Oleg Sentsov’s play was staged in Kyiv

On November 14, at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, the performance “Room” based on the play by Oleg Sentsov was presented in the production of Moscow director Anastasia Patlay.

According to the performance of the performance, the display will be accompanied by raising funds in support of Oleg Sentsov.

“Numbers” is the first dramatic experience of Oleg Sentsov, about which he spoke in one of the letters transmitted from the imprisonment to Lefortovo producer Natalya Joseph. She suggested that the Moscow Theater.doc present a play to the audience.

The stage reading took place at theater.doc in November 2014, and a few weeks later, at the request of the audience, it was repeated in the Sakharov Center. In March 2015, the reading of the play was held in the Kiev Theater "Dach" with Ukrainian actors.

Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and writer Oleg Sentsov gained fame in 2012 after his first film “Gamer”, which participated in several international festivals. In May 2014, Sentsov was detained by the FSB in Crimea, in August 2015 he was found guilty of organizing a terrorist community and sentenced to 20 years in a maximum regime colony.

In support of Oleg Sentsov, Russian and foreign cultural figures and human rights activists spoke, they consider the charges against him far -fetched and politically motivated. The Human Rights Center "Memorial" recognized the director by political prisoner.