Reading
Vom Krieg
Ukrainian playwrights tell about life during the invasion by Russia
Ukrainian and German actors read texts, written by members of the Theatre of Playwrights (Kyiv). In the form of diaries and fictional texts, the playwrights are reflecting life in times of war.
The series was initiated by the playwright Anastasiia Kosodiі, who was a fellow of Theatertreffen’s International Forum in 2019 and has been dealing with the violence in Ukraine for years. After first readings at Maxim Gorki Theater and Münchner Kammerspiele, new texts are now being presented, which were written after the large-scale Russian invasion.
With texts by
Oles Barleeg – Poet, prose writer, playwright (currently in Ukraine)
Andrii Bondarenko – Playwright, director, cultural scholar, chief dramaturg Puppet Theatre Lwiw (currently in Ukraine)
Olha Matsyupa – Playwright (currently in Poland)
Oksana Savchenko – Playwright, screenwriter (currently in Germany)
Natalka Vorozhbyt – Playwright, screenwriter, curator (currently in Austria)
Anastasiia Kosodii – Curator, dramaturgy
Lydia Nagel – Translation
With
Oleksiy Dorychevsky, Alex Basovska, Ariel Nil Levy, Alina Skoryk-Dorychevska, Linda Vaher
Supported by Goethe-Institut and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.
The reading series “Vom Krieg” will take place or has already been taking place at the following stages and venues: Kyiv Theatre of Playwrights, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theater, Münchner Kammerspiele, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Schauspielhaus Wien, Staatstheater Hannover, Royal Court Theatre London