How to become a hero?
To do something outstanding? To create a cancer vaccine? To win an Olympic medal? To neutralize an enemy? To rescue a kitten? To give up your seat on the tram to those in need? To kill another hero?
What type of hero to become?
Main character or secondary one? Real hero or fictional? Personal hero or national symbol? To the very death or posthumously? For an hour? For a day? Until the news feed is updated?How does it feel like to be a hero?
Is it honorable? Is it burdensome? Is it impossible? Is it possible to become, but it is impossible to be?
To become a hero or to remain a human? The dichotomy? The ambivalence?
Where is the place for the hero? It is always vacant.

Director, Set Designer — Dmytro Kostyumynskyi
Playwright — Maksym Maksymchuk
Composer — Henadiy Boychenko
Light and video — BLCk BOX
Costumes — Maria Antonyak
Сhoreographer — Viktor Ruban

Cast: Mykola Bereza, Vitaliy Hordiyenko, Zoryana Dybovska, Anna Yepatko, Andriy Kravchuk, Roman Kryvdyk, Kateryna Kudlach, Sofiya Leshyshak, Serhiy Lytvynenko, Anastasiya Lisovska, Isabel Merkulova, Vasyl Sydorko, Oksana Tsymbalist.

The performance «Heroes of Chaos» is a part of the Ukrainian project «Ukrainian Odyssey», which is based on Homer’s poem «Odyssey». Five performances within the framework of this project will be interpreted and integrated into the modern realities of our country. They will be created and performed in Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Kyiv.

The performance was made with the financial support within the program «Focus on Culture» of Lviv City Council.

WARNING! The bright light flashes and sound effects are being used during the performance. This can negatively affect people with medical conditions. Take care of yourself and people around you.

Premiere — December 26, 2020