Natalia Kaliada's guest appearances

Natalia Kaliada

Q with Tom Power

HARDtalk

Somewhere To Believe In

Angie Thomas

George Takei

Ruth Hunt

Brian Cox

Yusef Salaam

Alfre Woodard

Donald Trump

Michael Stipe

Sheryl Crow

Ang Lee

Maya V

Michael Sheen

Louie Anderson

Janelle Monáe

Thomas Middleditch

OwlTail

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Robert Jones Jr

Author Robert Jones Jr. talks about his new novel The Prophets and the influence James Baldwin had on his life and career. Natalia Kaliada is the co-founder of Belarus Free Theatre, she talks about the radical art coming out of Belarus and Russia. Canada Reads is just over a month a way, so Kim's Convenience star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, who is defending Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, drops by to talk about the book.

[Full episode] Robert Jones Jr., Natalia Kaliada, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

This week’s podcast episode is a very important one, so let’s get straight to it. Katherine and Paul speak to writer, human rights campaigner, political refugee, theatre-maker and ‘public enemy’ to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus, Natalia Kaliada. Natalia is a founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre, a collective of artists who use the power of theatre to fight for democracy in Belarus and oppose what’s known as ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’.We hear about Natalia’s own experiences living a not-so-censored life under an oppressive regime. Including her exile to London and how she continues to fight the same fight her ancestors did (her grandfather survived German concentration camps and Soviet gulags before ever Alexander Lukashenko came to dictatorial rule in his beloved Belarus). Resistance is seemingly in her DNA.Natalia shares the stories of the Belarus protesters, 15,000 of whom have been imprisoned, raped or killed by the Belarus government this year. We hear how theatre has helped some of them through their imprisonment and how Belarus Free Theatre continues to use art as a tool to take down the dictatorship.Katherine and Paul reflect on the importance of this conversation and how now, more than ever, we need to stand with the people of Belarus; not just to demand democracy for them, but to actively protect democracy around the world for everyone.Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below._ABOUT NATALIANatalia Kaliada is a founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre as well as a writer, human rights campaigner and producer and is one of the most outspoken critics of Belarus’s repressive regime.Belarus Free Theatre was founded in 2005 in Europe's last surviving dictatorship, by Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin. BFT’s performances take place in selected secret venues around Minsk with audiences alerted to their existence by text message or e-mail. Although forced to operate under cover within Belarus, the Theatre has travelled widely and has gained a growing international reputation. They continue to create exceptional theatre under near impossible conditions underground in Belarus. The company has found a home as associate artists of the Young Vic, London.Natalia Kaliada has been detained, arrested without access to counsel and threatened with rape for her participation in peaceful rallies that were called “subversive” activities and “unstable elements” by the Belarusian authorities. After the tragic events in Belarus in 2010, she and her husband were smuggled out of Belarus and now live in exile in London.Website: https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/ Instagram: @belarusfreetheatreFacebook: @belarusfreetheatreTwitter: @BFreeTheatreTAKE ACTIONSupport Belarus Free Theatre http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/ I’m with the Banned http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/en/bft/imwiththebanned/#Banned Ask your local MP to add “major scumbags” who support Lukashenko’s regime to a sanctions list so their assets will be frozen._LINKS AND RESOURCESBelarus Free Theatre https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/ Ministry Of Counterculture https://moc.media/Who is long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko? https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/07/belarus-presidential-election-who-is-long-time-leader-alexander-lukashenko Who is Svetlana Tikhanovskaya? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.htmlAlexander Lukashenko on Coronavirus https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-vodka-sauna-countryside-tractors-a9434426.html Natalia on Bruatility https://euobserver.com/opinion/149384 Brutality in Belarus https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53776461 Belarus bans two opposition candidates https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/belarus-bans-two-opposition-candidates-from-running-in-elections Balaklava Blues http://www.balaklavablues.com/ Balaklava Blues at Greenbelt https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/balaklava-blues-presented-by-belarus-free-theatre/ Generation Jeans https://theconversation.com/denim-and-revolution-belarus-free-theatres-generation-jeans-resonates-101442 Being Harold Pinter https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03bcpyk Red Forest http://totaltheatre.org.uk/belarus-free-theatre-red-forest/ Discover Love https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x587 Trash Cuisine https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x5sq Burning Doors https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/theater-review-burning-doors-is-a-fiery-anti-putin-scream.html Dogs of Europe https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/belarus-free-theatre-dogs-of-europeBelarus: thousands protest against death of teacher in police custody https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/15/belarus-thousands-protest-against-death-of-teacher-in-police-custody Is Protest Art Just Propaganda? Or is All Art a Form of Protest? https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/is-protest-art-just-propaganda-or-is-all-art-a-form-of-protest/ 00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In01:00 - Introducing Natalia and the work do Belarus Free Theatre05:36 - Natalia joins the conversation06:44 - Natalia on Belarus Free Theatre11:20 - Natalia on generations of resistance16:12 - Natalia on a lifetime of fighting for democracy21:50 - Natalia on western democracy and dictatorship29:24 - Natalia on 2020 in Belarus41:11 - Natalia on theatre as protest49:07 - How to support Belarus Free Theatre51:36 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Natalia1:05:40 - Coming up next week 1:06:09 - How to get in touch with us1:06:56 - Thank you’s1:07:29 - Hidden track_A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III &amp; The Glory Fires._https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/#SomewhereToBelieveIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s podcast episode is a very important one, so let’s get straight to it. Katherine and Paul speak to writer, human rights campaigner, political refugee, theatre-maker and ‘public enemy’ to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus, Natalia Kaliada. Natalia is a founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre, a collective of artists who use the power of theatre to fight for democracy in Belarus and oppose what’s known as ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’.We hear about Natalia’s own experiences living a not-so-censored life under an oppressive regime. Including her exile to London and how she continues to fight the same fight her ancestors did (her grandfather survived German concentration camps and Soviet gulags before ever Alexander Lukashenko came to dictatorial rule in his beloved Belarus). Resistance is seemingly in her DNA.Natalia shares the stories of the Belarus protesters, 15,000 of whom have been imprisoned, raped or killed by the Belarus government this year. We hear how theatre has helped some of them through their imprisonment and how Belarus Free Theatre continues to use art as a tool to take down the dictatorship.Katherine and Paul reflect on the importance of this conversation and how now, more than ever, we need to stand with the people of Belarus; not just to demand democracy for them, but to actively protect democracy around the world for everyone.Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below._ ABOUT NATALIANatalia Kaliada is a founding Co-Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre as well as a writer, human rights campaigner and producer and is one of the most outspoken critics of Belarus’s repressive regime.Belarus Free Theatre was founded in 2005 in Europe's last surviving dictatorship, by Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin. BFT’s performances take place in selected secret venues around Minsk with audiences alerted to their existence by text message or e-mail. Although forced to operate under cover within Belarus, the Theatre has travelled widely and has gained a growing international reputation. They continue to create exceptional theatre under near impossible conditions underground in Belarus. The company has found a home as associate artists of the Young Vic, London.Natalia Kaliada has been detained, arrested without access to counsel and threatened with rape for her participation in peaceful rallies that were called “subversive” activities and “unstable elements” by the Belarusian authorities. After the tragic events in Belarus in 2010, she and her husband were smuggled out of Belarus and now live in exile in London.Website: <a href="https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/belarusfreetheatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@belarusfreetheatre</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/belarusfreetheatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@belarusfreetheatre</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BFreeTheatre" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@BFreeTheatre</a> TAKE ACTIONSupport Belarus Free Theatre <a href="http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/</a> I’m with the Banned <a href="http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/en/bft/imwiththebanned/#Banned" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/en/bft/imwiththebanned/#Banned</a> Ask your local MP to add “major scumbags” who support Lukashenko’s regime to a sanctions list so their assets will be frozen._ LINKS AND RESOURCESBelarus Free Theatre <a href="https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.belarusfreetheatre.com/</a> Ministry Of Counterculture <a href="https://moc.media/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://moc.media/</a>Who is long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko? <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/07/belarus-presidential-election-who-is-long-time-leader-alexander-lukashenko" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/07/belarus-presidential-election-who-is-long-time-leader-alexander-lukashenko</a> Who is Svetlana Tikhanovskaya? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.html</a>Alexander Lukashenko on Coronavirus <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-vodka-sauna-countryside-tractors-a9434426.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-belarus-alexander-lukashenko-vodka-sauna-countryside-tractors-a9434426.html</a> Natalia on Bruatility <a href="https://euobserver.com/opinion/149384" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://euobserver.com/opinion/149384</a> Brutality in Belarus <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53776461" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53776461</a> Belarus bans two opposition candidates <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/belarus-bans-two-opposition-candidates-from-running-in-elections" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/belarus-bans-two-opposition-candidates-from-running-in-elections</a> Balaklava Blues <a href="http://www.balaklavablues.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.balaklavablues.com/</a> Balaklava Blues at Greenbelt <a href="https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/balaklava-blues-presented-by-belarus-free-theatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/balaklava-blues-presented-by-belarus-free-theatre/</a> Generation Jeans <a href="https://theconversation.com/denim-and-revolution-belarus-free-theatres-generation-jeans-resonates-101442" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/denim-and-revolution-belarus-free-theatres-generation-jeans-resonates-101442</a> Being Harold Pinter <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03bcpyk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03bcpyk</a> Red Forest <a href="http://totaltheatre.org.uk/belarus-free-theatre-red-forest/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://totaltheatre.org.uk/belarus-free-theatre-red-forest/</a> Discover Love <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x587" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x587</a> Trash Cuisine <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x5sq" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038x5sq</a> Burning Doors <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/theater-review-burning-doors-is-a-fiery-anti-putin-scream.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/theater-review-burning-doors-is-a-fiery-anti-putin-scream.html</a> Dogs of Europe <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/belarus-free-theatre-dogs-of-europe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/belarus-free-theatre-dogs-of-europe</a>Belarus: thousands protest against death of teacher in police custody <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/15/belarus-thousands-protest-against-death-of-teacher-in-police-custody" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/15/belarus-thousands-protest-against-death-of-teacher-in-police-custody</a> Is Protest Art Just Propaganda? Or is All Art a Form of Protest? <a href="https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/is-protest-art-just-propaganda-or-is-all-art-a-form-of-protest/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/is-protest-art-just-propaganda-or-is-all-art-a-form-of-protest/</a> 00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In01:00 - Introducing Natalia and the work do Belarus Free Theatre05:36 - Natalia joins the conversation06:44 - Natalia on Belarus Free Theatre11:20 - Natalia on generations of resistance16:12 - Natalia on a lifetime of fighting for democracy21:50 - Natalia on western democracy and dictatorship29:24 - Natalia on 2020 in Belarus41:11 - Natalia on theatre as protest49:07 - How to support Belarus Free Theatre51:36 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Natalia1:05:40 - Coming up next week 1:06:09 - How to get in touch with us1:06:56 - Thank you’s1:07:29 - Hidden track_ A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III &amp; The Glory Fires._<a href="https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/</a>#SomewhereToBelieveIn Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Democracy with Natalia Kaliada

His people have turned against him in the streets but Belarus's dictator Alexander Lukashenko is still in power and his security forces are still following his orders. So where do the anti-Lukashenko activists go from here? Stephen Sackur speaks to Natalia Kaliada, one of the founders of the Belarus Free Theatre, an artist dissident in exile. Will Belarus's summer rebellion be blown away with the autumn leaves?

Natalia Kaliada: Where do Belarus activists go from here?