A powerful article about Ukrainian theatre during wartime. “We don’t want sympathy. We want to be understood” by Brandice Thompson. Worth reading for anyone interested in how art and culture endure during war.
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4 June 2026
On June 2–3, students at Dartmouth College presented the world premiere of the English-language production of Vertep for Homo Sapiens, a contemporary Ukrainian play by Volodymyr Rafeyenko. The performances took place at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Volodymyr Rafeyenko is one
19 May 2026
At the Spring Readings 2026 festival, audiences will experience a powerful evening dedicated to contemporary Ukrainian theater and the lived realities of war – “Antonina (Ukraine).” Presented as a staged reading, the program combines documentary theater, autobiographical writing
19 May 2026
The annual playwriting competition Gdyńska Nagroda Dramaturgiczna, founded in 2007, is currently taking place in Gdynia, Poland. Out of 159 submitted texts, the Artistic Committee unanimously selected 15 titles by consensus. It was confirmed that all shortlisted works met the
14 May 2026
The Craiova International Shakespeare Festival will take place from May 21 to 31, 2026, under the theme WILL matters – an invitation to discover will as a creative force in a city that, for eleven days, transforms into an open stage. Today, Shakespeare matters as a living energy
26 April 2026
This May, "Razom for Ukraine" invites you to the Lower East Side for the first-ever Ukrainian Drama Showcase - a powerful introduction of contemporary Ukrainian theatre to New York audiences. The most urgent, raw, and compelling works from Ukraine will be presented in English