Theatre

• 23 June, 09:30
  PhotoWitch of Konotop play staged in Chicago for first time
  On 20 June 2025, the Copernicus Centre hosted the premiere of the Franko Theatre's production of The Witch of Konotop. The production, directed by Ivan Uryvskyy, was based on the classic…
• 11 June, 17:27
  Exclusive Kharkiv independent theatre Nafta to take part in Edinburgh Festival Fringe
  In August, the Kharkiv independent theatre Nafta will participate in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. They will perform the one-woman show Someone Like Me, a project by director…
• 11 April, 05:20
  Ihor Kromf
  MUR. You [Romance] on the Big Screen: The phenomenon of Ukrainian neophytism
  A film version of the rap opera MUR. You [Romance] about the poets of the Executed Renaissance. 
• 04 April, 07:00
  Kseniia Bilash
  Rostyslav Derzhypilskyy: “We are evolving – and so is our audience. They will no longer accept poor-quality theatre”
  "The theatre should be at the forefront of all processes, it should give guidance, respond to what is happening today.”
• 23 October 2024, 13:00
  Valentyna Mereshchuk
  Soft power or powerful weapon: the role of culture in the war against Russia
  A great debate about the capacity of Ukrainian culture. 
• 19 October 2024, 15:00
  Valentyna Mereshchuk
  Director Maksym Holenko: ‘Where Ukrainian theatre fails to reach, Kirill Serebrennikov immediately appears’
  "We need to be present wherever we can. We need to put all our energy into it."
• 15 October 2024, 17:44
  Valentyna Mereshchuk
  Culture as one of the key tools of our victory (report from the New Country)
  The speakers and guests of the discussion panel found out how to use Ukrainian culture in the fight against Russia. 
• 20 September 2024, 07:00
  Olena Apchel
  Deep trauma and intellectual indolence
  Traumas of the previous century paralysed the ability of Europeans to notice the positive possibilities of change, and their love of stability led to an atrophy of empathy.