On the occasion of its anniversary, Theatre na Zhukah is staging another premiere.

The Zhuki are preparing the third premier of this year from the play “Break Down” by a Ukrainian play writer Dmytro Ternovy. He will also be the one to play several roles in the performance.

The new performance appears by the theater’s birthday, which is celebrating its 10 years anniversary in December.
“Break Down” a play by the theater’s co-founder and actor, is known by winning the main European drama contest of Eastern Europe “Speaking about Boarders. Living at Times of Change”. It was translated into German, Polish and French but has not yet been staged in Ukraine. It first appeared on stage in 2014 in Germany, at Baden State Theater. Several readings took place in Austria.

Being written a year before the Maidan, the play predicted the future events in many ways. It consists of seven scenes (in some of them lifeless things act), most of them belong to different genres which is a rare case for dramatic works. The play is written for five actors, each of them appears on stages in several roles.

“Even though the play describes situations of private lives in a country close to boil over, the play tells a different story. This is a kind of “helicopeter view” on the current events. This is the only way to see the world view we created. And how fragile, absurd and completely ridiculous it really is. Without this insight, you can barely change it, even when you feel, its time for change”, the director Olha Ternova says.

There will be 7 people playing on stage, she mentioned, “both long term actors of the theater and the newcomers. This creates a lively and interesting ensemble”.

Premiere shows will take place on December 10th and 23th.

2017 was especially successful for the Zhuki: before “Break Down”, they had staged another two shows: “The Fog” by Julio Cortazar and “Amour de Trois or Two Exercises with a Pistol” from plays by French play writers.