Acceptance of applications for participation in the Festival “Mytnytsia. New directing” – 2024. This year it will take place in partnership with Left Bank Theater and the Italian Institute of Culture at the Embassy of Italy in Ukraine and will be based on the texts of the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello.
The festival participant chooses one of the proposed texts. The list includes 17 texts. Based on the selected text, the participant prepares an explanation, which she adds to the application for participation in the festival.
The festival consists of the following stages*:
🔹 1 stage. June 19 – August 3, 2024
Acceptance of applications from participants.
🔹 2 stage. August 4 – September 13, 2024
Selection and processing of applications by the selection committee of the festival.
Negotiation procedures with potential participants who, based on the results of the application evaluation, will be able to present excerpts based on the selected texts.
🔹 3 stage. September 14, 2024
Announcement of the names of the participants who are going to the final stage of preparation of excerpts.
🔹 4th stage. September 15 – October 11, 2024
Rehearsals of excerpts.
🔹 5th stage. October 12-13, 2024
Public screening of excerpts on the small stage of Left Bank Theater.
🔹 6th stage. October 14 – October 20, 2024
Analysis of the jury’s evaluations and negotiation procedures with participants who, according to the results of the evaluations, scored the highest points.
🔹 7th stage. October 21, 2024
Announcement of the winner.
*due to the state of war, the dates of the stages of the festival may change
List of stories by Luigi Pirandello participating in the Festival:
- Black shawl. Translated by L. Tanyuk
- Wedding night. Translated by V. Radchuk
- Happy people. Translated by A. Perepadya
- Fan. Translated by A. Perepadya
- In the very heart. Translated by A. Perepadya
- As is customary for decent people. Translated by A. Perepadya
- Fool. Translated by V. Tchaikovskyi
- Three thoughts of a hunchback. Translated by O. Pomanska
- Train whistle. Translated by V. Radchuk
- In silence. Translated by L. Tanyuk
- Tight tailcoat. Translated by A. Perepadya
- Certain duties. Translated by I. Vasylenko
- Who will redeem? Translated by V. Tchaikovskyi
- Yesterday and today. Translated by V. Tchaikovskyi
- Donna Mimma. Translated by L. Tanyuk
- Candelora. Translated by L. Tanyuk
- He died in the hotel… Translation – V. Shimanskyi
Application package:
🟣 To participate in the Festival, fill out the registration form – here
🟣 Choose the text of Luigi Pirandello with which you want to participate in the Festival – here
🟣 To familiarize yourself with the regulations of the festival – click here
🟣 To find answers to the most common questions – go here
The curator of the project is Tamara Trunova, the chief director of the Theater.
Director-artistic director – Olesia Zhurakivska.
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About the festival: The festival “Mytnytsia. New direction” was created in 2022 by Left Bank Theater with the aim of discovering, supporting and developing directors in the field of theatrical art. It became a continuation of the Festival in memory of Eduard Mytnytskyi “Space of the Master” (held at the Left Bank Theater in 2021 and was founded by Stas Zhyrkov and Tamara Trunova). The winner of the first “Mytnytsia” was Oleksandr Sokolov with the play “The Lonesome West” by Martin McDonagh, the performance was staged in the 2023-2024 theater season. The winner of the second one was Rob Feldman with the play “Cops vs. Snails” by Nina Zakhozhenko, the perfromance was staged in the 2024-2025 theater season
Record of the final screenings of the Festival “Customs. New direction” – 2023 ⤵️