Terrorism by The Presnyakov Brothers

ACT Diploma present the extraordinary debut play from the Royal Court by two brothers from Siberia. A series of seemingly unrelated scenes portray the ordinary frustrations of everyday life: office workers bickering, a couple committing adultery, grannies complaining about their husbands. But the scenes unfold to reveal the mistrust and dysfunction that have become the norm, in Russia and elsewhere.Terrorism by the Presnyakov Brothers was first performed, in this English translation by Sasha Dugdale, at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.

‘A bitter, funny, penetrating look at the toxic effects of living with fear… Terrorism shrugs off more ideas in quarter of an hour’s wit than most political debating plays do in an evening’. Observer.