THEATRES IN KIEV

In spite of its rather academic name the Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, is a very innovative and young establishment. The theatre was founded in 1979 on the initiative of Eduard Mitnizky, who headed the company and become the artistic director of the troupe.More...

Lyubov Titarenko once was an actress of the State Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after Lesya Ukrainka, but because of some reason she left it and created her own theatre, which has gone down in the history as the first private theatre of Kiev. The extensive theatre repertoire represents mainly comedies by modern Ukrainian and foreign playwrights.More...

the Cherny Kvadrat is an extremely popular theatre in Kiev. The theatre of improvisation appeared in the Ukrainian capital in the early 1990s. Indeed, the Cherny Kvadrat, or Black Square, is a center of modern theatrical art, where many interesting and innovative projects are carried out. More...

The Kiev Marionette Theatre has been transporting children to an imaginary world of talking puppets and fairy tales since November 1989, when the first performance of the new theatre, founded by producer and artist Mikhailo Yaremchuk, was shown to the public. Since then this small theatre has been visited with a lot of children. More...

In 1920 in Vinnitsa a small traveling troupe, headed by outstanding Ukrainian actor Ignat Petrovich Yura, was founded. The first play that was shown to the public was Sin by Vinnichenko. All the actors of the new troupe were rather young. And later many of them have gone down in history of the Ukrainian theatre. More...

The National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after T.G. Shevchenko is the oldest musical theatre in Ukraine. It was founded in 1867. Its first season was opened with the opera Askold's Grave by A. Verstovsky. While at that time Ukraine was a part of Russian Empire, mainly the operas of Russian composers were staged. More...

In 1863 the Branch of the Emperor Russian Musical Society was established in Kiev. Since this year the history of musical life of Ukraine and Kiev had been rapidly developing since the first part of the 19th century. The State Philharmonic was opened with the concert under direction of L. Steinberg in 1923. More...

In spite of its rather academic name the Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, is a very innovative establishment. The theatre was founded in 1979 on the initiative of Eduard Mitnizky, who became the artistic director of the troupe. Today the theater is remarkable for its experimental performances. More...