The Presnyakov Brothers, Oleg and Vladimir, are writers, playwrights,[1] screenwriters,[2] directors,[clarification needed][3] theatre producers, and actors.
Oleg and Vladimir also write in tandem; all their plays are presented and published under their chosen joint name: The Presnyakov Brothers.
[4] Students of linguistics, the Presnyakov brothers are praised in Russia for their attention to natural-sounding speech, dialogue that sounds "overheard on the street."
Their cool, sardonic wit enlivens their plays, and together, they create bitter and funny examinations of life in a post-Soviet Russian culture.
[5] "Since their first play appeared in Russia's capital city, the Brothers Presnyakov have become "something of a trademark," wrote the local English-language daily, The Moscow Times, in a review last year(2004)."
Title in German- {Brüder Presnjakow: Töten den Schiedsrichter}[13] Published by Gabo Kiado, Budapest, Hungary.
[17] Produced by BBC Radio 3 as part of a Drama of the Week, Fear and Loathing in Russia Today, in 2017, translated by Noah Birksted-Breen (Sputnik Theatre Company).
[19] Contains Playing the victim-play, Floor covering-play, Captured Spirits-play, Terrorism-play, Something about technologies of how to live life-play.
By the end we realise these apparently random scenes are in fact linked by an almost invisible thread, subtly indicating that we bear responsibility for one another even in our soulless urban limbo.
[21] Playing the Victim was first staged at the Traverse Theater as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (co- produced with the Royal Court Theatre) and Told by an Idiot in 2003.
Even though they are simulated, his repeated participation in one gruesome end after another highlights the violence and brutality endemic in contemporary life.