Inspired by the Blue Blouse theatre movement in the Soviet Union in the 1920s this new work sought to re-create the energy and the vibrant atmosphere of the Blue Blouse’s own performances. Lasting just short of an hour thework featured twenty-two performers, and included live music and dance.

The Blue Blouse (Синяя блуза) theatre troupe were an influential agitprop theatre collective, created by Boris Yuzhanin under the auspices of the Moscow Institute of Journalism. They were a very important theatre movement, now long forgotten. They thrived between 1923 and 1927, when they merged with the Workers Youth Theatre.

The show was originally staged at Pushkin House in London on October the 4th 2016, and subsequently at the Royal Academy in London as part of their RA Lates New Soviet World event on February the 18th 2017. It was staged again at The Marx Memorial Library on May the 12th 2017. All three stagings have been markedly different, with variations of script, cast, and cast numbers. This is an ongoing project with The New Factory.

May 2017 – The Marx Memorial Library – London
February 2017 – The Royal Academy – London
October 2016 – Pushkin House – London