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The Guardian
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The play that changed my life: Eimear McBride on nine hours of Dostoevsky, seen three times
The Maly Drama Theatre of St Petersburg's production of The Devils, based on the novel by Dostoevsky, is one of the extraordinary theatrical achievements of the last 40 years and one of the great experiences of my life – theatrical and otherwise. With a running time of around nine hours, it was also one of the longest. And I've seen it three times. That's a lot of hours to give but none of them were wasted. The first two occasions were in 1998 when the Maly played the Barbican in London. There were two options: watch it in three sections across three evenings, or do it all in one go – three hours per act, with an hour's break between each. Being young, filled with Dostoevskian fervour, and still in possession of a stoic bladder, I did both. The 90s were an incredible time for anyone interested in international theatre. With the fall of the iron curtain, long hidden theatre makers were suddenly able to share their work with new audiences in the west and those audiences were, in turn, captivated by the startling innovation of what they saw. At the forefront was the Maly Drama Theatre's Lev Dodin. He and his student company's combination of wildly imaginative, intellectually rigorous productions had most recently dazzled UK audiences with their devised works Gaudeamus and Claustrophobia, but The Devils was in another league. Developed with the Maly's older company, it was a Russian epic on a par with the accomplishments of Dostoevsky himself. Forged in long years of scene studies, improvisation, writing, rehearsing, performing then re-rehearsing, it was theatre on a scale I'd never experienced in British or Irish theatre. Text was important but Russia itself was there. Its people. Its history. The weight of its politics and its legacy of nihilism, revolution, death and redemption. The entire production revolved around the charismatic Pyotr Semak as the dead-in-the-soul aristocrat, Stavrogin, who filled the theatre with darkness. It was a terrifying performance, unbearable and unforgettable. But he was surrounded by stunning performances. From Maria Tychinina as the unwilling witness, Dasha, and Sergey Bekhterev as the manipulative revolutionary, Verkhovensky – who spent one astonishing scene eating an entire roast chicken to illustrate his character's relentlessness – to Sergey Kuryshev's heart-rending Kirillov, the engineer cajoled into using his suicide for the good of the cause and Igor Ivanov's hilarious turn as the useless drunk Lebyatkin. Performed in Russian with English surtitles, amid a spare but haunting set, it was theatre of high-wire intensity, from which neither performers nor audience would go home unscathed. And it was demanding, exhausting even. Some couldn't take it and left but most stayed. The Devils made everything that came after it seem pallid in comparison. The last time I saw it was two years later in the Maly's own theatre in St Petersburg. It was a much smaller stage, in far less grand surroundings but in their home town – and Dostoevsky's – and the resonance was so great it felt like the company could make the very walls shake. Profound, merciless and all-consuming, it was a lesson in the power of uncompromising vision that I still think of now, with awe. At the time it sent me back to the novel which, in turn, led to the character-altering, confessional section of my novel The Lesser Bohemians. So those long hours spent in the theatre were pretty transformative in the end. The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride is published by Faber (£20). Order your copy from
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Accused Missouri serial rapist may have raped women in Tucson, police say
An accused serial rapist, who lived in Tucson for a brief time, may have attacked women there, and investigators hope to hear from them, according to police in Missouri. Yahya Maly, 28, who is accused of rape, lived in Tucson for about a month between Dec. 3, 2022, to Jan. 17, 2023, the St. Louis County Police Department said. Investigators urged anyone who may have encountered Maly online or in person to reach out to local law enforcement. Maly was charged with numerous counts of rape, according to a Facebook post from the St. Louis County Police Department. Police said he is suspected of raping many women he met on dating apps and used "John" as a first name. Five women have come forward, the police department said in the Facebook post. A St. Louis County Police Department spokesperson said she did not know where the women were from. Other places Maly lived include Henrico County, Virginia; Chicago; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Maly, who is from Ballwin, Missouri, faces two counts of first-degree rape or attempted rape, seven counts of second-degree rape, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, and two counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy. He is being held in Missouri on a $500,000 cash-only bond. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Police seek victims of accused serial rapist who lived in Tucson
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Yahoo
Sexual assault suspect arrested in Missouri once stayed in Tucson for a period of time: Police
The Brief 28-year-old Yahya Maly is accused of multiple counts of sexual assault and kidnapping Police in Missouri say Maly stayed in Tucson for a period of time in 2022 and 2023. Police believe Maly may have other victims. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Authorities in Missouri say a man who was arrested in connection with a number of sexual assault incidents there may have victims in other parts of the country, including Arizona. The backstory On Feb. 12, officials with the St. Louis County Police Department said that prosecutors in the area have charged 28-year-old Yahya Maly on multiple counts of rape and kidnapping, with a judge setting a cash-only bail of $500,000. Per a statement, Maly is accused of being involved in five separate sexual assault incidents that happened in between 2023 and 2025. In each of the five cases, investigators said Maly met the alleged victims on a dating website and brought them to his home, where the alleged assault took place. St. Louis County Police's statement on Maly contained graphic description of what allegedly happened in the five sexual assault incidents, but did allege that on an incident that happened earlier in February, Maly made the alleged victim in that incident to shower repeatedly during the several hours she was kept inside the apartment. What we know Per a Feb. 24 post on their Facebook page, St. Louis County Police officials said Maly stayed at or lived in four different areas since 2013, and said that from Dec. 3, 2022 to Jan. 17, 2023, he was staying in Tucson. "Investigators believe Maly may have victimized additional women," read a portion of the statement. Investigators also said that Maly used the first name of "John" on dating apps. What you can do Anyone with information on the case should contact investigators with the St. Louis County Police Department at (314) 615-5400. This story was reported on from Phoenix.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Parents band together to urge FCC to keep child care center open
On Thursday evening, Jenna Maly received a notification from the app the Carl and Norma Miller Children's Center at Frederick Community College uses to communicate with parents. Maly and her husband have two children enrolled at the center — a daughter who's 2 1/2 years old and a son who's almost a year old. Maly's husband called her over and told her to check her phone. She said she was extremely nervous to look at the notification. She saw a letter from FCC President Annesa Payne Cheek announcing the impending closure of the children's center on May 16 due to financial difficulties. In the fall of 2025, the facility will be reopened as a workforce development training center. To give the center's staff time to process the news, since they were told about it earlier Thursday night, the facility would be closed on Friday, the letter said. "I have been emotional all weekend about it, crying, just anger," Maly said. "It didn't feel like a great way to be told this news." The Carl and Norma Miller Children's Center at FCC opened more than 30 years ago and provides year-round services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old. Its total capacity is 83 children. Currently, 69 children are enrolled, according to a statement FCC sent to The Frederick News-Post on Friday. The U.S. is currently facing a national child care crisis, and Frederick County has already felt those impacts. A 2024 study on child care availability and demand in the county found that the number of available licensed child care slots in the county isn't keeping up with the demand. If that trend continues, the shortage of care could reach crisis levels in the next 10 years. Some parts of the county are already at or approaching crisis levels. In her letter to parents, Cheek said the center has faced ongoing financial losses in its operations. From fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2024, the Children's Center had a net income loss of $1.3 million, according to FCC's statement. Even with a $250,000 subsidy Frederick County set aside for the center for fiscal year 2023, the center's net income loss still exceeded $1 million. "With the current financial environment, any operation that consistently sustains financial loss must be reevaluated, and this includes the Children's Center," Cheek wrote in her letter. Maly is one of the 50 parents who currently have children enrolled at the children's center. She's also one of the people fighting to keep the center open. In the days since FCC announced it would be closing the children's center, advocates have created a petition to keep the center open and a Facebook group called "Save Frederick's Community Childcare Service." The petition, created on Jan. 31, had more than 380 signatures as of Tuesday night. The Facebook group was created Monday and had 24 members as of Tuesday afternoon. Avis Boyd, Cheek's chief of staff, confirmed receipt on Tuesday of questions The Frederick News-Post had for Cheek, including if she had comment on parents who've reached out with concerns, the petition to keep the center open, and the Save Frederick's Community Childcare Service Facebook group. In a statement to The Frederick News-Post, Cheek said, "I appreciate the community voices and praise for the quality of service and care provided by the employees of our Children's Center. At the same time, childcare is not our core business." "FCC's primary focus is education, training and workforce preparation," she said. "My decision to better leverage the College's resources to meet current and emerging workforce needs, supports that focus." 'We are so devastated' The parent patrons of the children's center have experienced a range of emotions since hearing the center will be closed — betrayal, anger, grief, confusion. Maly said she and her husband both work full-time, and they began using the center's services in 2023 when they enrolled their daughter. At the time, she had reached out to 50 at-home child care providers and 20 child care centers. FCC's children's center was one of three facilities that had openings. Maly said the center was "an instant match for us." She said the staff was warm and welcoming, the surrounding green space was a plus, and the center's location on the campus made it feel safer. It was also one of the more affordable child care options that she and her husband looked at. "My children both absolutely thrive there. We are so devastated at this announcement," she said. "... Yesterday, felt kind of like just a funeral going in there. It's a very sad environment right now." Maly has been aggressively sharing the petition to save the center. She also has emailed Cheek and Fred Hockenberry, FCC's executive director of auxiliaries, procurement and special projects, who was listed as a point of contact in Cheek's letter. Both of them responded to Maly on Monday. Hockenberry said "this decision was not made lightly, and we acknowledge the dedication and excellence that have defined the center's operations." Cheek told Maly that since the children's center is an auxiliary unit of FCC, it is supposed to be financially self-sustaining, but the revenues aren't enough to cover the expenses. Maly said parents weren't aware that there was any financial strain to keep the children's center running. "It doesn't seem like there was a very collaborative effort to work with the parents, work with the community on how they could turn things around," she said. "... It feels like we need to act urgently. It's only three months from now that they're going to close, if it doesn't close before then." Losing a community Kaitlyn May, the parent who started the petition to save the center, said Cheek's letter didn't give a sense of how long the decision to close the center was being considered. May's daughter was first enrolled at the center in 2021 when she was an infant until early 2022, when the facility had to close to repair water damages. May was working full-time, but after her daughter had to be unenrolled, she left her job to take care of her child. Her daughter was reenrolled in 2023 and goes to the center a few days a week. May's husband works full-time, and May does substitute teaching on the days her daughter goes to the center. She said she was "stunned" to learn about the center closing — she felt like she'd been "left in the dark, and then someone pulled the rug out from under us." She said she emailed Cheek and Hockenberry on Friday, but had not received a response as of Tuesday. If the center closes, May said, she will probably go back to caring for her daughter full-time — something she knows isn't possible for all parent patrons — but her family would feel the loss of the center's community. "I still talk to her previous teachers there whenever I come in to get her and drop her off. These are people that care about my daughter and love her," May said. "It's hard to have that pulled apart." Seeking answers and solutions Melissa Conner, another parent patron of the children's center, wants to know if any solutions were considered to keep the center going. Conner enrolled her eldest son at the center in 2017 when he was a year-and-a-half, and he stayed there until 2020, when the facility shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was one of the parents who pushed for the center to reopen after the pandemic, as well. It was a difficult time for both parents and child care workers to wrestle through, she said, and the staff and families banded together to advocate for the center. "We're really a village," Conner said. In 2022, she enrolled her second son at the children's center, and he's still being taken care of there. Conner said FCC's children's center is "quite literally one of the best programs in Frederick." Maryland EXCELS, the state's quality rating and improvement system for licensed child care and early education programs, has given the center a Quality 5 rating, the highest designation possible. Conner also touted the center's green space, the staff's years of professional experience and their ability to work with vulnerable students, such as children who were in the foster care system and children with disabilities. "Child care centers have been experiencing incredible shortages of workers, but particularly skilled and experienced workers at the level that this center has," she said. "... It is not like you can just go down the street and get another childcare center. It's not easy to replace." Conner said she felt betrayed when the closure was announced. She said families and the staff were promised by FCC that the center would reopen after scheduled renovations that were slated to close the facility temporarily from May to August. She also felt like she was grieving and was confused by the decision. She sent an email Tuesday to Hockenberry asking for more insight into the closure. "As an advocate and on behalf of the staff, I would really like to know, are we sure that these budgetary concerns were truly things that the children's center couldn't find ways to mitigate, or were they resulting from policies that FCC had in place?" Conner said. She said parents are sharing what they've been learning and their concerns, as well as trying to advocate for the center's staff. "We're the same village we've always been," she said.
