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LEISURE BULLETIN

May 22-28
20 May, 2013 - 17:54
National Circus. May 22-June 30. ALLEY-OOP! SHOW. OLEKSII PINKO AND HIS AFRICAN LION / Photo courtesy of the National Circus

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater
National Opera of Ukraine

(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)

22 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
23 – Gala concert
24 – Concert
25 – La Bayadere, ballet by Minkus
26 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
28 – Viennese Waltz, ballet
by Strauss

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

22 – Small stage. I Can’t Help Loving You, Kyiv! by Bilozub
22 – Sentimental Cruise by Candala
23 – Frederic, or Crime Boulevard (based on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s scripts)
24 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth of Zhadan
25 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
25 – In beloved memory to Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov
26 (at noon) – Shelmenko the Orderly by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
26 – Kaidash’s Family
by Nechui-Levytsky
28 – Natalka Poltavka by Kotliarevsky

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

22 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
22 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Women. Fragment. Scandal without
Intermission by Mardan
23 – The Uncle’s Dream
by Dostoevsky
23 (at 8 p.m.) – A Matter of Honor (based on Kurt Hubner’s scripts)
24 – The Cemetery Club by Menchell
24 (at 8 p.m.) – Crazy Blood
by Erpulat and Hillje
25 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
25 – Don’t Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
26 (at 8 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nikolai
27 – A Profitable Position
by Ostrovsky
28 (at 8 p.m.) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev

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

22 – Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostand
23 – Three Sisters by Chekhov
24 – Don Juan, or Lessons
in Seduction (Guests Are Expected
at Midnight) by Miller
24 – Small stage. A Little Wine,
or 70 Turns by Pirandello
25 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
25 – Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos
26 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. My Dear Boys by Dostoevsky and Volodin
26 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
27 – Spectators Are Not Admitted
to the Performance by Frain
28 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač

Music
National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine

(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75, tel. 528-3186)

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
22 – Olena Shynal’s soiree
23 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ),
Olha Dmytrenko (organ, piano),
Olena Shynal (soprano)
24 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
27 – Ivan Kucher (cello), Oleksandr Hosachynsky (cello), Artem
Poludenny (cello), Olha Zhukova
(cello), Tetiana Voitekh (piano), Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
28 – Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

Festivals
Kyiv Spring International Music Festival
(National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine)

22-24 – Concerts by festival
participants
The 23rd International Festival “Musical Season’s Premieres”
(National Philharmonic Society
of Ukraine)
25-26 – Concerts by festival
participants

Circus
National Circus

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

May 22-June 30 – Alley-Oop! 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)

Standing exhibits: Lavra Treasury. 17th-20th cc. Relics
(from the preserve’s collection);
Spiritual Relics of Ukraine
(holograms); Mykola Siadrysty
(microminiatures)
Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War
(vul. Lavrska 24)

21-30 – “Historical Personalities of the 20th century. Oles Honchar”
(in commemoration of the 95th
anniversary of Oles Honchar’s birth)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mon.

Russian Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

21-29 – Illia Repin (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri. Closed Mon., Thurs.

Museum of the Hetman State
(vul. Spaska 16b)

May 21-June 9 – Borys Nehoda
(oil pastel)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries
AVS-Art

(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

May 21-June 1 – Oksana
Yadchuk-Machynska (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

22-28 – Willy L’Eplattenier (paintings, Spain)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Jacob Greter Art Center
(vul. Vadyma Hetmana 6, Bolshevik shopping mall)

May 21-Jun. 30 – Paintings
by Ukrainian artists
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Ya Gallery
(vul. Khoryva 49b)

21-24 – Mykyta Kravtsov’s project
Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

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