The Rebel Moscow Theater Closes Its Doors With The Provocative Final Performance News About The Russia Ukraine War
The Gogol Center theater, one of the last bastions of artistic freedom in Russia, closed its doors with a provocative final performance called “I take no part in the war.” Thursday night’s emotional game, protesting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, marked the dramatic end of an era for the Russian capital’s ever-shrinking opposition and intellectual circles. Previously run by rebel filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who fled Russia after criticizing Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, the Gogol Center has staged daring works for a decade, often testing increasingly strict laws and Moscow’s sharp conservative turn under President Vladimir Putin....