2016 Winners

As the result of last year’s open call and public readings, four winners have been selected -Olena Avdeeva (Kharkiv), Kira Malinina (Kharkiv), Yevhen Merzlyakov (Severodonetsk), Tamara Trunova (Kyiv), the selection panel has also awarded Viktoria Filonchuk (Chernihiv) and Dmytro Zakhozhenko (Kyiv). All six productionspremiered in March – May 2017. In the section below you can enjoy short video teasers and reviews of the productions.

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Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Director Kira Malynina’s staging of Selma Dimitrijevic’s “Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone”.

Lungs (Severodonetsk)

In the recent production of Duncan MacMillan’s “Lungs” at the Luhansk Musical Drama Theatre, the performances of actors recall something out of the television programme “Behind the Glass”

"Under the Blue Sky" (Kyiv)

The Ukrainian interpretation of the British play "Under the blue sky" by Tamara Trunova.

“The Pitmen Painters”,

Even the stage depiction of miners wrestling with their jackhammers recalls a deeply expressive dance.

Lungs (Kyiv)

The emotional life-lasting dialogue between British couple, the main note of which is their discomposure concerning the fate of our planet that suffers from the indifference of people.

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone (Chernihiv)

The leitmotif of the play – quarrel between mother and daughter, in the course of the play there are their shadows depicted on the background representing the inner demons of the relatives

British Council Ukraine

Taking the Stage