Freedom to act.
Freedom to take responsibility.
Freedom to lift up those bent down.
Freedom to shout where others have been silenced.
An anthology of short essays on the concept of freedom, curated by Belarus Free Theatre, and published to coincide with their 10-year anniversary celebrations.
On Freedom collects powerful polemics from 34 contributors – artists, directors, activists, politicians - all of whom have worked with or supported Belarus Free Theatre over the last decade. Each essay is between 300 and 500 words.
With cover artwork by Ai Weiwei, On Freedom is a timely manifesto on what the changing definition of freedom looks like today, from the UK to Belarus. It features essays from, amongst others: actor, Michael Sheen; director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti; theatre director Michael Attenborough; fashion designer and activist, Vivienne Westwood; leading human rights lawyer and founder of Reprieve, Clive Stafford Smith; artist, Eric Fischl; director of English PEN, Jo Glanville; theatre director David Lan; chair of Arts Council England, Sir Peter Bazalgette; with a foreword authored by BFT patron Sir Tom Stoppard.
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Vaclav Havel – photographer unknown
Underground performance – © Georgie Weedon
Police raid of Belarus performance © Svetlana Sugako
In rehearsal for Price of Money – © Georgie Weedon
merry christmas, Ms Meadows, performed in Belarus © Svetlana Sugako
Natalia and Ai Weiwei marching in solidarity with refugees, London, September 2015 © Natalia Kaliada
Belarus Not Found © Georgie Weedon
Give A Body Back protest, New York, 2015 © Georgie Weedon
Made in USSR © Georgie Weedon
Price of Money © Nicolai Khalezin
Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker, performed in Belarus © Svetlana Sugako
Being Harold Pinter © Nicolai Khalezin
Trash Cuisine © Nicolai Khalezin
Fringe First award, Edinburgh, 2011 – photographer unknown
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Jo Glanville
- Irina Krasovskaya
- Yana Rusakevich
- Dr Nabeel Yasin
- Peca Stefan
- Topher Campbell
- Siarhei Kvachonak
- Sir Peter Bazalgette
- Eric Fischl
- Nicolai Khalezin
- David Lan
- Clive Stafford Smith
- Pavel Radak-Haradnitski
- ÖZen Yula
- Sigrid Rausing
- Kiryl Kanstantsinau
- Michael Sheen
- Victoria Biran
- Vivienne Westwood
- Michael Attenborough
- Vladimir Shcherban
- Maryna Yakubovich
- Shami Chakrabarti
- Dominic Dromgoole
- Irina Khalip
- Marina Cantacuzino
- Derrick Chua
- Andrei Urazau
- Dr Richard Tynan
- Yuliya Shauchuk
- Theodore Zeldin
- Jamie Kelsey-Fry
- Natalia Kaliada
- Katherine Watson
- On Belarus Free Theatre
- Copyright
- Illustrations
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