THE RECKONING
ON TOUR JAN & FEB 2027
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ON TOUR JAN & FEB 2027 〰️
Following its critically acclaimed run at London’s Arcola Theatre, The Reckoning is hitting the road. We’re bringing the story to Coventry, Chichester and back to London in 2027, with performances at Belgrade Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Arcola Theatre.
A journalist meets a man in a ruined village outside Kyiv.
Why don’t you start with when the war began for you?
The Man from Stoyanka is a security guard, just an ordinary man. But when everyone else flees, he stays. As his home turns into a no man’s land, he chooses to take extraordinary action.
And she’s there to record it - for the history books, the courts, for humanity.
Written by Anastasiia Kosodii and Josephine Burton, and directed by Burton, The Reckoning is a vivid and powerful play about war, survival and the fragile trust between those who uncover the truth and those who must live with it.
Based on real events within The Reckoning Project’s verified archive of witness testimonies of the Russian war in Ukraine, The Reckoning is playful and unsettling, blending storytelling with movement, music and cooking.
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SEE THE RECKONING ON TOUR
Three cities. Three chances to hear this extraordinary story live.
We’re taking The Reckoning on the road in 2027, from Coventry to Chichester, before returning to London. Find your nearest performance and book your tickets below.
COVENTRY
Belgrade Theatre
28–30 January 2027
Evenings: 7:45pm
From £12
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CHICHESTER
Chichester Festival Theatre
2–6 February 2027
Evenings: 7:15pm
Matinees: Wed, Thu & Sat at 2:15pm
From £31
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LONDON
Arcola Theatre
17–27 February 2027
7pm Mon–Thu
6:30pm Fri & Sat
3pm Sat
From £20
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Creative TEAM
By Anastasiia Kosodii and Josephine Burton
Director Josephine Burton
Composer Anton Baibakov
Set Designer Zoë Hurwitz
Lighting Designer Joshua Pharo
Movement Director Josie Daxter
Costume Designer Olivia Jamieson
Sound Design Bella Kear
Artist Wellbeing by Lou Platt
Food Consultant Olia Hercules
Casting Director Abby Galvin
Testimonies consultants Nataliya Gumenyuk and Peter Pomerantsev
Support the reckoning
Thanks to the generosity of our donor community, we’ve already raised nearly £150,000 to bring The Reckoning to life. We're now aiming to raise an additional £25,000 to fully fund the London run and lay the groundwork for an international tour.
Your support will help us bring this powerful play to life, ensuring it reaches UK and international audiences at this critical moment.
Read more about how you can help us fund The Reckoning, or donate now.
The Reckoning has been made possible with the support of partners The Reckoning Project, AHRC Impact Acceleration Account Award from the University of Cambridge, Public Interest Journalism Lab, Open Society Foundations, Nick Tranter in the name of 4Ukraine Humanitarian Aid, Fritt Ord Foundation, Goethe-Institut in Exile, Goethe-Institut London, SAV Group, The Golsoncott Foundation, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, and individual giving.
BACKGROUND
The Reckoning is part of The Reckoning Project, which gathers stories from survivors and witnesses to the current atrocities in Ukraine. Long after most journalists have moved on, their legally trained reporters spend months taking in-depth testimonies across Ukraine.
Our upcoming production follows a successful director-writer collaboration on the staged reading of Crimea 5am, funded by the British Council, co-written by Anastasiia Kosodii with Natalka Vorozhbyt, directed by Josephine Burton, produced by Dash Arts and presented at Kiln Theatre as part of the UK/Ukraine Season 2022/2023.
Read more about our decade-long programme of work with artists from Ukraine.
All pictures shown below were taken during The Reckoning Script Development Workshop at Goethe-Institut London, in December 2023.
PODCAST
Stay up-to-date on the process of creating by subscribing to our podcast series ‘The Reckoning’ on Dash Arts Podcast - available on all streaming platforms.
BLOG
Follow our journey to see how we approach the in-depth research needed for The Reckoning, and how we developing a script with these heart-wrenching powerful stories.
After 32 performances, more than 1,700 bowls of salad and a clutch of four and five star reviews; our 5 week opening run of The Reckoning has drawn to a close.