Вистави, концерти та події в Ужгороді та по всій області. Натисніть «Детальніше про виставу», щоб побачити опис, акторів, фото та квитки.
Performances, concerts and events in Uzhhorod and across the region. Click “About the show” to see the description, cast, photos and tickets.
Előadások, koncertek és események Ungváron és az egész megyében. Kattintson „Az előadásról” gombra a leírásért, szereposztásért, fotókért és jegyekért.
The Aeneid
We love Aeneas because he’s one of us. But does that mean we can forgive him for anything?
Director Yevhen Lavrenchuk turns the familiar plot of Ivan Kotlyarevsky’s “Eneida” on its head to pose an uncomfortable question about the national myth: what if the hero we’ve grown accustomed to justifying isn’t heroic at all?
Behind the burlesque and humor of the classic poem, the director saw a paradoxical story. In Lavrenchuk’s interpretation, the *Aeneid* transforms into a universe in which each of us is a little like Aeneas and where opposites coexist: creation and destruction, guilt and justification, hero and antihero. The journey becomes a return to oneself, and the path to one’s own kingdom is not only a struggle but also a process of shaping it within one’s own mind: through values, beliefs, and perceptions of oneself.
This “Aeneid” is born from Lavrenchuk’s original method of acting. During rehearsals, the actors engaged in training sessions and explored Kotlyarevsky’s text, applying it to themselves and seeking various ways to interpret and decipher it. This gave rise to a unique way for actors to exist on stage—the foundation upon which the director builds the world of *The Aeneid*.
Monumental set designs by Israeli set designer Yefim Ruach, crafted from tons of metal; costumes by Ukrainian-Parisian Mira Matchina in collaboration with Odessa-based Olena Lesnikova; and original music by Ruben Tolmachev, leader of the band ManSound—the most expensive production in theater history awaits the audience! But its scale provides a space for the clash of ideas, characters, and contradictions.
- Are you ready to meet Aeneas, whom you won’t be able to love simply because he’s one of us? Are you ready to love him simply because he’s inside you?
Come and see what happens when a national myth looks you straight in the eye.
Tickets on the theater’s website ↗
Poster and photo: © Transcarpathian Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after the Sherehiy Brothers, published with the theater’s permission. The performance’s page on the theater’s website