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LEISURE BULLETIN

April 30-May 6

29 April, 10:56

National Circus. April 30-May 18. NEW CHEERS AND BRAVO SHOW. EVENING WITH FRIENDLY BEARS (UNDER YEVHEN SHRAMKO’S PROFESSIONAL CONTROL) / 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)

30 – Un Ballo in Maschera, opera
by Verdi
1 – The Sleeping Beauty,
ballet by Tchaikovsky
2 – Madama Butterfly, opera
by Puccini
3 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
4 – Paquita, ballet by Minkus; Scheherazade, ballet
by Rimsky-Korsakov
6 – Viennese Waltz, ballet by Strauss

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

1 – Ladies and Hussars by Fredro
2 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
3 – Martyn Borulia by Karpenko-Kary
4 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
4 – Kean IV by Gorin
6 – Premiere. The Living Corpse
by Tolstoy

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

30 – Premiere. Doctor by Nušić
2 – Don’t Run for Your Wife by Cooney
2 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. A Lady and a Bureaucrat by Nicolai
3 – Premiere. Juliet and Romeo (based on Shakespeare’s tragedy)
3 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
4 (at 6 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
4 – Caught in the Net by Cooney
4 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
5 – Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere
6 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
by Camoletti
6 (at 8 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina

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

30 – Premiere. Don’t Let Love Soften You (based on Jean Kerr’s play Touch-and-Go)
3 – Small stage. A Call from
the Past by Krym
3 – Premiere. Hearty Merrymaking or The Cap with Carps (based on Yurii Koval’s stories)
4 – Small stage. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
4 – Lying the Truth by Berger

Music

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

30 – National Philharmonic Society’s Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Roman Kofman;
Kredo Chamber Choir of Ukraine conducted by Bohdan Plish
5 – “Best Choice” Concert
6 – Roman Filipov (violin), Alina Filipova (piano)
National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine
(vul. Velyka Vasylkivska 75,
tel. 528-3186)
(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
30 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
1 – Gala concert
3 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)
5 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble, Iryna Kalynovska (organ), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
6 – Valeria Balakhovska (organ)

Circus

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

Apr. 30-Mar. 18 – New Cheers and Bravo Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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)

Apr. 29-May 11 – “Foundation” (Ukrainian antiquities)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(12 Shevchenko Blvd.)

Museum open after restoration
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

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

Apr. 29-May 25 – “Goya. The Disasters of War” (etchings from the museum’s collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

National Russian Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 9)

Apr. 29-May 7 – “A Precious Gift” (from Dmitry Sigalov’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tues., Fri. Closed Mon., Thurs.

Memorial Museums

Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum
(provulok T. Shevchenka 8a)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Pavlo Tychyna Literary and Memorial Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 5)

Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Mikhail Bulgakov Literary and Memorial Museum
(Andriivsky uzviz 13)

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

Ivan Honchar Museum
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 29)

Apr. 29-June 1 – Easter Egg Paradise (unique items on display from museum stock)
Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed Mon.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

Apr. 29-May 10 – Serhii Repka (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Hapchynska
(vul. Mykhailivska 16)

Standing exhibit of Yevhenia Hapchynska’s paintings
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; noon-6 p.m. on Sat., Sun.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

Apr. 29-May 15 – Ostap Nezruch (photos)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

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

Apr. 29-June 8 – Phoenix. Revival. (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Parsuna
(vul. Khoryva 43)

May 1-31 – Olena Stupa (author’s dolls), Volodymyr Tarasenko (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.