“Theatre as a language of identity” is the slogan of this year’s festival.
On 3 October, the Golden Lion 2024 international theatre festival started.
The event is aimed at introducing new theatre productions and trends in theatre, promoting the modern language of the theatre scene and Ukrainian playwrights, and developing the region’s tourist appeal.
This year the festival celebrates its 35th anniversary. Over this time, it has become a national treasure of theatrical art, gaining a reputation in the international theatre life of Ukraine and Europe as a whole. “The Golden Lion concentrates all the theatrical trends of the contemporary scene.
“Despite the challenges that our country has faced, it is alive, and so is its culture, including theatre. I thank you for giving your hearts to art, because it is in difficult times that it becomes especially important. You are an instrument of cultural diplomacy, and you show the extraordinary beauty and diversity of our culture.
You have been working and developing for 35 years, and this year’s programme is very interesting and rich. It brought together theatre professionals from different parts of Ukraine, demonstrating once again that we are united and strong, and the enemy cannot overcome such power.
I thank the defenders and wish us victory, and Ukrainian culture, in particular theatre, further development and recognition both at home and abroad,” said Ivan Sobko, Deputy Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration.
The slogan of this year’s festival is “Theatre as a language of identity”. Therefore, the programme of the festival was formed mainly from performances based on Ukrainian drama.
The festival will last until 10 October. Organiser: Lviv Academic Spiritual Theatre “Voskresenie” with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
The Golden Lion International Theatre Festival is held annually in Lviv on the basis of the Lviv Academic Spiritual Theatre “Voskresennya”.
The festival is a member of the IETM European Theatre Forum and the IFEA Association of International Festivals.
During the festival, you can see not only stage performances, but also large street performances on various squares of the old Lviv both during the day and in the evening. Also, part of the festival is a theatre carnival with artists from many countries.