Theatre na Zhukah wins two diplomas at the third international festival of Ukrainian theater in Krakow

Theatre na Zhukah brings home two diplomas from the third international contest of Ukrainian theater “East-West” for its performance “Romeo and Juliette”.

The team was awarded a laureate diploma and a diploma for an “Original interpretation of the world’s classics”.

Nadezhda Moroz-Olshanskaya, the festival organizer, mentioned an unusual directing decision, when eight persons on the stage play all the roles and when “every actress is Juliette and every actor – Romeo” as well as “plain and fascinating scenography based on a mix of white and red”.

“Even through the spectators know the final, the actors of Theatre na Zhukah electrified them till the last minute”, – she said and added: “I am deeply impressed by the scene when Romeo gets the poison from the Apothecary’s hands, which drives the very mechanism of tragic despair”.

As it was already announced in late April, Theatre na Zhukah is going for a big trip around the countries of Europe, starting with a performance at a festival in Krakow. The theater also played two performances in Paris, Munich and Nuremberg.

The producer of Theatre na Zhukah Dmytro Ternovy mentioned that the main goal of the tour was to find out how the European spectators react on their performances. “It was extremely important for us to see how our new production Ex Nihil will be perceived. We believe it must be clear for any audience. Generally it turned out to be so and we collected touching feedback after the show”.

“Many performances, many stages we needed to quickly reclaim, workshops – all of that gives us new and valuable experience we can use in the future”, – he said.