OUR PROJECTS

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CYBORG ORGY

A performance about ecocide / The last show of the anthropocene

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MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE OF ANTEN VUZLYK

An autobiographical quest performance by Artem Vusyk about Ukraine in the 90s, friends, and lost joy.

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TUNNELS OF IMAGINATION

An audio series about the Kharkiv metro in the format of three audio performances.

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KHARTEDE 20

An impressionistic play about the Kharkiv avant-garde of the 1920s.
Age limit 16+

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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.

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SOMEBODY LIKE ME

A performative-physical solo show about the journey of a bodiless creature through the bodies of others. Through movement and dance, it learns the experiences of those who face danger again and again.
Age limit: 16+

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RAINBOW ON SALTIVKA

A mono-performance in the genre of musical surrealist tragicomedy, featuring live saxophone, guitar and drums, and based on Artem Vusyk's autobiographical reflections on Saltivka.

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NOBODY DIED TODAY

A documentary performance created in partnership with the Austrian theater im Bahnhof to tell Western European audiences about the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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NAFTALAB

An educational project for theater practitioners who are starting or continuing their creative career in theater in Kharkiv and are looking for inspiration

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[the show has been stopped since 24.02.2022]

RAT

An absurd detective and plastic comedy with elements of animation theatre.

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LITTLE ROUND BUN

“Little round bun” is a puppet comedy about finding yourself among the social stereotypes.

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ALTERNATIVE

A fantastic dystopian performance.

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HAMLET

“Hamlet” is a queer show with elements of stand-up. It is a performance based on a classic play, but in a different historical and social context, about different values and views on life.

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TEMPLE

“Temple: (non)violent dialogue in theatre” is a performative and documentary play that declassifies the “mystery of the theatre backstage”. We reveal the themes of romanticisation, sacralisation and theologisation of theatre.

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PROSTITUTE

A collaboration between the “Nafta” theatre and the “Tisto” acting school. A contemporary puppet show about prostitutes, cops, lies and emancipation.

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THE ART OF DEMOCRACY. ART OF LOVE

Performance “Art of Democracy. Art of Love” as part of the Parade-fest festival (Kharkiv).

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APOLLO

“APOLLO” is a performative and plastic performance inspired by Ihor Stravinsky's ballet "Apollo Musaget".

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ORPHEUS: PUBLIC TALK

The performance “Orpheus: public talk” combines the genres of stand-up and talk show and is based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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SUFFERING AT HONCHARIVKA

“Suffering in Honcharivka” is a contemporary interpretation of the classic play by Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko in the form of a musical and performative show.

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[the show has been stopped since 24.02.2022]

ANTON AND NATASHA IN SEARCH OF THE MEANING OF LIFE

A collaboration between Beautiful Flowers Theatre and Nafta Theatre. A show that tries to understand the phenomenon of the meaning of life through creativity, humor, and philosophy.