Banned in their native Belarus and renowned for staging covert, uncensored performances, the Free Theatre is a voice of dissent.

Fighting for democracy and free expression, this young, underground theatre troupe brings us a rare UK performance of two plays in repertory.

Being Harold Pinter combines transcripts from Belarusian political prisoners with excerpts from Pinter’s plays and his landmark speech to the Nobel Prize Committee.

Generation Jeans takes a ferociously humorous look at symbols of freedom in Belarus and the ironic role that denim has to play.

'This dazzling production... shows a spiritual resilience that makes dictatorship look even more inflexible and absurd.'

The Guardian *****

‘As gripping and accomplished a piece of theatre as you’ll find in London this year… this is world class theatre, built on the raw guts of experience’

The Telegraph *****

‘Intelligent and moving, performed with striking and effective simplicity’

Financial Times ****

A different guest star will introduce each evening, including Jung Chang, Alan Johnston and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. More names to be announced soon.

All performances are in Russian with English subtitles

Support our Belarus Gala Evening

Soho Theatre seeks to maximise the exposure for The Belarus Free Theatre company and to show solidarity with their pursuit of freedom of expression. Guests are invited to join us on the Gala performance, followed by an evening of champagne and canapes.

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