A collection of songs, poems, confessions, curses and a joke were put together by the theatre troupe following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as a way of processing the situation.
What is it like to wake up in the morning to air-raid sirens? What is it like to survive occupation? What is it like to wait for loved ones on the front lines? What is it like to lose your home – again? The answer to these questions and more can be found in “Imperium delendum est” says Dmytro Zakhozhenko, theatre manager at Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academy Theater .
Panel discussion: When art rebels
Free entry / 29 September 2023 / 17:30 / National Theatre, Oslo
What significance and impact can theatre have in a threatened civil society?
- Dmytro Zahozhenko – director of “Imperium delendum est”
- Viktorya Svydko – coordinator and project manager of Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academy Theatre
- Martin Paulsen – head of department at the Department of Foreign Languages UiB, Ukrainian researcher and PhD in Russian
- Elin Amundsen Grinaker – playwright
- Mariken Lauvstad – performing arts critic and writer, the evening’s moderator
Theatre performance: Imperium delendum est
Tickets & more info / 30 September 2023 / 18:00 / National Theatre, Oslo
“Imperium delendum est” is Lesya Ukrainka’s first new play since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The play premiered on 22 June 2022 and has since been performed in Ukraine, France, Romania, Poland and Germany.
The Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Drama Academy Theater is represented by a group of young, ambitious and courageous stage artists. The award-winning theatre promotes an inclusive culture and believes that the theatre has room for everyone.
