Russian punk collective Pussy Riot to perform in Hackney

Russian punk collective Pussy Riot will perform in Hackney this weekend, as part of their UK Riot Days tour.

The socio-political activist group from Moscow will perform at the Evolutionary Arts space in Dalston on Sunday November 6.

The group’s lyrical themes include feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who the group consider to be a dictator.

The collective gained global notoriety when five members staged a Punk Prayer performance inside Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour back in 2012.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich were then convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" and received prison time.

Now out of jail and away from her house arrest for the support of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Alyokhina and her band return to the UK, at a very poignant moment for world affairs.

The Riot Days show which previously toured the country in 2019 has been revised to include themes of the prosecution of political prisoners, and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

Throughout the tour the group are also fundraising for a children’s hospital "Ohmatdyt" in Kyiv, while publicly condemning Putin’s war.

Pussy Riot’s Riot Days performance will take place on Sunday November 6 at EartH, 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, N16 8BH.

More information can be found on the venue’s website.