Invisible families

The production is based on interviews with Russian LGBT families.
In 2013, the Russian State Duma passed a law banning the co-called homosexual propaganda, which severely restricted the freedom of expression and assembly of LGBT organizations. In 2020, an amendment to the law was introduced banning same-sex families, especially the presence of children in such families.
As a result of said amendment, same-sex families are at risk of having their children taken away if the parents’ way of life „contradicts“ that of a traditional family.

Today, several such threats have already been carried out in Russia, and same-sex families are forced to live in fear every day. How do these „invisible“ families live?
What are their days filled with? What do they rejoice and worry about and do they really differ so much from the traditional family?

Cast and crew
Artistic director and producer: Zenja Muha
Executive director: Ekaterina Petrova Artist: Katya Seledkina
Lighting: Ksyusha Kozlova
Composer and sound engineer: Rostislav Godlevsky

Cast:
First woman - Grigory Zaritovsk
Second woman - Yulia Razumovskaya Third woman - Ekaterina Petrova
Fourth woman- Maryana Kucheryavaya
The man- Grigori Zaritovski
The girl - Eve
The boy - David
Lawyer’s Text - Ksenia Mikhailova
Lullaby - Yosef Mar

The theatre “Filomela” combines elements of documentary theatres and puppet theatres. The theatre focuses primarily on the stories of those whose voices are not heard in society, who are not visible and cannot speak publicly about themselves.

To attend the festival, in addition to the theatre ticket, a valid covid health certificate must be presented, i.e., one of three: 

a) vaccination passport (the last dose must have been administered according to the time specified by the manufacturer); 

b) certificate of recovery from Covid-19 (up to 6 months from recovery); 

c) negative test result ( PCR-test 72 hours before or a rapid antigen test 48 hours before). 

Read more: https://www.kul.ee/covid-tervisetoend The festival does not offer on-site testing and will not offer a refund if a valid health certificate is not presented.