The international theater festival " However, as theater critic Oleg Vergelis reports on his Facebook page, the event will still take place from June 10 to 19 in a modified format..

Now, in wartime circumstances, the festival headquarters operates in Lviv, where decisions are made. As Alexander Kniga, the head of the Melpomene Tavria organizing committee, said (at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, he was captured by the invaders - ed.. ), theaters will play performances in their cities, hold press conferences where they will talk about Kherson, assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the role of theater in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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Previously, 30 theaters agreed to join the festival this year, including groups from Romania, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, Georgia, as well as different cities of Ukraine.

On June 10, Lviv will host a press conference dedicated to the opening of the XXIV International Theater Festival " And already on June 11 (Saturday) - the opening of the festival - Project Art Theater (Kyiv), Theatrical performance " Matviychuk.

Preliminary list of theaters and projects that will take part this year.

Kirovograd Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after M. Kropivnitsky, play " Kureichik, director. Kurman (g. Kropivnitsky).

Kryvyi Rih Academic Theater " Belsky (g. Krivoy Rog);

National Drama Theater. Zankovetskaya: " Bilic (Lviv);

Dnipro Academic Drama and Comedy Theater: " Ukrainians, dir.. Zubchik (Dnepr);

Transcarpathian Theater named after the Sheregiev brothers, " Unexpected, dir.. Fishchenko (Uzhhorod);

Theater Center " Ukrainian chanson" Franco, L. Ukrainian women and T. Shevchenko (Lviv);

Theater OLDstars " Wife/And. Konupek (Czech Republic, Prague);

The first academic Ukrainian theater for children and youth: Koza-Dereza, comedy, dir.. Back spicy (g. Lviv);

National Drama Theater. Zankovetskaya " " Pavlik;

Lviv Academic Youth Theater named after Les Kurbas " Ukrainian, dir.. Prikhodko;

" Matsyupy, director. Ilyuk - small stage (Lviv);

Luhansk Regional Academic Ukrainian Musical Drama Theater (Severodonetsk);

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Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Kulish " Russia A. Kureichik, director. Pavlyuk, online show of the performance at the link on the official page of the festival;

Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre: " Kostenko " Mariupol) online screening of the performance at the link on the official page of the festival;

Vinnitsa Academic Music and Drama Theater named after. Sadovsky " Nikolaychuk-Nizovets (online screening via the link on the official page of the festival);

Mykolaiv National Academic Ukrainian Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy: \;

" Heifetz according to the story I. Erken " Sukhatskaya (in the puppet theater);

Theater of Ukrainian Tradition " Ukrainian, dir.. Chapter (g. Kyiv);

Kyiv National Academic Young Theatre: " Albee, translation A. Pirozhenko, director. Pirozhenko (Kyiv);

Kharkiv Theater P. – " Vilkvist, dir.. The beekeeper in the premises of the Lviv Academic Youth Theater named after L. Kurbasa (Lviv);

Ternopil Regional Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater. Shevchenko " Saramonovich translation A. Irvanets, director. Zhila (Ternopil);

Ozurgeti State Drama Theater " Tavadze, director. Aslamazishvili (Georgia);

Lviv theater " - Alexey Kravchuk (Lviv);

National Theater. Ivana Franko (Kyiv) " Williams Translation from English T. Nekryach, director I. Uryvsky, in the premises of the Kyiv National Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka (Kyiv);

Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Solomiya Krushelnytska " Shoshin, S. Naenko, director. Volkun (Lviv);

Lviv Academic Spiritual Theater " Srblyanovich, director. Fedorishina (Lviv);

Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater named after I. Franco and the shopping center " Stefanik dir. Rostislav Derzhipilsky at the National Drama Theater named after. Zankovetskaya: (Lviv);

Khmelnytsky Theater named after M. Staritsky: " Igor Belits. (Khmelnitsky);

National Operetta of Ukraine: concert " Kyiv);

Vasily Alexandre National Theater " Gelbart dir.. Hadji - Culeo (Romania);

Kolomyia Regional Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after. Ivan Ozarkevich: " Karpenko-Kary, director. Chiborak.

The full, official program of the festival with the exact schedule of shows and the beginning of the performances will be published soon..