Resistance through Culture. Satirical Student Groups of the Last Decade of Communism and the Silence of Theatre Critics

Abstract

In the ‘80s, satirical student groups, the so-called artistic “brigades”, were one of the most dynamic subversive artistic phenomena against the communist system. This paper aims to shine a light on the dimension of this phenomenon, to find explanations for the apparently privileged status enjoyed by such groups,  as well as to clarify the reasons why theatre critics of the time so stubbornly ignored them.