Anastazja Charitonowa

I want to use the residency as an opportunity to rest after almost a year of precarious work on a show that will premiere in June this year. It has been a difficult period in which I have juggled two jobs to support myself. I also want to use the residency to work on my professional development plan for future work in Poland and my studies, which I would like to continue. I also want to improve my Polish and English and get the formalities sorted out for which I have not had enough time and resources. I also look forward to the benefits of collaborating with other residents.

I am a cultural producer, theatre producer and educator. I am researching the relationship between theatre and museum. I graduated from the Academy of Theatre Arts in Saint Petersburg in the Department of Theatre Production. I started my doctoral studies in Theatre Studies at the Academy of Theatre Arts Saint Petersburg, which I will not continue due to my emigration from Russia in 2022. In Saint Petersburg I worked at the Hermitage, overseeing educational programmes. I worked with the Theatre Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Pop-UP Theatre and others. In Warsaw I work as a producer and PR manager for theatre and museum projects. In 2023, I won the competition for the best performative reading during the Theatre on Facts festival at the Jerzy Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw with a documentary play about Russians who opposed Putin and moved to Poland.