«Women in the Dark» by Ukrainian authors Irina Serebryakova and Masha Denisova is a play about two actresses who are trying to stage a play about the life of Ukrainians during the war.
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Irina Serebryakova is a Ukrainian scriptwriter and playwright. Her play "Tinderland" won the "Transmission.UA: drama on the move" contest, which was co-organized by the British Council in 2021. It was also selected to represent new Ukrainian drama in the UK. In 2021, her mini-series "Qui suis-je?", co-written with Jean-Philippe Andersen, won a grant from the Centre national du cinéma.
After the war began, Serebryakova spent three months in a residency organized by the House of Europe and Czech Centers in Prague. During this time, she wrote several plays exploring the consequences of the war. Her works have been presented in stage readings in Narva, Almaty, Paris, and Prague. Recently, one of the projects in which she participated as an author premiered in Timișoara, Romania. The play is about Ukrainian refugees and was staged by Teatrul Basca.
Masha Denisova
The author prefers not to reveal their identity due to the author's lack of vanity and desire for publicity. In their free time, the author likes to observe people, plants, and birds, drink diet soda, and sing cheerful songs in made-up languages. In their non-free time, the author sleeps and dreams of a world without dictatorships.
Participating artists
Irina Serebryakova
Masha Denisova
