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NATALIA PELEVINE |
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Nationality: Russian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Natalia Pelevine - was born in Moscow just under thirty years ago and moved to London at the tender age of eleven. With Russian, Polish, Italian blood she is a descendent of the Poniatowski royal dynasty and a great granddaughter of a leader of anticommunist uprising killed by the KGB in 1932. Having escaped a closed off reality of the Soviet Union she soon began to feel the exciting enormity of such a diverse world. After finishing school and having gone on to study art history and theatre studies at university Natalia signed with an L.A. agent and ventured out to the United States. The baggage of personal experiences and feelings, as well as the cold reality of terrorism being high on our agenda resulted in 'In Your Hands'.
Plays by Natalia Pelevine
I Plead Guilty | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gene Frankel Theatre | 20 May 2011 | ||||
Company: | Dare to Speak Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128813 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama 90 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Eight hours into the siege of a theatre, Islamic terrorists have taken the audience hostage, demanding for troops to be pulled out of their land. They insist that if this does not happen, the government will have the blood of many on their hands. In this midst of this horror, an interaction occurs between two women, the journalist, Natasha, and black widow terrorist, Seda. Their relationship, tense, difficult, and dangerous takes an unforeseen turn, when Seda, removes her veil and reveals her personal story to Natasha whose life is in her hands. In disbelief and agonizing circumstances, the two women are stripped of their roles as victim and villain, and are simply that- women. | |||||
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In Your Hands | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | First Act Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28064 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Based on the real events of 23rd October 2002, 'In Your Hands' is the story of a terrorist attack that grabbed headlines all over the world. During a performance of the popular musical 'Nord Ost' Chechen rebels took control of a Moscow theatre. Men, women and children were held captive inside the auditorium for 57 hours while the Russian government debated how to react. During that time hostages communicated freely with their captors. When federal forces finally stormed the building they used a gas which killed 150 hostages. 41 hostage takers, 19 of whom were women (the so called 'Black Widows') also lost their lives. 'In Your Hands' was written by Russian-born Natalia Pelevine and is directed by Julian Woolford. It tells the story of this tragedy from the perspective of two women - a terrorist and a hostage. They come from utterly different worlds yet find a deep connection. It is a tense, difficult and dangerous relationship which, in the end, takes an unexpected turn. Based on extensive research, including interviews with witnesses and surviving hostages, 'In Your Hands' is endorsed by victims of the event and Russian Non-Government Organisation of Victims of Terror. Both controversial and uniquely interactive, the play has already been banned in Russia and this London run at the New End Theatre sees its worldwide premiere. | |||||
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V Tvoih Rukah | ||
| 1st Produced: | Makhachkala Russian Dramatic theatre. | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Makhachkala Russian Dramatic theatre. | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83693 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 9 | ||
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Notes: | The opening of the play was attended by the president of Dagestan. He banned the play on the opening night. | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the events of the Moscow theatre siege of 2002, the plot focuses on two women, a hostage and a hostage taker. | |||||
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