They Have long arms and they can finD me
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Director Max Harrison
Assistant Director Greg Birks
Writer Devised by Company
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Elijah Alex Harvey
Solomon Josh Horrocks
Ada Radina Drandova
Matthew James Downie
Pruka Ben Woodhall
Joseph Julian Bailey-Jones
Hannah Bebe Barry
Myra Acushla-Tara Kupe
Devised by the company
KAtzpace theatre, 2017
Elijah has always been a good man. He’s worked hard, loved his wife, helped his brother. He’s towed the line. But when Agent Pruka arrives at his door one day, his whole world comes apart at the seams.
Based on recent events in Chechnya seeing gay men put into concentration camps, THEY HAVE LONG ARMS AND THEY CAN FIND ME tells the story of one man’s struggle for freedom. Devised and performed in partnership with Amnesty International.
FURTHER READINg
“My life is ruined. I cannot go back. And it’s not safe here either. They have long arms and they can find me and the others anywhere in Russia, just give them time…”
− “Magomed,” victim of the anti-gay purge in Chechnya currently in hiding in an
undisclosed location.
Human rights watch
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
“News that the authorities have resumed the crackdown is absolutely spine-chilling”
Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia