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 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 so. used to do so many bad things. and faithfully 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. ideas hello hello. prisoner for who do you know much better. thank you. to the prison theatre he's serving a twelve