and. it's located in two thousand kilometers east of moscow convicted criminals serving time. for similar playhouses. such. as this puppets were made it recently so. the general should not be ignored. and then comes the judge. its downfall but any of these inmates regularly visited the theater before they landed behind bars valentini ivanov was given eighty years for being in possession of heroin here the ex drug trafficker puts on puppet shows an unusual spectacle for a penal colony. we design the puppets and make them

from anything available here in this piece for instance is made from paper. there are some true craftsmen among the camp inmates after all they didn't always sit in prison their whole lives you survive they were fond of fairy tales when they were children. and they like them now too. 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. with the fairy tale heroes. for example. behavior used to be so. many bad things. it landed him in jail.

inmates 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. hello hello. prisoner for who you are. thank you. to the prison. he's serving a prison sentence for. his wife is an inmate at another prison camp. the other thing they have in common is their daughter. and as they write to each other. he says that he is looking forward to the moment when they let me go. he wants me to visit him. in the drama club.

his muse and all don't have very much. there are more than a thousand inmates in this prison camp for women there's a theater here too but unlike her husband doesn't appear on stage. but she often watches performances by incarcerated stands a favorite is shakespeare's romeo and juliet. six so when you. look at your last. arms take your last embrace. and the lips oh you the doors of brass sealed with the righteous kiss. me on a date less bargain to engrossing death. since there are no men around

the men's roles in this production the play by women. the girl playing the part of 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 boy 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 plays the part of romeo was involved in the armed robbery of

a shop. jyoti i'm joining actually in this theater very much. been doing it since two thousand and seven. the theaters are home really time moves faster here. a change here will leave an entirely different one. sometimes i even forget that i'm in prison was pretty much. as soon as the performance is over the women actors will change their fancy costumes for prison uniform they will again look like all three inmates but the rascals and from the floors a stepping stone for. today's company to that these are about to come to a man everyone returns to the samples in the evening spent promise of sending a letter to her husband in the men's prison. there's a letter for you. every

word is important to me. she writes. this. morning thing is that she loves me. misses 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. but all these together. we're going to hear you. three.

the theater creates a different reality. the fantasy heroes rather than criminals. this is cathy and nastia and. i can 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 the store is that dress rehearsal passes off smoothly. now a 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.

puppets sporting colorful costumes to the stage name great prison uniform filled the room. in their voices to the puppet. 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 do my job with zeal and the result is quite real if you are still a runaway you are sure to be brought. to you. 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.

inmates come to help but discuss future productions at meal time they're going to stage an exit from a story by the russian orphans you have ski to play with based on notes from the house of the dead. ascii wrote the story after returning from a spell of hard labor in siberia in exile. wealthy british style.

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toto golden center. still. live in a sea of polish ski business. theaters behind bars first came into vogue when british actor and director alex downer visited a jail in the u. rules before that stage several plays in irish prisons but few believed his project would succeed in russia. people were concerned. my mom. more yeah people a lot what's crazy. you know people were interested as well find out would be. and after i'd done some research

on. this for two weeks he prefers to play with russian inmate schools 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 trite which is they have very high degree of conscientiousness so 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. generally it's cool to kind of just not do things and knock. down his production signals the first signs of success. since then the federal service overseeing the country's penitentiary system. several theoretical festivals for

prisoners. teenagers in a special colony in the town of michel near moscow a set to take part in one of the. 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 that shooters have brought powder ending for them. here are the ice and it is what college do you meet. 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 and three months for stealing a car. my name is alexander i'm serving five years for robbery and still got three years to go. i've been convicted of serious assault and halfway through two yes sentences but with. 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. i dare say you are still hoping that your friend to andre will help you up are your hopes are futile look midnight is approaching and so is the terrible ordeal that you will have to go through a young man's game meanwhile your so-called friend is looking at his favorite book of stamps and savoring some fruit ice cream is a lawyer lawyer you see your. fellow inmates now have the chance to take in the video performance. admits he wants to continue his acting career when he is set free. i would like to keep doing it. for. myself. but then try to achieve high goals step by step.

faction from. experience here. for the future. psychologists offer their own explanation. to take part in performances while in prison theatre helps them cope with hardships and realize their creative potential. pent up emotions which is sometimes more important than anything else to a person or. it is very easy to give expression to your inner emotions when you are not what you are anyone where intimate 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 the characters. well we present what you got as it. presents.

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 all the way 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 you get what i'm trying to say actors from the men's prison colony in the ural is 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. ski's notes from the house of the dead gives a vivid description of their prison life. a few 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 inmates from the juvenile correctional facility have arrived in moscow to attend a youth theatre festival six groups are taking part in the competition. of them consist of young offenders. was presented to you by the cast of prison camp. alexander and. the teenage convict efforts have not been. a panel of judges from now on a mostly decides to award first place to that production and in another surprise move they declared that one of the inmates has been accepted into the theater college without having to take entrance exams. begin to attend classes after he served his term. the phone didn't ring us we didn't really

expect to get first place that was quite a surprise or we've been doing it for ourselves rather than anybody else or just like doing it i can hardly believe what made it to the top. all is set for the opening night performance of the plate and the humans colony. no two craftsman have built sets to match the interior of the prison described by dust a.f.p. complete with plan their. the actors put themselves into high end they confess they had no difficulty adapting to the role of nineteenth century russian convicts me after all they're in a fairly similar situation themselves. the barrack was kept under lock and key throughout the night. it was a long. narrow. and duffy room. stall the racket. jets whether this instant.

oh yes man is a hardy creature a creature capable of getting used to anything is. it and i think. that's the best definition of them and. the play based on dusting ascii has impressed inmates and has a life that is in prison clothes appearance for a surprise thank you many of them they get a mention to visit my relatives at the earliest opportunity thank. the fears of plays a role in the life of women inmates to. at any rate the woman playing the part of lenny i may be released to the end of what. she hopes she will be discharged on parole. psychologist to say that acting in a prison theater may help those who have fallen foul of the movie pave the way for

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