Andrei Belous, accused of sexual harassment, opens his own theater, Dark Club Theater. According to Svetlana Mamedova, an employee of the Young Theater, former students of Belous will play in the announced play “A Swipe for Self-Reliance”: actor of the Kult Theater Maxim Zerko, as well as actors of the Young Theater - Anastasia Blachzhuk, Ivan Potapov, Tatyana Steblovskaya and People's Artist Tamara Yatsenko. Wonderzine Ukraine reports this.

At the same time, she noted that the play “A Swing for Self-Respect” was previously included in the repertoire of the Young Theater, but director Daria Nazarenko, who now works at the Dark Club Theater, actually moved it.

" She is a graduate of his directing course, worked at Molodoy as a full-time director and assistant to the artistic director, that is, Belous himself,” says Mamedova. — She took an active part in his perverted “schemes”. After the accusations appeared, Daria, of course, took his side, but remained in the theater until the end of August 2025."

According to her, for the workers of the Young Theater Belous’s actions did not come as a surprise, because they expected it. However, they were surprised that his true motives and character were not hidden at all, and this showed "

" We as a society must completely ignore this manifestation of perversion, not sponsor it and wait for law enforcement action against Mr. Belous,” she emphasized.

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Let us remind you that Andrey Belous is a Ukrainian director, theater teacher, actor and playwright. In January 2025, accusations of sexual harassment were brought against him, after which he was removed from the post of artistic director of the Young Theater in Kyiv and from teaching directing and acting at the KNU.. Karpenka-Kary.

The first to accuse Belous was Sofia Shoemaker, a former student.. She said that the director asked her for intimate photos, wanted her to “share her sexual fantasies” and sent intimate photos of others. After some time, other university students shared their stories.

On January 31, the actor of the Young Theater Ilya Choporov reported that the theater staff submitted a joint statement to the Kyiv City State Administration demanding that Belous be removed from the post of artistic director for the duration of the investigation - the administration stated that there were no grounds for dismissal, and this could only be done by a court decision. On February 10, activists and concerned citizens gathered near the Young Theater to support 46 employees who spoke out for the removal of Belous. Ukrainian directors, writers and actors joined the action. On May 14, the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration reported that Belous submitted his resignation by agreement of the parties.