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 new 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.
Please note that the roles of Sam / Echo will be played by Danylo Shramenko starting from Saturday 21 June.
Food for Thought
As the performance ends, the conversation continues. Audience will be invited to hear reflections from expert speakers, journalists, lawyers, and those with lived experience of the conflict.
Speakers include Rory Finnin; Martin Bright, Index on Censorship; Alissa Timoshkina; Nataliya Gumenyuk in conversation with Josephine Burton; Anastasiia Kosodii and Josephine Burton in conversation with Dr Molly Flynn; Dr Olesya Khromeychuk; Maxine Marcus; Dr Yulia Ioffe; Orysia Lutsevych OBE; Olga Tokariuk; Olia Hercules; Aarif Abraham; Peter Jukes; Nick Tranter; Awet Fissehaye, English Pen; Uilleam Blacker; Kateryna Babkina, Index on Censorship; Inna Hryhorovych MBE; Oliver Bullough; Anna Reid; Luke Harding; Peter Pomerantsev; Viv Groskop; Lord Charles Banner KC; Valeriia Voshchevska; Hanna Komar, English Pen; Josephine Burton and Daniella Peled; Tsvetelina van Benthem; Vicky Tennant – UNHCR; Felicity Spector; Tetyana Nesterchuk; and Janine Di Giovanni.
See dates for each speaker at dasharts.org.uk/the-reckoning
Food For Thought will take place immediately after each performance and is included in the ticket price.
Latecomers / Refunds / Exchanges
Please note that The Reckoning has a strict latecomer policy: there is only one specific entry point for latecomers, at approx 7 minutes after the performance has started. We regret that we can cannot refund or exchange your tickets if you are not in your seat at the start of the performance, or have missed the latecomer entry point. Thank you for understanding.
Praise for The Reckoning
★★★★ “Shattering.” – The Guardian
★★★★ “Powerful and important.” – The Stage
★★★★ “Brilliant, sharp stagecraft.” – The Reviews Hub
★★★★ “Powerful, sensorially immersive.” – Everything Theatre
★★★★ – The Spy in the Stalls
★★★★ – Adventures in Theatreland
★★★★★ – Theatre and Tonic
★★★★★ – A Young(ish) Perspective
