On Friday, 11 September, CU Theater - Ireland’s first Ukrainian theatre company - presents performative readings of two contemporary Ukrainian plays, in English, at Trinity College Dublin.
Victoria’s Little Secrets by Alina Sarnatska
A dark comedy about a Ukrainian woman who runs a taxidermy YouTube channel, arranging bones with the unhurried care of a florist. A strange, sharp and darkly humorous story about memory, war and what we choose to preserve.
The Woman with the Fridge by Marta Shyiko
A funny and thoughtful play about love, memory and the burdens we carry - hiding them inside ourselves, passing them on to others, or using them as a reason to stay still. At its centre is a woman who has lost herself in what everyone expects of her, and a man who holds tightly to his mother.
Two distinctive voices of contemporary Ukrainian drama, exploring memory, displacement, love, war and the things we carry with us.
Directed by Elina Herasymchuk, founder of CU Theater.