15 June (Sunday)

17:00 – 20:00
ROMEO & JULIET
Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Drama Theatre
Directed by: Rostyslav Derzhypilskyi
Composers: Roman Hryhoriv and Ilya Razumeiko
Premiere: 14 February 2021

21:00
Official Opening Ceremony of the Festival

16 June (Monday)

09:00 – 11:30
Theatre Studies School (closed format)
Curated by Nicoleta Chinpoes and Sofia Rosa-Lavrentiy

12:00 – 13:30
Keynote Speech: “The Avant-Garde ‘Lights Up’ Shakespeare”
Speaker: Hanna Veselovska

14:00 – 16:00
WHEN THE STORM OF EVIL SUBSIDES
Kyiv Academic Theatre on Podil
Directed by: Richard Nelson
Premiere: 7 March 2025

18:00 – 20:00
Repeat Performance

18:00 – 19:30
Public Talk: “Shakespeare’s Theatre in Terry Pratchett’s Novels”
Speaker: Yevhenia Kanchura

* Programme subject to change

17 June (Tuesday)

09:00 – 12:00
Theatre School (closed format)

12:30 – 14:00
Book Presentation: “Stage Readings of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Lviv Theatres”
By Maya Harbuziuk

15:00 – 16:30
KING LEAR
Graduation performance
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

17:00 – 18:30
Book Presentation: “Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge”
Author: Professor Mayhill Fowler

19:00 – 20:30
MACBETH
Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre
Directed by: Ivan Uryvskyi
Premiere: 28 February 2025

18 June (Wednesday)

09:00 – 12:00
Theatre School (closed format)

12:30 – 14:00
Public Lecture: “The Best Shakespeare There Is?”
Speaker: Anna Kowalce-Pawlik

15:00 – 16:35
KING LEAR
IDPs’ Theatre-Studio “UZhik”
Directed by: Vyacheslav Yegorov

18:00 – 20:00
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Odesa Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre
Directed by: Roman Fedoseev

21:00 – 23:00
Festival Music Stage

19 June (Thursday)

09:00 – 12:00
Theatre School (closed format)

12:30 – 14:00
Pitching Panel: “Quo vadis?”
Speaker: Daria Moskvitina

15:00 – 17:00
Video Presentation: Shakespeare in the Theatre of Dmitry Bogomazov

18:00 – 20:30
RICHARD III
Transcarpathian Regional Theatre
Directed by: Mykhailo

21:00 – 23:00
Festival Music Stage

20 June (Friday)

09:00 – 12:00
Theatre School (closed format)

12:30 – 14:00
Public Lecture: “Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Ukraine”
Speaker: Iryna Chuzhynova

15:00 – 17:00
Video Presentation: Shakespeare in the Theatre of Eimuntas Nekrošius

18:00 – 20:00
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Luhansk Regional Theatre
Directed by: Vadym Pysarev

20:30
Closing Ceremony of the Festival: Post Scriptum