This rare UK appearance from influential Russian director Dmitry Krymov promises life-sized puppets and duelling pianos.

Newspaper blizzards and living walls can also be expected in Opus No. 7, which portrays the oppression of Soviet Jews and the censorship of Shostakovich by Stalin.

Opus No. 7 plays at the Barbican as part of LIFT 2014 and is suitable for theatregoers aged 12 and older.

Performed in Russian with English surtitles.