Director Zhenya Berkovich was detained after the detention of playwright Svetlana Petriychuk in the case of the play “Finist – the Clear Falcon”. informs “Fontanka”, referring to actress Yulia August.
Aug announced on his social networks both arrests, referring to Petriychuk, the husband of playwright Yuri Shekhvatov.
The reason for the detention may be a criminal case against the director Zhenya Berkovich to justify the alleged terrorism initiated because of the play “Finist – Clear Falcon”.
The performance was staged according to Petriychuk’s play in 2020 and received the “Golden Mask” in 2022, the two highest state theatrical awards for “Best Work of a Playwright” and “Best Work of a Costume Designer”. The main characters of the game are women who have decided to marry radical Islamists virtually and live with them in Syria.
May 4 recognized About searches in the apartment of Zhenya Berkovich’s grandmother, the writer Nina Katerli, and her mother, Elena Efros.