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Vera Boitcova

Theatre director, playwright, curator, queer performance/video artist and political activist. Currently, Doctoral Researcher at University of the Arts, Helsinki. BA Directing in Musical Theatre - Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts, Russia (2011). MA Theatre and Performance - Queen Mary University of London, the UK (2015). MA Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research – Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2023). Future Laboratory EU program artist. Former coordinator at Eve's Ribs feminist art organization + Curator/organizer of the annual Eve's Ribs Festival (Russia) and Curator/organizer of QueerFest (Russia). Artist-in-residence: PACT Zollverein (Germany), Loviisa Artists Residency, Saari (Finland), Olot (Spain), Hectolitre (Belgium), Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (England). Shortlisted in Best New Dramaturgy ('Today My Cat Died' play, 2021 and 'Neptune' play, 2023) - Lubimovka festival (Russia). DAAD prize for Outstanding Achievements in Performance Research. Performed at: Svenska Teatern (Finland), Frankfurt LAB (Germany), Meyerhold Centre, Sovremennik theatre, Aleksandrinski theatre (Russia), Queen's Hornchurch Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, People’s Palace, in some Duckie projects, CUNTemporary, and DashArts events (the UK).

Arts, general

Audience development, outreach

Visual arts

Curating Video Art Performance art Arts pedagogy

Performing arts

Acting Directing Dramaturg Script writing / playwright Theatre pedagogy Performance art

Special groups

Multicultural / diversity LGTB

Other culture

Community art

my photo

Region

Helsinki

Communication language

English Russian

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