In 2004 , Pelevine set up a theatre production company , First Act Productions , which is based in London . She wrote '' In Your Hands '' , a play based on the events of the Moscow theater hostage crisis . It was first staged in October 2006 in North London at the New End Theatre . The Russian version of '' In Your Hands '' , directed by Skanderbek Tulparov , had its premiere at the Russian Dramatic Theatre in Makhachkala , Dagestan , in April 2008 and was banned after its opening night performance by the President of Dagestan , Mukhu Aliyev , who attended the performance . Reuters covered the event that was picked up by many major global media outlets
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Natalia Pelevine