Where to go in April: Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv

April promises to be sunny even despite the stated snow. This month everything is full of heat: from the Quir-Kino Festival Sunny Bunny to ballet « Solaris » on the music of the composer Alexander Rodininspired by the cult Roman Stanislav Lem.

In Kiev there will be an invasion of the Nafta Theater and its co -founder Artem « Clear Kharkiv Sun » The antennae. And in Kharkiv itself will open a joint exhibition legend of Kharkiv school photography Boris Mikhailov and a German photographer Wolfgang Tilmans.

Solar symbols can also be found among the trees of life at the Easter exhibition of the National Museum of Decorative Art.

Up. Culture She gathered the brightest events of the month. Choose the ones that you like and make April truly bright!

Theater

Where and when: Ivano-Frankivsk, Frankivsk Drama Theater, April 3 and 29

The Frankish Drama Theater invited Kharkiv from the puppet theater Oksana Dmitriev Put a play for adults about love, revenge and murder based on the texts of the ancient Greek playwright Euripide and German director Heiner Muller.

Medea is not just about a woman who killed her children, but about loss, pain and memory. The fact that we all experience war.

Together with him Dmitrieva invited her artist Konstantin Zorkin and the composer Catherine Palace – the same epic argonauts who accompany the director in the creation of performances. Therefore, the history of Medea comes to life in the environment and in interaction with Zorkin’s articles and incredible palace music.

The invasion of Kharkiv Nafta Theater in Kiev

Where and when: Consert Hall on Kirillovskaya (April 6), Frank Theater (April 14), Small Theater (April 26 and 27)

« Oil » will come with tours to Kiev and this time will cover a much larger audience of metropolitan theaters and partyers. Will start a team to show their premiere – « Orgies of cyborgs ». In production, a person is not the main character, but is considered only a part of the ecosystem during global ecocide.

Already quite high « Rainbow on Saltivka » at the head of Artem a mustache And his numerous alter-ego will attend the Frank Theater scene.

Finally, an unexpected novelty-Artem Music, whether the antenna knot, or even the Leprkono-Mutant Renfield, will put a performance based on Mike Johannesen’s work and his « Travel of scientist Dr. Leonardo and his future mistress of the beautiful ascendant in Slobozhansk. » There is little detail, but we look forward to the show!

Fireplace owner

Where and when: Lviv, Zankovetskaya Theater, April 9

We continue to interpret the classics – Lesya Ukrainka remains one of the most relevant playwrights of the past, which contemporaries are referred. Sergey Masloboyshchikov Here he acted as director and director.

”It is time to get acquainted with Don Juan. Because of him, some gypsy threw her camp, poisoning her brother, went to the nun, Tledska Rabinna renounced faith, then drowned. And yet, he did so that the most holy abatis, the grandson of the Inquisitor, the tavern for smugglers suddenly kept, and as he wanted to steal the woman, Alcad killed her. This was heard by Donna Anna – and she became interested in the day of sudden acquaintance with this owner of women’s hearts. And it was for him that became a challenge he was so looking for« , – said in the description to the performance.

Solaris

Where and when: Lviv, National Opera, 11-13 and 25 April

Stanislav Lemis’s scientific and psychological novel « Solaris » got a new form, namely-ballet. The mysterious world of boundless outer spaces and self -knowledge will now be embodied in the language of dance. Music before staging was created by the composer Alexander Rodinand libretto wrote Vasily Vovkunthat recently He received Shevchenkivka.

”It is a journey to the depths of human consciousness, where reality faces illusions, and the mind – with incomprehensible cosmos. Planet Solaris, shrouded in the mysterious ocean, makes the heroes look into the face of their own fears and feelings, seek the truth and the true meanings of being« .

The premiere was prepared for the 125th anniversary of the Lviv Opera, with which we congratulate the team!

Music and festivals

V Festival of Modern Drama

Where and when: Kyiv, playwright theater, April 25-27

We do not go far from the theme of the theater, at the end of April the playwright theater again The festival arranges! And they invite all the directors and leaders of theaters, heads of litters and PRs, managers and playwrights, actors and all who are interested in contemporary dramaturgy. The entrance is free according to the preliminary registry.

From the stage will read plays of participants of the laboratory of dramaturgy of the National Union of Theater figures. Although the organization is serious enough, get ready to laugh. The playwrights practice in the comedy genre – expect a lot of satire, love intrigue, funny misunderstandings and a little about the guru of Ukrainian « smiles » – Ostap Cherry.

Quir-Kino Sunny Bunny Festival

Where and when: Kyiv, from 18 to 25 April

Already the third festival of Quir-cine will take place in Kiev. The organizers of the Film Festival traditionally give a hundred free subscriptions to the Ukrainian military as a sign of gratitude for the opportunity to hold cultural events. In the days of the festival, servicemen can approach the accreditation rack at the October cinema, show a document confirming the service in the Armed Forces and picking up a subscription.

At the festival Sunny Bunny promises to get the same « Quir » with the same Daniel Craig. In the film press, the image of a lonely homosexual and veteran has been repeatedly called the « role of life » Craig. For her, the actor was put forward for the Golden Globe Award and other awards.

Book country

Where and when: Kyiv, VDNG, April 24-27

The book country has gone on the plateau and now you can visit it twice a year – in the fall and spring. This month the event is dedicated to flowers and reading. The program will appear soon, but you can already provide a large -scale fair along the pedestrian streets of the park and many interesting events.

Music of Holy Time

Where and when: Kyiv, National Philharmonic, April 18

On Friday, a program that is connected with Easter will be performed. Musicians will show the « liturgical » concert of the brick with the juxtaposition of the soloist and the orchestra, contrasting the comparison of parts. The sacred events will add performance « Lacrimosa », « Tuba Mirum », « Lux Aeterna ».

Music to the mystery of « St. Sebastian’s Pour » marks the main meaningful accents of this story: condemnation of paganism, dance in honor of God and torment under the arrows for the determination of Sebastian in his faith. According to the leged, after the rain from the arrows aimed at Sebastian’s work, he did not die, but recovering, condemning the Gentiles for such cruelty.

Exhibitions

Roosters

Where and when: Kyiv, the bread of Sofia Lavra from April 1 to April 6

Remember a photo of a ceramic rooster on the locker left on the wall of the Russian house in Borodyanka? It was once made at the Vasylkiv Majolic plant in the Kiev region. And now the collection of more than 2000 roosters is shown in the Gallery of the Bakery National Reserve Sofia Kyiv.

The exhibition organizer and the owner of the Rooster Charitable Foundation Ivan Hrynko He said that the roosters began to collect after seeing a photo of the surviving porcelain bird on the locker of a damaged house.

Pikeya band at the opening of the exhibition

Tree of Life: A great symbol of unity

Where and when: Kyiv, National Museum of Decorative Art of Ukraine

A new exhibition in the museum of arts and crafts will help to understand what symbols union with ancestors. The tree of life appears as an archaic image and at the same time as a metaphor of continuity, continuity of tradition and communication between generations.

Viewers are offered to get acquainted with archaeological finds, folk decorative arts, household items and ritual decor for the holidays.

”We do not strive to explain all the symbols or find a universal interpretation. We invite you to look at the artistic heritage as a living process that continues to develop and resonate in the present« , – the organizers of the exhibition said.

“Even skiing”

Where and when: Kharkiv, Ermilov Center, from April 25 to September 28

Dialogues in photographs are often perceived part of one canvas through the optics of a particular artist. Recently Jury World Press Photo There were two worksrelated to the war of Russia in Ukraine. However, the dialogue between the work was imposed by the organizers of the competition. Photos of a little girl suffering from panic attacks after shelling were associated with a photo of a wounded fighter so -called DNR.

The Yermilov center shows what a real dialogue between photographers is. The German works are exhibited here Wolfgang Tilmans and the legendary already representative of the Kharkiv school photography Boris Mikhailov. The name of the exposition refers to the figure skating – on the ice both move to unison.

Movie

Oxygen station

Start of the show: from April 10

The « Oxygen Station » tells about the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev. The tape covers one of the sign fragments of his biography.

The filmmakers promise to show the audience little -known pages of the history of the Crimean Tatar people, framed in a surrealistic parable. The main characters of Mustafa himself – a dissident, a prisoner of a regime, exiled for thousands of kilometers from home, and Safarer – a young teacher who lives a normal life and has completely different plans for the future. However, fate brings them together and is tested.

WALL. You (romance) in a movie

Start of the show: from April 8

The performance, which was shot in cinemas, tells about the events in the Kharkiv House « Word » and conducts the viewer by Pavel Tychyna. In every stage, the viewer meets the inner world of heroes: from a desperate love to fight your own fears and compromises. And the events of the clergymen are intertwined with the present and a full -scale war against Russia.

The musical « You (Romance) » came out in 2024 and gained very popularity – in the tour of Ukraine, he was watched by about 60,000 people. Subsequently, the project Moore decided to turn to the Film.ua studio with a request to fill in the stage production, and thus appeared the film « Moore. You (romance) in cinema ». This is not the first time when the performance is coming in Ukrainian cinemas.