Olena Varvarych

This play has become favorite for many fans of Kyiv Academic Molody Theater (staged after the play of a contemporary playwright, British citizen with Ukrainian roots, Irena Koval). During the play audience will have to disengage from everyday life because before them the story of Ukrainian actor-...

The 19th Kyiv Pectoral award ceremony was held in Kyiv on International Theater Day. It was modestly celebrated, without excessive pomp or lengthy procedures (there were a couple of dances performed by the artists of the Kyiv Modern Ballet). Not all guests and nominees came, leaving quite a lot...

The Molody Theater’s audience have a chance to see Uncle Vania. The performance is dedicated to the Year of Chekhov, celebrated this year throughout the world. The play has won numerous awards and has always enjoyed full houses. Says theater director Stanislav MOISEIEV: “Classical...

While directors, actors, and other theater-related staff are getting ready to meet their audiences, the public is looking for the best shows to start the new season. First nights and anniversaries, benefit performances, other artistic events — all is set to begin soon. The theatrical marathon will...

The Suziria theater art studio staged the play Moment of Love, based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s novel Moment. The production director is Taras Zhyrko, Ivan Franko theater actor, who has already directed on his native stage. Suziria’s is the second performance of the Ukrainian...

A deep, moving and rich performance in term of feelings and art was shown on the stage of the Pechersk-based New Theater of Drama. Shchastia (Happiness). It was based on Andrey Platonov’s novella Rechka Potudan (The River Potudan), a joint project carried out by the theatre and Andrii...

Bronek was founded by Valentyna Zabolotna, a notable theater expert and the granddaughter of the outstanding actor. Speaking about what was happening on that day at the Kyiv House of Actors, which is, in fact, now in danger of being completely destroyed, I wouldn’t want to use a dry and overly...

Vissarion Belinsky once wrote in his article about the theater: “Do you love the theater? With all of your heart… with all the devotion born of sparkling youth…” For many years these lines have lived a life of their own — some theater-goers tend to recall them with special clarity at the beginning...

The 2008 Kyiv Pectoral award ceremony traditionally took place on March 27, the World Theater Day. The ceremony is over, but they are still questions. The results show that the members of the organizing committee, critics, and experts were far from being unanimous. So they went for a...

The art of dancing makes it possible to not only illustrate classical works with plastique, but also express attitudes to reality and communicate with the audience in a language of motions. This statement was once again proved to the audience by Radu Poklitaru, a Kyiv choreographer, with his young...