“Zekameron”: how a book written in prison became a theatre performance and then a music album

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:02:14 +0000

We continue our series of stories about projects supported by ArtPower Belarus, funded by the European Union. In 2024, Volnyja Kupalaucy premiered Zekameron in Warsaw, a theatre production based on the book of the same name by Maksim Znak. With support from ArtPower Belarus, one hundred short stories written in prison were transformed into a stage production combining theatre, live music and poetry by Belarusian political prisoners. Over the following two years, the company performed the…

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“Zekameron”: how a book written in prison became a theatre performance and then a music album