Belgrade theatre, CoventryThis tale of a guard dog in Stalin's Russia captures the essence of the gulags only too wellAll is grey, wind howls, light is dim: design, sound and music suggest boundless, cruel space. The setting is a labour camp in Stalin's Soviet Union, where Ruslan is a guard dog, faithful to his guard Master and to the service (a term that refers to the staff who run the gulag and to the strict codes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM on September 17, 2017