subbotnik

subbotnik is a platform for artistic labour and networking and has been founded in 2012 by Kornelius Heidebrecht, Martin Kloepfer (until 2022), and Oleg Zhukov. “subbotnik” is derived from the term for voluntary unpaid Saturday work in the former USSR and the GDR – an allusion to the oftentimes precarious production conditions within the independent scene. subbotnik may yet also be interpreted as a priceless, collective achievement of performers and audience that turn every performance into a shared experience. As theatre makers and musicians with roots in Belarus, Ukraine, and the Ruhrgebiet, they work at the intersection of performative narration, concert and live audio play and musical theatre, respectively.

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