KS6: Small Forward

The dissident troupe Belarus Free Theatre, which has been banned from its native country, returns to La MaMa with the world premiere of a work based on the life on another Belarusian exile: Katsiaryna "Katya" Snytsina, a star of women's basketball who showed her mettle off the court by coming out as a lesbian and voicing opposition to the dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko. The piece has been written and directed by BFT’s co-founders, Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada; Snytsina herself performs it with help from London dance-club figure DJ Blanka Barbara.