KHARTEDE 20

An impressionistic performance about the Kharkiv avant-garde of the 1920s.

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KHARTEDE 20

An impressionistic performance about the Kharkiv avant-garde of the 1920s.

TO BUY A TICKET

KHARTEDE 20

An impressionistic performance about the Kharkiv avant-garde of the 1920s.

TO BUY A TICKET

(KHARTEDE 20 — Kharkiv Theatre Research Expedition in 20s)
Theater critic Yurii Smolych wrote that Maik Yohansen had no idea what the difference was between potatoes and meat and had an astonishing ability to buy the worst wine. Yet, he was a person of exquisite literary taste. And here, Maik walks towards Chernyshevskaya Street to meet his friends for a game of billiards. And he takes us along with him.
Kharkiv in 1920 and Kharkiv in 2024. What do we know about you and your people? Does memory exist in objects, alleys, trees, rivers? Can we, while walking through the city, sense in the atmosphere the stories of its former inhabitants? And what if reality is woven from the fates of people who were here once and still are, in this interweaving?
Playwright Lyuba Ilnytska about the performance: "Space and time create a landscape that changes very slowly, almost imperceptibly. It contains everything that has happened, everything that has been created, all the real and fictional characters who once lived here and paved their paths through the same hills, rivers, streets. Imaginary worlds are born from natural and cultural landscapes, passed on to us in literature, art, legends, and rumors. Imaginary worlds transform into the present reality, contained in our bodies, daily decisions, names, flags, territories.
Through the theater stage, we enter the spaces of Maik Yohansen, Mykhailo Semenko, Mykola Khvylovy, Valentyna Chistiakova, Les Kurbas. We observe how their contexts transform and coexist with our present, how they create, play billiards, discuss, hunt, manifest life, and experience quiet sorrow in anticipation of catastrophe. And while we embark on our theatrical-research expedition into the 1920s, Yohansen’s green hare watches us. It carefully monitors whether we have become too serious, whether we are capable of breaking down respected traditions, of audacious play and bizarre transformations. Because as long as life is as round as a ball and filled with the brilliance of days — we live them in anticipation of a resolute tomorrow."
In this performance, you will not only discover the "revival" of Ukrainian artists of the past century, but you will also see the immersion of the actors of the Nafta Theater into the works of these figures — in order to find their own face in the feelings so familiar to you. We invite you to explore the connection between the past and the present.
The project was realized with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
Duration — 1 hour 30 minutes. Premiere — August 27, 28, 29, 2024.
Attention!Age limit — 16+. The performance includes scenes of nudity by the actors/actresses. The performance also includes contrasting light effects and loud music.
For participants in military actions, entry is free. Write to us on social media or call to reserve your ticket, and don't forget to bring your combatant ID.

Director: Nina KhyzhnaPlaywright: Lyuba Ilnytska
Actors: Olena Bazhenova
Artem Vusyk
Liza Prasolova
Anton Repiakh
Nina Khyzhna
Composer: Dmytro Malyi
Musicians: Ruslan Kashyritsev
Yevgenia Konstantinova
Dmytro Malyi

Scenographer: Andrii Khvorostianov
Costume designer: Olga Danilova
Lighting designer: Oleksandr Chizh
Sound engineer: Andrii Tretyak
Project manager: Liza Prasolova
Executive director: Tetiana Holubova
Poster design: Graphprom Studio

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Nafta Theatre

OUR ADDRESS

21/23, Chornoglazivska Street, Kharkiv

TICKETS BOOKING

+380 50 509 3435

E-MAIL

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Our activities are supported by the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). Its contents do not necessarily reflect the official position of the EED. The information or views expressed in this material are the sole responsibility of the authors.





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