In December (so many Arab springs ago), several members of the Belarus Free Theatre were arrested, as protests over longtime strongman Alexander Lukashenko's election were crushed by the autocratic regime. The remaining company members fled to the West to tell their story in art. If this all sounds a little familiar, I suggest you go absorb the body blows of Being Harold Pinter, a crafty and powerful fusion of the playwright's work-worldview with current street-level Belarusian realities. Snub-nosed absurdism takes on bruising new significance when you see it mapped onto the faces and bodies of these profoundly talented, tremendously courageous performers.
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