Theatre director, dramaturge, curator, queer performance/video artist and political activist. Currently, Doctoral Researcher at University of the Arts, Helsinki. BA Directing in Musical Theatre – Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts, Russia (2011). MA Theatre and Performance – Queen Mary University of London, the UK (2015). MA Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research – Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2023). Former coordinator at Eve’s Ribs feminist art organization + Curator/organizer of the annual Eve’s Ribs Festival (Russia) and Curator/organizer of QueerFest (Russia). Lubimovka Festival of New Dramaturgy Short-List: ‘Today My Cat Died’ play, 2021 and ‘Neptune’ play, 2023. DAAD prize for Outstanding Achievements in Performance Research. Boitcova is a long-time nomad, who has lived, worked and performed in many countries in the last 12 years, including the US, the UK, China, Germany, and Finland. Her current artistic work and research primarily focus on the dramaturgy and performative narratives of immigrant and queer experiences, on the notions of ‘home’, ‘belonging’, and ‘otherness’.