Vera Boitcova

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Fields of art

Arts, general: Audience development, outreach
Visual arts: Curating, Video Art, Performance art, Arts pedagogy
Performing arts: Acting, Directing, Dramaturg, Script writing / playwright, Theatre pedagogy, Performance art
Music:
Special groups: Multicultural / diversity, LGTB
Other culture: Community art

Region

Helsinki

Languages

English, Russian

Social media

https://www.facebook.com/vera.boicova/

Theatre director, playwright, curator, queer performance/video artist and political activist. Currently, Doctoral Researcher at University of the Arts, Helsinki. BA Directing in Musical Theatre – Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts, Russia (2011). MA Theatre and Performance – Queen Mary University of London, the UK (2015). MA Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research – Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2023). Future Laboratory EU program artist.

Former coordinator at Eve’s Ribs feminist art organization + Curator/organizer of the annual Eve’s Ribs Festival (Russia) and Curator/organizer of QueerFest (Russia). Artist-in-residence: PACT Zollverein (Germany), Loviisa Artists Residency, Saari (Finland), Olot (Spain), Hectolitre (Belgium), Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (England).

Shortlisted in Best New Dramaturgy (‘Today My Cat Died’ play, 2021 and ‘Neptune’ play, 2023) – Lubimovka festival (Russia). DAAD prize for Outstanding Achievements in Performance Research. Performed at: Svenska Teatern (Finland), Frankfurt LAB (Germany), Meyerhold Centre, Sovremennik theatre, Aleksandrinski theatre (Russia), Queen’s Hornchurch Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, People’s Palace, in some Duckie projects, CUNTemporary, and DashArts events (the UK).