Theatre Studio of Internationally Displaced People (IDP) Uzhik: Formed of people displaced during the war in Ukraine, the Theatre Studio of IDP’s Uzhik is made up of teachers, students, labourers, salesmen, doctors and others who sought refuge in the town of Uzhhorod during the conflict.
None are professional actors, but all have said to have found hope and meaning through theatre and the ‘spirit of Shakespeare’.
Over a long career, John Gielgud played King Lear many times. He also directed this 1950 production, portraying the monarch as a foolish aristocrat planning a carefree retirement living with his children. However, the daughters refuse to accommodate the king
and his huge band of knights, and Lear ends up alone in a raging storm. As the elements batter him, a sense of turmoil and desolation ravage his mind.