Kiev Young Theater presented its performance " It became the only Ukrainian theater that was invited to the York International Shakespeare Festival (YISF), reports NV.

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“An invitation to such a festival is already a reward.. This is our fifth trip abroad with the play " In three days we held two workshops, showed a performance. Communicated with representatives of other festivals, discussed future collaborations. Received well, the attitude was very attentive. And this is not only because we are from Ukraine,” said Andriy Bilous, artistic director of the theater and director of the production..

The director noted that our ritualism is woven into the Ukrainian reading of the play, it compares ancient and Slavic mythology, connects the past with the present and finds the key to the national code in the global storyline.

“We took a bow with the Ukrainian flag, feeling insane pride for our freedom-loving people and boundless gratitude to the defenders, thanks to whom we have a chance to present Ukrainian creativity to the world,” Bilous added..

Formerly National Academic Drama Theater named after. Ivan Franko canceled his participation in the X Theater Olympics in Budapest due to the inclusion of Russians in the program. The theater was supposed to participate in the Olympics along with the performances of The Career of Arturo Ui and Caligula and agreed to participate after the organizers promised that there would be no representatives of Russia in the program.