LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

National Opera of Ukraine
(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)

5 – Russian Ballet Theater Moscow. Gala Ballet
6 – Carmen Suite, ballet by Bizet
and Shchedrin; Scheherazade,
ballet by Rimsky-Korsakov
7-8 – In conjunction with International Women’s Day. Gala concert
9 – Jubilee concert in commemoration
of the 200th birth anniversary
of Taras Shevchenko (1814-61)
11 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky

Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)

5 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
6 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
7, 9 – Premiere in commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary
of Taras Shevchenko. Such Is
Her Destiny (based on Shevchenko’s verse)
8 – Small stage. A Moment of Love (based on Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s stories)
8 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
11 – Small stage. The Possessed
by Lesia Ukrainka

Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 5, tel. 234-4223)

5 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
6 – The Tower of Pisa by Ptushkina
7 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
8 (at noon) – No. 13 (Out of Order)
by Cooney
8 (at 6 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
8 – The Minister’s Wife by Nušić
8 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
9 (at noon) – Caught in the
Net by Cooney
9 – In commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko. Premiere. Everywhere Alone by Reznykovych
9 (at 8 p.m.) – Edith Piaf: La Vie En Rose by Havryliuk
10 – The Last Love by Mukhariamov
11 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute

Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)

5 – Lying the Truth by Berger
5 – Small stage. In commemoration
of the 200th birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko Premiere Three Our Men in Mzungu
6 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
7 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
8 (at 3 p.m.) – You Beloved of My Soul by Ptushkina
8 – Premiere. What Do Women Want? (based on Aristophanes’ comedies)
9 (at 3 p.m.) – Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
9 – Premiere. Hearty Merrymaking or A Cap with Carps (based on Yurii Koval’s stories)
11 – Lolita by Nabokov
11 – Small stage. Young Stage
Directors’ Lab. White Nights of Love (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)

Music

National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine
(Volodymyrsky uzviz 2, tel. 278-1697)

5 – Symphony music concert
6 – National Brass Band of Ukraine conducted by Mykhailo Moroz. Soloist: Valentyna Matiushenko
(soprano)
7 – In commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko Concert “Two Brilliant Poets” (Taras Shevchenko (1814-61), Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41)
8 – In commemoration of the 20th anniversary. Caprice Classic String Quartet soiree
9 – In commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko Concert
10 – Concert Five of the Variations
on Ensemble Theme series
11 – Oleksii Hryniuk
(piano, Great Britain)

National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75, tel. 528-3186)

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
10 – “Ave, Maria!” gala concert
in commemoration of the
International Women’s Day
11 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Volodymyr Koshuba (organ),
Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Larysa Reutova (piano)

Circus

National Circus
(pl. Peremohy 2, tel. 486-3856)

5-31 – Gartner Bros. International
Circus. Giant Elephants Return Show
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri.; 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 21)

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 15-17)

4-15 – Khanenko Museum’s Antiquity Collection: Selected Exhibits
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art
(vul. Lavrska 9)

4-30 – In commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary of Taras Shevchenko. Premiere. Artistic Shevchenkiana (decorative art from the museum’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)
4-15 – Oleksii Malykh (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Brucie Collections
(vul. Artema 5b)

4-16 – Wang Wusheng
(photos, China)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat.; noon-5 p.m. on Sun.

Kalyta Art Club
(vul. Bohomoltsia 6)

4-12 – Portraits and Self-Portraits
by Noted Ukrainian Artists
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.