Theater of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of USSR labour camps, and the full-scale theaters that were built inside of them. Theaters behind the fence were filled with artists from distinct theatrical and ethnic backgrounds – all prisoners. You will walk through the camp where in three confined spaces behind the hessian lines a story of a prisoner will unfold. A Roma queer man, a Ukrainian playwright, a Jewish puppet maker, all trapped inside the gulag walls.

They will tell you about their journeys - from their rooms to the black NKVD cars, to the train carriages with no windows, to barracks, and onto the stage. You might also hear them speak their truth through the characters of Shakespeare in this immersive journey through space. You will continue walking through the dream like maze, until you find yourself in a GULAG theater, where you will be confronted by the three artists in their last and endless rehearsal of Shakespeare’s King Lear for the single audience member, a commanding officer of the camp Theodor Eihmans, who will decide whether they will live or die.