand voices to the puppet it's no ordinary fairy tale but the prisoners understand its message well you. know the general is awfully wise he knows how to

organize a frame up and send them to prison without giving any reason i'd do my job with zeal and the result is quite real if you are still a runaway you are sure to be brought to bay. nobody will ever see this production outside what's called the. nevertheless the actors in this prison colony make no secret of the fact they would like to perform in front of the general public thank . you. inmates can't help but discuss future productions at mealtime they're going to

stage an excerpt from a story by the russian author. the play was based on notes from the house of the dead. three s.k. wrote the story after returning from a spell of hot labor in siberia in exile. wealthy british style sign posts. on. the. market finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our cheek. we use special interest and accessory quitman and.

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theaters behind bars first came into vogue when british actor and director alex downer visited a jail in the us before that dow had stage several plays in irish prisons but few believed his project would succeed in russia. people were concerned. my mother my wife my friend yeah people a lot watts and you crazy. you know people were interested as well find out would be. and after i'd done some research i felt i didn't have any. for two weeks he refers to play with russian inmates this philosophical work features the main character in conversation with god. the

russian men i was working with had what i think is a quite typical russian traits which is they have very high degree of conscientiousness so what i asked them to do something they would do it without much problem they would just do the work they were asked to do in english prisons in england generally it's cool sometimes to kind of just not do things and not care. down production signals the first signs of success. since then the federal service overseeing the country's penitentiary system was organized several theatrical festivals for prisoners. teenagers in a special colony in the town of near moscow a set to take part in one of them. attention all right. all the

teenagers here get up at six thirty in the morning no exceptions are made. second unit. they follow the same routine as their adult counterparts in other institutions the only difference is that these teenagers go to school. in this colony the teenage actors need good make up for the folktale they want to perform their tutors have brought powder and ink for them. it is what college do you need. despite their age they've committed serious crimes. for most of the young actors this is a milestone on the way to freedom if they show that they're talented actors they might receive leniency from the administration. even though only three actors make

up this small troop the total prison time between them up to ten years. my name is nicholas. i'm serving a sentence of one year in three months for stealing a car. my name is alexander of i'm serving five years for robbery and still got three years to go. i've been convicted of serious assault and halfway through. the juvenile prison. so the performance takes place in a car. to begin with one of the offenders films the boys' routine the inmates will see it later this is when the finishing touches have been put to the film the play will be shown in many other prisons. not that i dare say you're still hoping that your friend andrei will help you up or us your hopes are futile look midnight is approaching and so is

a terrible ordeal but you will have to go through young man me meanwhile your so-called friend is looking at his favorite book of stamps and savoring some fruit ice cream it's a lawyer joe law if you see a. fellow inmates now have the chance to take in the video performance. admits he wants to continue his acting career when he's set free. i would like to keep doing it. for. myself. but then try to achieve high goals step by step. towards your. faction from. experience here. i've got lots of plans for the future. psychologists offer their own explanation as to why inmates to take part in performances while in prison theatre helps them cope

with hardships and realize their creative potential moreover it helps them vent pent up emotions which is sometimes more important than anything else to a prisoner. it is very easy to give expression to your inner emotions when you are not what you are anyone where in the myth they feel they're expressing the emotions of their characters rather than their own therefore they can always pretend that the emotions they show on stage. characters. well we present. present. emotions apart these men are now concerned with something more important they have won a trip to moscow to attend a theater festival. they will be a school to moscow these inmates get to leave the barbed wire behind if only for

a few hours. ok he enters the barrack stinks like hell and it's packed with all sorts of people some four hundred all in all do you know what i'm trying to say actors from the men's prison colony in the us now planning something so ambitious that even experienced producers might be reluctant to try these men want to give their audience a history lesson by posing as nineteenth century comics. notes from the house of the dead gives a vivid description of their prison life. each of the books characters are symbols of misery and disappointment their lives that are ruined you need to make it clear to the audience so that they feel the same way. meanwhile. from the juvenile correctional facility. to attend a youth theatre festival six groups are taking part in the competition. consist of

young offenders. was presented to you by the cast. prison camp. alexander and. the teenaged. judges decides to award first place to that production and in another surprise move they declared that one of the banks has been accepted into the theater college without having to take entrance exams. begin to attend classes he said. we didn't really expect to get that was quite a surprise would been doing it for. anybody else just like dang it i can hardly believe what made it to the top. all is set for the opening night performance of the plate and the yield is colony. no two craftsman have built sets

to match the interior of the prison described by dust they have to complete with plans that. the actors put themselves into why and they confess they had no difficulty adapting to the role of nineteenth century russian comics me after all they're in a fairly similar situation themselves. the barack was kept under lock and key throughout the night. it was a long it narrow. and stuffy room. stall the racket. jets where this instant. oh yes man is a hardy creature a creature capable of getting used to anything. me and i

think. that's the best definition of them and. the play based on dusting ascii has impressed inmates in the same light that is in prison clothes are in for a surprise thank you man if they get a mention to visit my relatives at the earliest opportunity thank. plays a role in the life of women inmates to. at any rate the woman playing the part of may be released to the end of a term she hopes she will be discharged from hello. psychologist to certain that acting in a prison theater may help those who have fallen foul of the mill pave the way for a better life for me outside.

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