“I created this show when the Russian army began bombing the Ukrainian power plants. Ukraine plunged into cold darkness, and the world started donating blankets and generators. This gave the show its name – Light. I wondered, like everyone else, what I could do to stop the war. It’s quite simple: in order to overcome darkness, you need to turn on the light. Some do so with a match, a flashlight, a candle, a piece of charcoal; others think good thoughts or just smile. Laughter is my weapon. Laughter kills fear; laughter brings forth goodness and light. These are my good thoughts about a bad war”.

Alexey (Losha) Gavrielov was born in Yakutsk (USSR), and studied Theatre at the Sophie Moskowitz School of the Arts. He directed numerous clown shows and received international awards for his work, including First Prize at the Toronto Fringe Festival for The Hag with a Bag. He tours internationally with his solo clown show for children Apchee, performed over a thousand times and nominated for the Award for Best Children’s Theatre Show in Israel, and with the two-man show for children, That Round Thing, performed over three hundred times in Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, and elsewhere.