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Name: Correct Use Of A Sunday Afternoon
Item: PUSSY RIOT: RIOT DAYS
Rating: 4
Author: RossDM

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unique performance

had no idea what to expect - didn't really believe we were going watch a traditional gig from the reviews i'd read previously - but i must say the whole arrangement & performance was flawless - a real & complete show where all members on the stage knew their place & performed with precision & expert timing - unbelievably well rehearsed & superbly presented - it was clear they wanted to put on a great show & they absolutely did so - i'd recommend this to anyone thinking about going along

Posted by pete w on 22/08/2018

Pussy Riot: RIOT DAYS, The Lending Room, Leeds - 21st August 2018

Pussy Riot: Riot days

inspirational, total respect for standing up to Putin's regime

Posted by pearl on 24/11/2017

PUSSY RIOT: RIOT DAYS, Chalk, Brighton - 19th November 2017

Correct Use Of A Sunday Afternoon

Correct use of a Sunday afternoon. Watch the sun set over the magnificent decaying ruins of the West Pier (how do the starlings DO that?!) then across the road to Pool Valley, to The Haunt, for the sold out Sunday matinee of 'Riot Days', a one hour mix of music, movie and punk propaganda led by Maria Alyokhina, one third of Russian agitprop collective Pussy Riot. I'd feared the worst, that it would be something of an incoherent mess. Far from it! The cleverly joined-up piece narrates the lead-up to, and execution of a demonstration against the Putin-led Russian State and Orthodox church in a Moscow cathedral in February 2012 in the run-up to the following month's election, the subsequent trial and imprisonment of the band, and the relentless challenging of the prison authorities for convicts to be treated as human beings with basic human rights, as told from the viewpoint of Alyokhina. It's sparse, grinding and spell-binding and the all-Russian narration adds beautifully to the harshness of the piece (there's English subtitles on the accompanying movie - even if the low slung venue meant that was ALL you could see of the movie). In the end it's about not letting the bast*rds grind you down, or as Alyokhina puts it 'to back down an inch is to give up a mile'. Punk's not dead, it just evolved.

Posted by RossDM on 20/11/2017

PUSSY RIOT: RIOT DAYS, Chalk, Brighton - 19th November 2017

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Renowned political activists and world famous punk rock band Pussy Riot are ready to hit the UK. The Russian protest art collective have one of the most important voices in recent decades who's lyrical themes include feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group consider to be a dictator.

Gaining global notoriety in 2012 when three of the groups members, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich were imprisoned for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" for their preformance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, a protest directed at the Orthodox Church leaders' support of Putin during his election campaign.

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikov were released in December 2013 (Samutsevich was freed on probation in 2012). In March 2014, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova founded Zona Prava, an organization that defends prisoners' rights. Alyokhina is a recipient of the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace and has also been awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought.

In September 2017 Maria Alyokhina released her memoir RIOT DAYS (Penguin Books), the accompany piece to the book is the touring play RIOT DAYS ("Revolution") that merges punk, electronica, theater, documentary footage and protest.

“It’s Pussy Riot’s story, my story, Russia’s story,” she tells me. “It’s a story of choice. I wrote it because I think that I believe there are no heroes, and every person has a story to tell and I wanted to show that anyone can be Pussy Riot. ” - Maria Alyokhina

Pussy Riot are touring the U.K. in autumn. Catch their performances at:

* The Crossing, Birmingham
* SWX, Bristol
* Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
* Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
* Summerhall, Edinburgh
* Band on the Wall, Manchester
* Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
* Opium, Dublin

Plus! They have just announced an extra show at London EartH due to popular demand!

You can also see them make an appearance at MUTATIONS FESTIVAL when it hits Brighton on Thursday 3rd of November!

Event organisers have given us limited supplies of Pussy Riot concert tickets so you will need to act fast and book yours before they are all gone. Gigantic offers excellent customer service whenever you are selecting your essential gig tickets so you know we are the best choice whenever you are booking your big night out.

Artist Bio

Out of jail and away from her house arrest for the support of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Maria Alyokhina and her infamous Russian feminist protest art collective PUSSY RIOT are coming back in the UK this October and November to perform Riot Days Live.

Following a hugely successful UK tour in 2019 that included a 10 night stand at Summerhall for Edinburgh Fringe, PUSSY RIOT return to the UK at a very poignant moment for world affairs, with a revised show that now spans the prosecution of political prisoners, and Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Pussy Riot gaining global notoriety in 2012 when five members staged a Punk Prayer performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, resulting in the imprisonment of Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Ekaterina Samutsevich.

Continuously unwavering in their highly charged and political ideology, Pussy Riot’s music is based around feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group considered a dictator.

Originating as the theatrical accompaniment to Maria’s memoirs of the same name, the Pussy Riot : Riot Days show has toured the world and is an innovative combination of live punk rock, theatre and film, delivered with a highly personal narrative from Maria Alyokhina. Far from being a conventional gig, Pussy Riot : Riot Days is instead a hard-hitting, punk spirited and encapsulating piece of art theatre.