LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

29 – Spartacus, ballet
by Khachaturian
1 – Don Quixote, ballet by Minkus

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

25 – Small stage. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story)
25 – In beloved memory of Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov
26 – Small stage. The Lonely Lady
by Afanasiev
26 – Premiere. Thistle Flower
by Vorozhbyt
27 – Small stage. The Possessed
by Lesia Ukrainka
27 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
28 – Martyn Borulia by Karpenko-Kary
29 (at noon) – Shelmenko the Orderly by Kvitka-Osnovianenko
29 – Small stage. The Inheritor
by Filippo
29 – Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
1 – Natalka Poltavka by Kotliarevsky

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

27 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
28 (at 6 p.m.) – The Last Love
by Mukhariamov
28 – Trees Die Standing by Casona
28 (at 8 p.m.) – The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
29 (at noon) – Valentine’s Day
by Vyrypaev
29 (at 6 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
29 – The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
29 (at 8 p.m.) – Aleksandr Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
30 – Christmas Dreams by Ptushkina
30 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
1 – Napoleon and the Corsican Woman by Hubac
1 (at 8 p.m.) – A Real Man on the Threshold of the Millennium by Dorst and Eler

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

25 – Thus Ended Summer by Shaw
25 – Small stage. I’m No Longer Among You (Too Late to Scare; based on Sigarev and Protalin’s plays)
26 – Foma Opiskin (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story)
27 – An Ideal Couple by Camoletti
28 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Days Are Whistling By by Koliada
28 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frain
29 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage.
Premiere. Two Little Ladies Head North by Notte
29 – The Petty Demon by Sologub
30 – Four Reasons for Getting
Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
1 – Sylvia by Gurney
On Tour
Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theater
(National Opera of Ukraine)
27-28 – The Flying Dutchman, opera by Wagner

Music

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

25 – Concert “20th-Century Hits”
26 – Concert “Chamber Music
in 20th-Century France”
27 – Yevhenia Basalaieva Elite
Chamber Music Soiree International Series
Sep. 28-Oct. 5 – 24th Kyiv
Music Fest

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
25 – Kyiv Chamber Ensemble,
Valeria Balakhovska (organ)
26 – Petro Ostapenko (baritone),
Natalia Svyrydenko (harpsichord,
piano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
27 – Iryna Kalynovska (organ)
28 – Olha Basystiuk (soprano),
Hanna Bubnova (organ)
30 – Ravisan Trio, Liudmyla Voinarovska (soprano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)

Circus

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

Sep. 25-Dec. 15 – Carnival
of Wonders
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)

Sep. 24-Oct. 20 – In commemoration
of the 1,025th anniversary
of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Raphael Zaborowsky, Metropolitan
of Kyiv, Galicia [Halychyna], and
all Ruthenia (1731-47) (documents, letters, scrolls); Ukrainian Icon,
16th-18th cc. (Baroque icon
painting)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Sep. 24-Oct.4 – The Past Saved
for the Future: Revived National
Historical and Cultural Relics
(paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed Mon.

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

Sep. 24-Oct. 20 – Rockwell Kent (paintings from the museum
collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

Sep. 24-Oct. 5 – Valerii Shkarupa (ivory ground)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Olena Zamostian Art Gallery
(vul. Illinska 9)

Sep. 24-Oct. 10 – Valentyna Chornomorchenko, Iryna Serova (paintings, prints, and batik)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Closed Sun., Mon.

Triptych ART
(vul. Desiatynna 13)

Sep. 25-Oct. 8 – Olha Petrova
(paintings and prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.