International Theater Day is celebrated on March 27.
Celebrations for the International Theater Day took place in the Potocki Palace. On the occasion of the professional holiday, the actors of the leading theaters of the Lviv region were honored with awards of the Lviv OVA.
“Today we congratulate everyone whose life and work are inextricably linked with the theater. Theater is a colossal and dedicated work of actors, stage directors, producers, sound engineers, screenwriters, artists, lighting technicians, dressers, ticket takers and other support staff. In the conditions of a full-scale war, the function of theaters has changed radically: actors and workers who previously entertained the audience are now actively volunteering, housing forcibly displaced persons, preparing food for the needs of the military, weaving camouflage nets, updating concert programs, and preparing premieres of plays. Thank you All of you are creating the newest theatrical history together. Happy International Theater Day!”, Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv OVA, congratulated theatergoers on the holiday.
The artists of the octet “Orpheus” presented a musical gift to those present.
“The theater is one of the few places that gives a person a whole range of emotions. It is thanks to the theater that we can look at seemingly obvious things in a completely different way. This opportunity is given to us from the stage by the actors, for whom the theater is like a second home, and colleagues on the stage are comrades in roles. Ukrainian history knows many well-known examples when artists spoke out against the regime and spoke the truth from the stage to the audience. In the same way, many theater actors, art critics not only in the Lviv region, but also throughout the country, have changed their concert costumes to military uniforms, props to weapons, proscenium to the front line. Thank you for your work, talent, and dedication to your profession. On the part of the regional government, we support the cultural sector and will continue to do so,” emphasized Ivan Sobko, deputy head of the Lviv OVA.
For their high professional skill, significant personal contribution to the development of theater and on the occasion of International Theater Day, the following were thanked:
Olga Gapa – leading stage master of the First Academic Ukrainian Theater for Children and Youth, People’s Artist of Ukraine;
Volodymyr Gubanov – leading stage master of the Lviv Academic Spiritual Theater “Resurrection”, Honored Artist of Ukraine;
Oksana Danchuk is the head of the literary and dramaturgical department of the Lviv Academic Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka;
Vasyl Korzhuk is an actor of the National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetska, Honored Artist of Ukraine;
Yuriy Manko – model artist of the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiya Krushelnytska;
Andriy Petruk is an actor of the National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetska;
Yaroslav Fedorchuk is an actor of the highest category of the academic youth theater named after Lesia Kurbas;
Yuriy Fedchuk is a drama artist of the Lviv Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater named after Yuriy Drohobych;
Nadiya Shepetyuk is an actress of the National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetska;
Vadym Yatsenko – chief choirmaster of the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiya Krushelnytska.
For reference:
There are 9 professional theaters in the region:
Two “national” ones – the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after S. Krushelnytska, National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after M. Zankovetska.
Two regional subordinations: Lviv Academic Music and Drama Theater named after Yu. Drohobych, Lviv Academic Regional Puppet Theater.
Five city subordinates: Lviv Academic Spiritual Theater “Resurrection”, Lviv Academic Theater named after Lesya Kurbasa, First Academic Theater for Children and Youth, Lviv Academic Drama Theater named after Lesi Ukrainka, Lviv Academic Theater of Variety Miniatures “And People and Dolls”.
Every year, the theaters of the Lviv Region present about 2,000 performances, which are watched by more than 2 million spectators. About 1,500 workers work in the theaters of the Lviv region.