Is there a War inside of me?
BUNKER CABARET is a bold new performance by Hooligan Art Community that started life in the bomb shelters of Kyiv and now returns to Somerset House following it's sold out run in September 2022.
Combining music, poetry, dance and film, this unique theatre event is a powerful exploration of love versus totalitarianism, and the personal conflicts of making art in time of war.
BACKGROUND
On 24 February 2022, the full-scale Russian invasion brought war to all of Ukraine. Hooligan Art Community’s work was disassembled overnight and its artists displaced.
Two months after the invasion began, the situation in Ukraine allowed women from the company to travel to a residency in Germany, while two male members of the company remained in Ukraine, restricted by law from leaving the country.
In spite of this, the male actors worked together in a bomb-shelter in Kyiv, developing new scenes which would become the inspiration for BUNKER CABARET.
