MYNA MAZAILO

An expressionist comedy about Kharkiv in the 1920s based on the play by Mykola Kulish. A joint project of the Nafta Theater and the Kharkiv Puppet Theater.

MYNA MAZAILO

An expressionist comedy about Kharkiv in the 1920s based on the play by Mykola Kulish. A joint project of the Nafta Theater and the Kharkiv Puppet Theater.

MYNA MAZAILO

An expressionist comedy about Kharkiv in the 1920s based on the play by Mykola Kulish. A joint project of the Nafta Theater and the Kharkiv Puppet Theater.

The first joint performance of the Kharkiv Puppet Theater and the Nafta Theater!
"MYNA MAZAILO" is a comedy about a Kharkiv family, written nearly a hundred years ago as a reaction to the Ukrainization of the 1920s, and it now resonates particularly strongly. Can the question of whether we should be Ukrainians again arise in present-day Kharkiv?
The creators of the performance explore and reinterpret the tradition of expressionism, filling the performance with grotesque and sharp choreography, while the s
Premiere — May 24-26, 2024
Performance duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (with an intermission).

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.

Playwright: Mykola Kulish
Director: Artem Vusyk
Choreographer: Nina Khyzhna
Scenographer: Andrii Khvorostianov
Composer: Nik Akorn
Costume designer: Olga Danilova
Dressmakers: Vita Kushnirevych and Viktoria Matisek
Make-up artists: Natalia Denysova and Anna Bragina
Lighting designers: Dmytro Prasolov and Dmytro Turukin
Sound engineer: Vyacheslav Kostromitin

On stage:
Myna Mazailo: Artem Ragra
Lyna: Oleksandra Shlykova
Ryna: Oleksandra Medvedieva / Vladyslava Arakelyan
Ulya: Liliya Oseichuk / Oleksandra Kolesnichenko
Mokii: Serhiy Smerechuk / Anton Glazunov
Baronova-Kozyno: Viktoria Mishchenko
Aunt Motya: Olga Mokhlenko / Valentina Rychahova
Uncle Taras: Pavlo Savelyev
Komsomol member Mykyta Huba: Anton Repiah / Yakiv Ozerov
Komsomol member Ivanna Tertyka: Sasha Medvedieva / Sasha Kolesnichenko
Komsomol member Viktor Arenskyi: Anton Glazunov / Serhiy Smerechuk