The Tsar

A theatrical masterpiece by Stefano Massini that recounts Vladimir Putin's rise with the same narrative power that made his text on Anna Politkovskaja famous worldwide. Through a style of unprecedented scenic ferocity, the production follows the young Vladimir from Leningrad in the 1970s to the pinnacle of the Kremlin, constructing a psychological portrait that recalls the great Shakespearean dramas. In an epic succession of dialogues, encounters and mass scenes, Massini lays bare the engineering of violence and the obsession with control that characterize the character, against the backdrop of Russia in dissolution.