LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

11 – Aida, opera (in Italian) by Verdi
12 – The Forest Song,
ballet by Skorulsky
13 – Eugene Onegin, opera
(in Russian) by Tchaikovsky
14 – Rigoletto, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
15 – The Master and Margarita, fantasy ballet by Shostakovich, Berlioz, at al.
17 – Le Corsaire, ballet by Adam

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

11 – The Anthem of Democratic Youth by Zhadan
11 – Small stage. The Dream of
a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
12 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
12 – Small stage. Overture to Rendezvous by Franko
13 – The Cross-Paths by Franko
14 – Premiere. Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
14 – Small stage. Premiere.
The Glass Menagerie by Williams
15 – Shelmenko the Orderly
by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
15 – Small stage. Between Heaven and Earth by Afanasiev
17 – Marriage by Hohol

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

12 (at 8 p.m.) – Women. Fragment. Scandal without Intermission
by Mardan
13, 17 – Premiere. The Hanger-on
by Turgenev
13 (at 8 p.m.) – The Farewell Tango
by Nicolai
14 (at noon) – Premiere. Doctor
by Nušić
14 (at 6 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBut
14 – Laure et les Jacques by Arout
14 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
15 (at noon) – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
15 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
15 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
15 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
16 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
16 (at 8 p.m.) – The Cherub, or
The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents by Baerfus
17 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere.
A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai

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

11 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
11 – Small stage. I’m No Longer among You (Too Late to Scare) (based on Sigarev and Protalin’s plays)
12 – Lolita by Nabokov
12 –  Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
13 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti
14 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Any
Complaints about your Wife? (My Dear Boys) by Dostoevsky and Volodin
14 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
15 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
15 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
17 – Mein Kampf, or Socks in the Coffee Pot by Tabori
17 – Small stage. Premiere. The Ugly One (based on Marius von Mayenburg’s play Der Haessliche)

Music

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

14 – 25th concert of the international series “Yevhenia Basalaieva’s Elite Music Soirees”
15 – Kyiv Guitar Quartet conducted
by Volodymyr Sharuiev
16 – 7th International Festival
“Music Rendezvous”
17 – Concert of the “Orchestral mosaic” series

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
11 – Ivan Kucher (cello),
Volodymyr Koshuba (organ)
12 – Ravisan Trio, Natalia Kravchenko (piano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
13 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
14 – Liatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble conducted
by Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko
16 – Lysenko Quartet,
Iryna Kalynovska (organ),
Kateryna Bazhenova (piano)
17 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ),
Serhii Kotko (coloratura bass)

Circus

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

11-15 – 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)

10-31 – Liudmyla Meshkova
(ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Chornobyl National Museum
(provulok Khoryva 1)

10-31 – 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.

Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life
(village of Pyrohiv)

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Galleries

Arka
(vul. Bohdana Khmelnytskoho 37)
10-18 – Volodymyr Kutkin (prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

10-11 – Temo Svirely (paintings)
Dec. 3-Jan. 7 – Small Sculptures Salon
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Mystetska Zbirka
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 13, entrance through the arch)

10-22 – Viktor Deisun (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon., Tues.