The performance retold the 2012 political performance in a Moscow cathedral that landed her nearly two years in prison. San Francisco offered a fitting setting for the jam-packed, hour-long event, which featured a percussive narration and reenactment by Alyokhina and three other performers, accompanied by footage of the Pussy Riot protest and trial. “We need Pussy Riot in America more than ever,” said Michael Kasian, a 31-year-old writer in the crowd, who wore a Pussy Riot T-shirt and brought Russian vodka to the show. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Revolution by Pussy Riot Theatre. Shona Mitchell, a 41-year-old public school educator, showed up wearing a pink “pussy hat”, one of more than 20 she made for the recent women’s march against Trump: “Pussy Riot to me is the vanguard of artists as revolutionaries.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2017 16:22 UTC