(ex –Free Theatre) is an independent alternative theatre and one of the not numerous alternative theatres in Belarus.
It was created in 2001 in Brest city as the community of people joined with the political and creative views. The main prerequisite of the theatre emergence were the critical view on the surrounding reality, reaction to the political situation and a wish to join an art and activism. The main aim was the formation of the platform for the creative activity against human disunity, oppression and violence, the platform for overcoming the situations of constrained silence, passivity and society depression.
During 2001-2011 the theatre created 8 performances (4 of them are street performances), which are different in the stylistic, the visual language and the method of working. These performances are based on the works of Daniil Kharms, Yanka Kupala, Franz Kafka and own scenarios. The stylistics of the performances joins the elements of German expressionism and Brecht theatre, traditional Oriental theatre and clownery, pantomime and Dadaists humor.
Constantly changing own creative method the theatre experiments with the different techniques of the work with an actor. We use Grotovsky method and Meyerhold exercises, the mime training and folk singing… During 5 years the theatre engaged in researching of the theatre anthropology. This work started after the participating International School of Theatre Anthropology in Wroclaw in 2005. The actors researched the process of creating the out-of-everyday body, the body which reflects another way of thinking, the leaving of the everyday behavior and the energy on the stage.
Kryly Halopa Theatre is one of the few Belarusian street theatres. In the street performances the theatre joins the techniques of traditional street theatre (stilts, masks, live fire, and live music), elements of happening, clownery, expression of Oriental theatre and silent cinema.
The theatrical education the group received in the halls of Polish alternative (Teatr Osmego Dnia, Biuro Podrozy, Akademia Ruchu, Remus, Wegajty…), Danish (Teatret OM, Odin Teatret) and others theatre (Teatro Nukleo (Italy), Living Theatre (USA) etc.).
