Two Russian artists in exile reveal the cruelty of Soviet life with a good dose of dark humour. The award-winning Spitfire return to Edinburgh with a project influenced by the books of Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich. Chilling jokes, the absurdity of the situation, and efforts at trivialisation are the key features of a production built on the testimonies of witnesses of wars, the Chernobyl disaster and the collapse of the USSR. Live cinema employing puppet animation and starring food, inspired by works of Jan Švankmajer, provides fitting stylisation.

A multigenre project about the power of the powerless influenced by the books of Světlana Alexejovič, who won the Novel Prize for literature.

The project has received the First Award, one of the main awards at the Edinburg Fringe Festival the First Award or four-star reviews from leading British newspapers and magazines such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Scotsman, The List, Daily Mail.

Concept and direction Petr Boháč

Performed by: Inga Zotova Mikshina, Roman Zotov Mikshin

Technical support: Martin Hůla, Filip Horn

Project manager: Barbora Faifr Repická

Production: Veronika Ilíková