The Light from Below: Stories from Ukrainian Basements

The Light From Below: Stories from Ukrainian Basements is a double-bill of newly translated, world premiere plays. Each play tells the story of hope and heartache in times of war from the perspective of those living through it, created by a Ukrainian refugee-led group of theatre-makers. Save the Light by Polina Pologenceva: The true story of a woman and her child fleeing the war in Ukraine in spring 2022. Told with humor and humanity, Polina’s story offers a unique insight into life as a refugee in a way not seen on the news. Fox Dark as Light Night by Andriy Bondarenko: a deeply poetic dreamplay about a lonely refugee from the 2014 war in Donbas, Igor, living in a basement and teaching Japanese online. He desperately looks for redemption and happiness but struggles with traumatic visions from the past.