Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally. An Interview with Ukrainian Playwright and Theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Part 1.
I first encountered Dmytro Ternoviy through my Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings project. His...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 9th Jul 2024 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
I first encountered Dmytro Ternoviy through my Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings project. His...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 9th Jul 2024 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
This is Part 2 of the interview with Dmytro Ternoviy. For Part 1, go here. Dmytro Ternoviy’s...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 28th Nov 2023 | Interview, Kosovo, Ukraine
Orest Pastukh is a theatre and film actor, director, playwright and educator. He was born in the...
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Read MorePosted by Kitty Brandon-James & Alma Prelec | 5th Aug 2023 | Festivals, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Vanya is alive; Vanya is alive and healthy; Vanya is alive and healthy and totally free. And we...
Read MorePosted by Raluca Rădulescu | 18th May 2022 | Interview, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Andriy Bondarenko is the dramaturg of the Puppet Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, where he lives, but he...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 29th Mar 2022 | Essay, Poland, Puppetry, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
The World Theatre Day Message from the Polish Centre of the ITI was delivered by Dramatyczny...
Read MorePosted by Borisav Matić | 19th Mar 2022 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, Translation, Ukraine
On the first day of the Russian invasion, the ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv, the only...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 24th Feb 2022 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize two breakaway, Russian-backed republics in Ukraine on...
Read MorePosted by Tanya Vasylkevych | 10th Aug 2021 | Musical Theatre, Review, Ukraine
The Addams Family is a musical comedy, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by...
Read MorePosted by Christy Romer | 6th Feb 2021 | Festivals, Interview, Ukraine
An interview with Andrii Palatnyi, Dakh Theatre / Gogolfest in Ukraine This year, Dakh Theatre and...
Read MorePosted by Melissa Denzer | 26th Jun 2020 | Directing, Dramaturgy, Interview, News, Ukraine
Artistic and Financial Director, Stas Zhyrkov and Director, Matteo Spiazzi, give their take on...
Read MorePosted by Juno Schwarz | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Transmedia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
What happens when somebody dies at the frontline? Who’s responsible for getting in touch with...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Dubowski | 16th Apr 2019 | Germany, News, Producing, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations, Ukraine
As a mid-December snow fell over the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, the European Theatre Convention...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Feb 2018 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review
“Two things only the people anxiously desire—bread and circuses,” said the Roman poet Juvenal. He...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...
Read MorePosted by Oksana Dudko | 20th Jul 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Ukraine
During the post-Soviet period, Ukrainian dramaturgy lagged behind prose and poetry and was almost...
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