Instead of putting on the flower for her groom, she throws it right in his face and runs away. So what does he do? He roams through the forests in search of the fern flower which may help him to make up with the rebellious girl. Whom does he meet on his way? All suddenly he meets the group of homeless actors who persuade him to watch their performance. And of course the performance is about love. What else one should watch during the summer solstice!
Apparently, the performance was not that interesting, because he fell asleep right in the middle of the action. Meanwhile, she takes away a flower.
From now on he is no longer the groom, he is Kupalo. She is Marena. She doesn’t run away anymore. This time she is dying. No one will save anyone. Everyone knows that «tomorrow» will come anyway. You just have to wake up.
What do have sleep-walkers and lovers in common? They both are the most vulnerable.
Based on William Shakespeare’s play
Photos: Tetiana Dzhapharova
Director — Dmytro Zakhozhenko
Playwright — Oksana Danchuk
Composers — Volodymyr Pomirko, Oksana Tsymbalist
Set Designer — Oleksiy Khoroshko
Lighting designers — Viktoriya Romanchuk, Artur Temchenk
Cast:
- Oberon, Centaur, Sleep-walker, Kupalo — Mykola Bereza
- Titania, Actress, Lysander, Marena — Sofiya Leshyshak
- Puck, Psyche — Zoryana Dybovska
- Actress, Helena, Sleep-walker — Isabel Merkulova
- Producer, Talk Show Host, The First Woman — Anna Yepatko
- Stanislav, Philostrate, Talk Show Host — Serhiy Lytvynenko
- Actor, Shakespeare, Senior Capulet, Night-walker, The First Man — Vasyl Sydorko
- Actress, Hippolyte, Lady Capulet — Aanastasiya Lisovska
- Actor, Aegeus, MC Ovidij — Mykhaylo Ponzel
- Actress, Hermia — Kateryna Kudlach
- Actor, Demetrius — Anriy Kravchuk
- Actress, Theseus, Pythia — Oksana Tsymbalist
- Teacher, Mother, Demeter — Tetyana Frolova
Musicians and Singers: Zoryana Dybovska — lyre, Anriy Kravchuk, Sofiya Leshyshak — djembe, Kateryna Kudlach — accordion, Serhiy Lytvynenko — rainstick, Aanastasiya Lisovska — jaw harp, Isabel Merkulova — sopilka, Artur Temchenko — drum, Oksana Tsymbalist — keyboard controller.
The extracts from the William Shakespeare’s play «A Midsummer Night’s Dream» (translated by Yuriy Lisnyak), the poem «Metamorphoses» by Ovid (translated by Andriy Sodomora), Sonnet 38 by William Shakespeare (translated by Nataliya Butuk) are used in the performance.
Premiere — August, 15, 2020