Ukrainian Iuliia Loboda and Russian Zhanna Agalakova share the stage in 'La Haye' by Sasha Denisova. LÉO D'ORIANO FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE
Pale in a dark suit, his eyes gleam with hatred and ambition. Light in a white dress, her gaze is dark with anger and determination. Vladimir Putin and a young girl – the chief accuser of the Kremlin leader – face off on stage in an imaginary courtroom in the play La Haye ("The Hague"). The French play, centered around a trial, will be one of the highlights of Le Doc en Scène, a Paris festival featuring Russian and Ukrainian artists united in opposition to the Kremlin, totalitarianism and war. It takes place from Thursday, November 13 to Friday, December 19.
"It's important to show French audiences this satire. To remind them of Putin's dictatorship, the horror of his troops' invasion of Ukraine," explained the play's author, Sasha Denisova, 51, ahead of a rehearsal. After 15 years in Moscow and more than 25 productions in various independent Russian theaters, the Ukrainian playwright left the country on February 25, 2022, one day after Putin began what he called the "special military operation" in Ukraine.
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