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Expressing your pain in artistic form is not easy: exiled Russian theatre director builds bridges in London
2025-04-21 15:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscows top theatre prizes before his exile due to public criticism of the invasion of Ukraine, has spoken angrily of the impact of the war ahead of his first work with British actors. The Moscow-born director, 70, plans to use Dickenss two stories Great Expectations and Hard Times to create a new performance.Arriving in London this weekend for a short stay, Krymov, who is regarded by many western theatre pundits as among the best directors in the world, told the Observer he wants to link British and Russian performers and audiences, despite the divisions caused by President Vladimir Putin.It is because of this that we wanted to create our Dickens show, he said, before the first of his acting workshops. The rehearsals have been set up by Margaret Cox, the writer and producer who is also the daughter of the Scottish Succession star Brian Cox, in collaboration with one of Krymovs former students, Lucie Dawkins...
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