Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted
Theater
National Opera of Ukraine
(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)
1 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
2 – The Viennese Waltz, ballet
by Strauss
3 – Eugene Onegin, opera
by Tchaikovsky
4 – The Barber of Seville, opera
by Rossini
5 – La Sylphide, ballet by Levenschold
7 – Carmen Suite, ballet by Bizet and Shchedrin; Bolero, ballet by Ravel
Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)
1 – The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais
2 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
3 – Kaidash’s Family by Nechui-Levytsky
4 – Premiere. My Profession: Signor of High Society (based on Scarnicci and Tarabusi’s play Caviale e Lenticchie)
5 (at noon) – Natalka Poltavka
by Kotliarevsky
5 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
7 – Martyn Borulia by Karpenko-Kary
Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 5, tel. 234-4223)
2 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
3 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
4 (at 6 p.m.) – A Lady and
a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
4 – Doctor by Nušić
4 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. On the Verge of the Abyss in… (Norway.Today) by Bauersima
5 (at noon.) – Crazy Blood by Erpulat and Hillje
5 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
5 – Testament by a Chaste Ladies’ Man by Krym
5 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
6 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
7 – School for Scandal by Sheridan
7 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)
1-2 – Small stage. Premiere. Family Scenes by Yablonska
1 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
2 – Sylvia by Gurney
3 – The Prodigal Father’s Homecoming by Noyabriov
4 (at 3 p.m.) – Premiere. Two for
the Seesaw by Gibson
4 – Small stage. Premiere. Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play Touch-and-Go)
5 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
5 – What Do Women Want? (based
on Aristophanes’ comedies)
7 – Lying the Truth by Berger
Music
National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75, tel. 528-3186)
(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
1 – Concert dedicated to
the International Music Day
2 – Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Tamara Roi (flute), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
4 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
6 – Hanna Bubnova (organ), Tamara Roi (flute), Oleksandr Hosachynsky (cello)
Festivals
25th Kyiv Music Fest International Festival
(National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine)
3, 4, 5, 8 – Concert by the participants of the festival
Circus
National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)
Oct.1-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.
Museums
Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Lavrska 9)
Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra History Museum
(vul. Lavrska 9, bld.3)
Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)
Sep.30-Oct.31 – “The Preserved Sun” (the first exhibition of the project “Ukrainian Naive Art of the 20th Century”)
Sep.30-Dec.31 – “Temple. City. State. Early Brick Churches of Kyiv (architectural details and building materials from archaeological excavations in Kyiv)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.
National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)
Sep.30-Nov.17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.
National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)
1-26 – Pavlo Makov’s project “Paradiso Perduto”
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.
on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.
Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine
(vul. Lavrska 9)
Sep.30-Nov.11 – Dedicated to the Heavenly Sotnia. “Ukrainian Children – for the united Ukraine” (children’s art)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Tues.
Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum
(provulok T. Shevchenka 8a)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.
Maksym Rylsky Literary and Memorial Museum
(vul. Rylskoho 7)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.
Galleries
Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)
Standing exhibit of Yevhenia Hapchynska’s paintings
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.;
noon-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.
Manufaktura
(vil. Khodosiivka, Obukhivske shose, 2)
Sep.30-Oct.14 – Leonid Zaborovsky (paintings)
Sep.30-Oct.30 – “The Tree of Life
of the Ukrainian People” (national household textiles)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Vysotsky Gallery
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 40)
Sep.30-Dec.31 – “Vladimir Vysotsky. Rare Photos by Arkadii Gershman”
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.
Ya Gallery
(vul. Khoryva 49b)
Sep.30-Oct.10 – Anton Lohov (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun.
