Riot Days (Part 2)
Maria Alyokhina's account of her activism, trial and imprisonment, as part of Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot. Dramatised by EV Crowe and starring Katie West.
Maria Alyokhina's account of her activism, trial and imprisonment, as part of Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot. Dramatised by E V Crowe and starring Katie West, Kerry Gooderson and Kathryn Drysdale.
Part of 大象传媒 Radio 4's Riot Girls - provocative writing by women
Directed by Emma Harding
Maria.....Katie West
Nadya.....Kerry Gooderson
Katya.....Kathryn Drysdale
Beautician.....Saffron Coomber
Lena.....Alexandra Meyrick
Olga.....Roslyn Hill
Prosecutor.....Tony Turner
Defence Attorney Violetta.....Clare Corbett
Guard.....Carolyn Pickles
Oksana.....Lucy Doyle
Major.....Michael Bertenshaw
Judge.....Ronny Jhutti
Guard 2....Jeanette Percival
Prisoner....Alexandra Constantinidi
Guitarist....Lewis Turner
Additional material from Pussy Riot, A Punk Prayer for Freedom (Feminist Press) and Maria Alyokhina's closing courtroom statement translated by a collaborative team of translators, Marijeta Bozovic, Maksim Hanukai, and Sasha Senderovich, edited by Bela Shayevich, originally published on the website of n+1 magazine
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- Sun 13 Jan 2019 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 12 Jan 2020 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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