On February 20, Rikstolvan is hosting conversations and readings featuring newly written Ukrainian drama in Stockholm. The plays, penned by Olena Shevchenko and Oksana Hrytsenko, have been translated by Mikael Nydahl.
On stage will appear Andrii Bondarenko, one of the founders of the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv; Olena Shevchenko, a renowned Ukrainian playwright; Mikael Nydahl, a translator and publisher; and Bea Tigerhielm along with Staffan Julén from Rikstolvan, who manage the residence for Ukrainian playwrights.
These plays have been written and translated as part of the "Triangle for Ukrainian Artists" project, in collaboration with the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv, Villa Decius in Krakow, and Culturehuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm, and are funded by Creative Europe.