Step into RIOT DAYS, Pussy Riot’s raw and urgent performance.
Pussy Riot - the Russian feminist protest collective - has been performing RIOT DAYS, a show at the intersection of live music, theatre, and multimedia - since 2017.
The performance is based on the book Riot Days by Maria 'Masha' Alyokhina, which recounts the collective’s protest actions, trials, and prison sentences. RIOT DAYS continues to evolve, incorporating current reflections on political persecution and events such as Russia’s war against Ukraine. The show has been performed over 400 times worldwide - in nearly all European countries, as well as in North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Since the start of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 150 performances of the latest version have been staged. Through RIOT DAYS and accompanying exhibitions, Pussy Riot has raised over €200,000 for the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv and support for political prisoners in Russia.
This year, they return with an impressive new show and a new book: Political Girl, which addresses topics such as the death of Alexei Navalny and LGBTQ+ protests.
RIOT DAYS is more than simply a performance: it is an ongoing artistic act of resistance against oppression and war.