GRAD invites you to a joint festival of Ukrainian documentary theatre and cinema held in collaboration with Open City Docs and Frontline Club. The festival’s first section ‘Documenting Ukraine: Theatre’(14–15 May 2015) features two live performances at GRAD.
Anyone Can Be Saint Nikolai by Georg Genoux
Thursday 14 May 2015
7.00pm – 9.00pm
£10, concessions £5 (Contact GRAD or visit Eventbrite to book your place)
This multimedia solo performance offers insight into the experiences of those most affected by the war in eastern Ukraine. Created and performed by German director Georg Genoux, the performance incorporates documentary video footage and audio interviews to tell the story of the author’s time as a volunteer in the eastern Ukrainian city Nikolaevka. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion.
Can I or Can’t I by Natalia Vorozhbit
Friday 15 May 2015
7.00pm – 9.30pm
£10, concessions £5 (Contact GRAD or visit Eventbrite to book your place)
GRAD presents the latest work-in-progress play by Ukraine’s leading playwright of the New Drama movement, Natalia Vorozhbit. Taking the form of an autobiographical monologue,this staged reading of the play explores the recent political turmoil in Ukraine, reflecting upon what she knew about herself before the protests started – and what she continues to learn as the conflict goes on. As in her celebrated work Maidan: Voices of the Uprising which showed at Royal Court Theatre in 2014, Can I or Can’t I applies Vorozhbit’s insightful and affecting style to a personal investigation of her own experience of life and war in Ukraine. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion and a reception.
The second half of the festival, ‘Documenting Ukraine: two days of Cinema and debate’ (16–17 May 2015) features a full program of UK Premieres of Ukrainian documentary films at the Frontline Club. For full details and ticket prices please click here