Mother Russia

Mother Russia is Lauren Yee’s acerbic comedy about capitalism, espionage and identity in post-Soviet St Petersburg. In 1992, old friends Evgeny and Dmitri face a bewildering new world of imported fast food, designer clothes and unfamiliar freedoms. Hoping for money and certainty, they turn to surveillance and racketeering, only for their first target—Katya, a fiery young woman with experience of the West—to complicate both the job and Evgeny’s emotions. Directed by Oscar Toeman, this UK premiere follows the play’s acclaimed New York run.