I forgot

“We lived in a sort of basement with a window at eye level. Outside the window there was a small garden. Very small actually. Five cherry trees, some raspberries and strawberries. But for me it was like a big magical world. I mostly watched it at night. Then I slept with the curtains open because I was afraid of the dark. The garden was bordered by a wooden fence that often collapsed. I was ashamed that our gate was always collapsing. I was ashamed that of all wooden houses our house was the ugliest. And that we lived in a basement. My childhood world was demolished to make way for a luxurious concrete monster. But my poor rickety house still stands, like a stain of shame on the elite environment.”

Oxana Sankova grew up in the Russian city of Samara and obtained her acting diploma in 2002 from GITIS, the theatre academy in Moscow. After an acting career of almost fifteen years, she opted for a radical change of course by studying directing at the RITCS in Brussels. She graduated as a bachelor in 2019 with "I forgot". Now she brings this performance to nona.