Ismene Brown

Russians made the theatre space the most liberating imaginative device ever invented

Ismene Brown falls for Aelita, Queen of the Martians, and her three-cupped metallic bra at the V&A

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  • Russian Avant-Garde Theatre: War, Revolution and Design 1913-1933

    Victoria and Albert Museum, until 25 January

You have to hand it to the Russians. They beat us into space, beat us to sexual equality, and a small display of early Soviet avant-garde theatre and film design, tucked away in the V&A’s ‘Performance’ area, proves that they beat us hollow in matters of the dressing-up box too.

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