{"id":541303,"date":"2026-05-11T18:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=541303"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:57:17","slug":"plastic-theatre-inzhest-ceases-to-exist-euroradio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/plastic-theatre-inzhest-ceases-to-exist-euroradio","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Theatre InZhest Ceases To Exist \u2014 Euroradio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The cult plastic theatre InZhest has closed. This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/euroradio.fm\/zakryusya-belaruski-plastychny-teatr-inzhest\">Euroradio<\/a>, citing a participant in the project.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Unfortunately, the theatre officially no longer exists. In April, the scenery was finally removed,&#8221;<\/em> one of its participants said about the closure of the unique theatre. According to the source, the project\u2019s head <strong>Viachaslau Inazemtseau<\/strong> now lives in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>On May 18, <em>&#8220;<\/em>InZhest<em>&#8220;<\/em> was supposed to celebrate its 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>It should be recalled that the famous art project <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/belaruski-plastychny-tjeatr-inzhjest-straci-pamjashkanne-dlja-rjepetycyj\">lost<\/a> its rehearsal space back in 2024. <em>&#8220;Thanks to the vigilance of the Ministry of Emergency Situations,&#8221;<\/em> the participants clarified at the time. As recently as September 2025, the team was searching for premises to store its props.<\/p>\n<p>As for InZhest\u2019s performances, they had been suspended since September 2021. In 2020, the theatre\u2019s artists recorded a video address in which they spoke out against election falsification, and they were not forgiven for it.<\/p>\n<p>The InZhest plastic theatre was founded by students of the Minsk Institute of Culture. The theatre\u2019s first production \u2014 the pantomime \u201cPaths and Walls\u201d \u2014 was staged on May 18, 1981. Gradually, InZhest became a distinctive phenomenon in Belarusian theatrical life. The theatre\u2019s performances stood out for their vivid costumes, unusual scenery, music and the incredible \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430 of the actors. Often all this took place in unexpected interiors, such as abandoned factory premises.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1995, the theatre had been creating performances in the Japanese avant-garde Butoh technique. InZhest combined the plastic traditions of East and West. It participated in numerous international festivals and was one of the founders of the Belarusian festival PlaStforma. Among its notable productions of the 2010s were \u201cAfter,\u201d \u201cAccess to the Body,\u201d \u201cDK Dance,\u201d and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"info\"><p><strong>Subscribe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cult_front\">to Reform.news cultural news<\/a> on Telegram<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cult plastic theatre InZhest has closed. This was reported by Euroradio, citing a participant in the project. &#8220;Unfortunately, the theatre officially no longer exists. In April, the scenery was finally removed,&#8221; one of its participants said about the closure of the unique theatre. According to the source, the project\u2019s head Viachaslau Inazemtseau now lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":541302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a02dd612a7dd.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Plastic Theatre InZhest Ceases To Exist \u2014 Euroradio"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}