FIVE SONGS OF POLISSYA

Orignal title: П'ять пісень Полісся, 2021Translator: Nina Murray, English

Five short stories that happened in the Ukrainian Polissia region over the last 100 years.
A greedy woman who destroyed the life of an entire family and does not regret anything.
The unsolved murder at prom.
Tragedy due to jealousy and other people's children.
Who kidnapped Oksanka and why?
What is Golovykha hiding under the cash register?

A play was conceived in 2021 and has had numerous rewards in Ukraine and abroad: - grand-prix at the Honey of July drama contest (Ukraine); - shortlisted by Drama.UA festival (Ukraine); - finalist in drama contest of Ukrainian Institute program Transmission.UA: drama on the move. UK, aimed to promote Ukrainian drama abroad; - finalist in Aurora International drama contest (Poland).

The play is translated into Polish and English. And was staged by theatre director Ihor Bilyts at Mariia Zankovetska National Drama Theatre (Lviv, Ukraine, 2022).

The play was published in the collection of plays - finalists in the Aurora International Drama Award of the City of Bydgoszcz: Aurora. Nagroda Dramaturgiczna Miasta Bydgoszczy Sztuki finalowe 2022 - 378 p.

Drama, history drama, social drama, 5 Acts5 M, 8 F, 1 kids
69 pages / 11753 words

Rightsholder contacts:

Luda Tymoshenko, author - [email protected]

Nina Murray, translator - [email protected]