Who Gets to Be Seen? The Reality of Inclusive Theatre.
By the final days of MITEM (Madách International Theatre Meeting) 2026 in Budapest, I had stopped trying to separate the
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Emiliia Dementsova-Rasulova is a theatre critic, editor, creative writer and lecturer working across international theatre contexts. Based between Russia and Azerbaijan, she writes on contemporary performance, festival culture, memory, spectatorship and the ethics of witnessing. She holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from the Faculty of Arts at Lomonosov Moscow State University, where her research focused on contemporary auteur and neo-auteur theatre.
She is Regional Managing Editor of The Theatre Times and a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics. Her essays, reviews and interviews have appeared in Critical Stages, European Stages, The Hollywood Reporter, Teatro, Novaya Gazeta and other cultural publications. She is the author of more than 500 publications on theatre and cinema, and her professional work combines criticism, editorial practice, public lectures and creative writing.
Dementsova-Rasulova has received several literary and journalism awards, including the Golden Pen Award, the Yousmi Web-Journalism Award for Best Professional Review, the International Tyutchev Prize and the “Challenge – XXI Century” diploma of the International Press Club. Her current interests include contemporary European theatre, intercultural artistic dialogue, performance as public memory and the critic’s responsibility in times of crisis.
She is Regional Managing Editor of The Theatre Times and a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics. Her essays, reviews and interviews have appeared in Critical Stages, European Stages, The Hollywood Reporter, Teatro, Novaya Gazeta and other cultural publications. She is the author of more than 500 publications on theatre and cinema, and her professional work combines criticism, editorial practice, public lectures and creative writing.
Dementsova-Rasulova has received several literary and journalism awards, including the Golden Pen Award, the Yousmi Web-Journalism Award for Best Professional Review, the International Tyutchev Prize and the “Challenge – XXI Century” diploma of the International Press Club. Her current interests include contemporary European theatre, intercultural artistic dialogue, performance as public memory and the critic’s responsibility in times of crisis.