Natalia Pelevine

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Natalia Pelevine was born in Moscow, Russia and moved to England as a child. Has received BA in Art History from a London University. She is the author of the controversial play "In Your Hands". The play, based on the events of the Moscow theater hostage crisis, was first staged in London in October 2006 at the New End Theatre^[1]. The Russian version of In Your Hands had its premiere at the Russian Dramatic Theatre in Makhachkala, Dagestan in April 2008 and was banned^[2] after its opening night performance by the President of Dagestan, Mukhu Aliyev^[3], who attended the performance.

Natalia Pelevine is a regular political commentator on Al Jazeera, RTVi, PressTV and the BBC as well as other channels. In 2004 Natalia set up a theatre production company, First Act Productions, which is based in London.