With a practical and academic background in theatre, dance, film, and Russian, Vera has a depth and a range of knowledge acquired over some forty years of intense commitment. Writing includes London reviews and an Alternatives column for Plays International, in which she also had published a translation of Oleg Bogayev's play Deaf Souls (literally Dead Ears, in Russian a word play on Gogol's Dead Souls), theatre assessment for The London Arts Board/Arts Council, film translations for the NFT and the Barbican, short story translations for Soviet Literature and Glas - New Russian Writing. She has taught Russian (Imperial College London, University of London), was Arts Editor of The East-West Review, to which she still contributes, and is a member of The Society of Authors. 

Translations for the theatre include:

Dear Uncle - Stephen Joseph Theatre - Alan Ayckbourn version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, director Alan Ayckbourn, producer David Pugh Ltd 

The Seagull - Royal Court - Christopher Hampton version, director Ian Rickson 

Three Sisters - Playhouse Theatre - Christopher Hampton version, director Michael Blakemore 

Ostrovsky's Snow Maiden (Fifth Column Theatre)

For the National Theatre:

Ostrovsky's The Forest - Alan Ayckbourn version, director Anthony Page 

Gorky's Summerfolk - Nick Dear version, director Trevor Nunn 

Gorky's The Lower Depths