Asociácia Divadelná Nitra, COMIN, Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings Project, Kinoklub Nitra, The Jozef Rosinský Elementary Arts School, Diocesan Charity Nitra and others

Day for Ukraine / Day for Ukraine / День для України: reading, films, discussions  

Day for Ukraine event as part of the Night and Day for Ukraine project is offered within the accompanying programme of the 2024 Divadelná Nitra.

For the third time, during Divadelná Nitra, we will recollect the war in Ukraine. In 2022, it was a series of art and theatre events. In 2023, led by Viera Dubačová and Lucia Štasselová, in cooperation with Peace for Ukraine and other well-known organisations in Slovakia, a half-day programme Little Ukraine in Nitra was held. In 2024, we bring the two-day programme closer to the authentic image of the war in Ukraine and its consequences on people. We will present top documentaries, introduce visitors to contemporary Ukrainian theatre plays read by actors of the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, and give space to the people of Ukraine living in Nitra to present their rt and share their stories.

Day for Ukraine / UKRAINIAN DIARIES
Staged reading of contemporary Ukrainian texts.
Pavlo Arie: Diary of Survival of a Civilian Urbanite in Conditions of War
Translation: Valéria Juríčková
Cast: Peter Oszlík, Vladena Škorvagová, Andrea Sabová

Olena Astaseva: A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War
Translation: Romana Štorková Maliti
Cast: Vladena Škorvagová, Andrea Sabová, Zuzana Moravcová, voice recordings: Daniela Kuffelová,
Juraj Ďuriš, Martin Nahálka
Concept: Slavka Civáňová, Peter Oszlík
Running time: 80 min.
The two texts document the events of the first days of the war in Ukraine over the period
from 24 February to 12 March 202. They assume the form of a diary entries and short, quite vivid and authentic reflections. They record the emotions and mental state of an individual´s experience, and physical struggle for survival. While one text offers a man´s and the other a woman´s perspective, and one describes the situation in Kyiv, the other in Kherson, both define very similar emotional state of fear, pain, hatred and helplessness, and seem to communicate with each other. The staged reading is complemented by a projection of documentary photographs by the playwright Pavel Aria and (anti-)war photojournalist Ján Husár that emerged in the first days of the war in Ukraine.

Day for Ukraine / DESTINY
Interviews with Ukrainian refugees who have found home in Nitra, adults and children, complemented by a screening of their authentic photographs, videos and musical performances by Ukrainian secondary school pupils.

Introduced by:
Ivona Fraňová and Galina Tkachivska

Interviews with:
Valentyn Tsiberman, Olena Hohol, Elina Khomchenko, Olena Klopova, Anastasia Jakovyshena,
Oksana Jakovyshena, Viacheslav Zabavin, Nadiia Strokan, Roman Biliashevych
Moderator: Viera Dubačová
Interpreter: Sofia Guzar

Day for Ukraine / DOCU NEWS SK/UA
Those Who Remained (SR, 2024, Viera Dubačová, 27 min., 5 th – final episode)

Day for Ukraine / CRAFTY HANDS
Presentation of products of adults and children – Ukrainians based in Nitra.
11-year-old Petro Movchan and his mother Olena Sydor: knitted toys
Elina Khomchenko: bracelets made of coloured beads
Olena Pinchuk: pictures in the style of the Petrykiv painting
Zoia Mikhailova: sewn dolls
The Ukrainian confectionery Vatsak will offer attractive and tasty desserts.

 

The event Night and Day for Ukraine is held under the auspices of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Slovak Republic H. E. Myroslav Kastran.

With support of the Slovenská sporiteľňa Foundation

Thank you to the WUPR project for providing games for reading Ukrainian Diaries