LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

30 – Natalka Poltavka,
opera by Lysenko
31 – Spartacus,
ballet by Khachaturian
1 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini
2 – Carmen, opera (in French)
by Bizet
3 – The Marriage of Figaro,
ballet by Mozart

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

30 – Small stage. Morituri Te
Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
30 – In beloved memory to Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov
31 – Shelmenko, the Orderly
by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
1 – Small stage. The Possessed
by Lesia Ukrainka
1 – Small Family Crimes
by Schmitt
2 – On Sunday Morning She
Gathered Herbs by Kobylianska
3 – Oles Zadniprovsky’s benefit. Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
5 – Small stage. Between Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev

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

30 – Don’t Run for Your Wife
by Cooney
30 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
31, 4 – School for Scandal
by Sheridan
1 – Premiere. The Hanger-On
by Turgenev
1 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub,
or The Sexual Neuroses of Our
Parents by Baerfus
2 (at 6 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady
and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
2 – Cemetery Club by Menchell
2 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
3 (at noon) – Laure et les Jacques
by Arout
3 (at 6 p.m.) – Backyard Games
by Mazia
3 – Page 105 about Love
(based on poems and prose writings of different periods)
3 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
4 (at 8 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nicolai
5 – The Uncle’s Dream by Dostoevsky
5 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute

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

30 – The Greatest Good (based on Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country)
30 (at 7 p.m.), 2 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
31 – Neonila Biletska’s benefit. Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
1 – Mein Kampf, or Socks
in the Coffee Pot by Tabori
2 – The Petty Demon by Sologub
3 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Sea…Night…Candles…
by Bar-Joseph
3 – The Corsican Woman by Hubač
5 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
5 – Small stage. Premiere.
Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte

Music

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

30 – Kyivska Kamerata National Soloists Ensemble conducted
by Liutauras Balciunas (Switzerland). Soloists: Bohdana Pivnenko (violin), Borys Hromov (violin),
Yaroslav Venher (viola)
31 – Chamber music concert
1 – Concert in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Kyiv’s liberation from the Nazi occupier
2 – In commemoration of the 95th anniversary. National Bandura Capella of Ukraine conducted
by Yurii Kurach
3 – Symphony music concert

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
30 – Ravisan Trio, Larysa Nazarenko (soprano), Hanna Bubnova (organ), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
31 – Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Larysa Reutova (piano),
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
2 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
4 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano),
Ihor Ishchak (countertenor),
Tamara Roi (flute),
Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
5 – Tetiana Orlova (organ)

Circus

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

Oct. 30-Dec. 15 – Caravan of Miracles
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.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Oct. 29-Nov. 15 – Revived Eastern
Orthodox Relics (statues, icons,
ecclesiastical embroidery)
Oct. 29-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

Oct. 29-Nov. 11 – 1,000-year-old Ukrainian Seal (international
museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Wed.

Chornobyl National Museum
(provulok Khoryva 1)

Oct. 29-Dec. 31 – First time in Ukraine. A Prayer for Fukushima:
Two Years after the Disaster
(photos and artifacts from Japan)
Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Photo Exhibition

Lavra Gallery
(vul. Lavrska 1)

Oct. 29-Nov. 3 – Den 2013
(photo exhibit commemorating
Den/The Day’s 15th anniversary)
Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m.