LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

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

8 – La Traviata, opera (in Italian)
by Verdi
9 – Premiere. La Dame aux Camelias, ballet by Beethoven, Brahms, Pachelbel, et al.
10 – Un Ballo in Maschera, opera
by Verdi
11 – Iolanta, opera by Tchaikovsky
12 – Don Quixote, ballet by Minkus
14 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky

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

8 – The Living Corpse by Tolstoy
9 – Edith Piaf. Life on Credit
by Rybchynsky and Vasalatii
10 – Urus Shaitan by Afanasiev
11 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
12 – In loving memory of Bohdan Stupka. The Seagull by Chekhov
14 – Good Soldier Schweik by Hašek

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

8 – No. 13 (Out of Order) by Cooney
8 (at 8 p.m.) – Fat Pig by LaBute
9 – Premiere. Julia and Romeo (based on Shakespeare’s tragedy)
9 (at 8 p.m.) – Premiere. Klavdia Shulzhenko. The Old Waltz. Music and scenic composition by Olha Havryliuk and Olha Kohut
10, 12 – Premiere. Liar Wanted
by Psathas
11 – The Follies of Love by Regnard
11 (at 8 p.m.) – Alexander Vertinsky. The Lord’s Ball. One-man show
12 (at noon.) – Don’t Dress for Dinner by Camoletti
12 (at 6 p.m.) – The Tower of Pisa
by Ptushkina
12 (at 8 p.m.) – Marriages Are Made in Heaven (based on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
13 – The Minister’s Wife by Nušić
14 – The Hanger-On (based on Ivan Turgenev’s prose)

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

8 – The Ideal Couple by Camoletti
9 – Carnival of Flesh by Buechner
10 – Four Reasons for Getting Married (based on Richard Baer’s story)
11 – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
11 – Spectators Are Not Admitted to the Performance by Frayn
12 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. Any Complains about Your Wife?
by Dostoevsky and Volodin
12 – Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
14 – Hearty Merrymaking, or A Cap with Caps (based on Yuri Koval’s
stories)

Music

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

8 – Myroslava Kotorovych’s Creative Workshop. Artekhatta Chamber
Ensemble
10 – Concert of the All Brahms
Symphonies Cycle
11 – Oleksandr Kostin and his
students
13 – Antony Baryshevsky (piano)
14 – Oratorio “Joan of Arc at the Stake” by Arthur Honegger

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

(Curtain at 7:30 p.m.)
8 – Maria Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Vitalii Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (organ)
9 – Ivan Kucher (cello), Iryna Kharechko (organ), Tetiana Voitekh (piano)
10 – Ihor Ishchak (countertenor), Hanna Bubnova (organ), Tamara Roi (flute)
11 – Concert commemorating Iryna Kalynovska’s 35th creative anniversary
13 – Natalia Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Iryna Kharechko (organ)
14 – Hanna Bubnova (organ)

Circus

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

Oct.8-Dec.21 – New Magic Circle Show
Beginning at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
on Sat., Sun.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Lavrska 9)

Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

7-31 – “The Preserved Sunshine”
(the first exhibition of the project “Ukrainian Naive Art of the 20th
Century”)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

Oct.7-Nov.17 – 1,000th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

7-26 – Pavlo Makov’s project
“Paradiso Perduto”
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.
on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine
(vul. Lavrska 9)

Oct.7-Nov.11 – Dedicated to the     Heavenly Sotnia. “Ukrainian Children – for a United Ukraine” (children’s art)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Tues.

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

Oct.7-Nov.1 – The Magic of Batik (children’s artworks)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Fri.

Galleries

AVS-Art
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 10b)

7-18 – Andrii Hurenko (paintings and prints)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Arka
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 37)

7-15 – Oleksandr Yurchenko (paintings)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.

Manufaktura
(vil. Khodosiivka, Obukhivske shose 2)

7-14 – Leonid Zaborovsky (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Vysotsky Gallery
(vul. Vozdvyzhenska 40)

Oct.7-Dec.31 – “Vladimir Vysotsky. Rare Photos by Arkadii Gershman”
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.