In Tel Aviv, ‘Theater Therapy’ will take place: how Ukrainian theater sought freedom after decades of bans — October 8, 2026
On October 8, 2026, the sixth meeting of the third season of the project "THEATROTHERAPY" will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv. This time, participants will discuss the development of modern Ukrainian theater — from the first years of independence to the stage that changed after the Maidan and the full-scale Russian invasion.
Author: Anton Pshydynskyi
The meeting is organized by MAK_UA / Ukrainian Art Amateur Forge in Israel. The event will take place on October 8, 2026, at 20:00 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, located at 22 Yermiyahu St.. Participation fee — 50 shekels.
The previous meeting of the project was dedicated to the "Executed Renaissance" — Ukrainian directors, playwrights, and actors whose work was targeted by Soviet repressions. Now the organizers propose to look at what happened next: how Ukrainian theater gradually regained its independence and its own language.
After the declaration of Ukraine's independence in 1991, theatrical life no longer had to exist solely within the framework of the Soviet state system. Independent groups, new directing schools, and forms of work emerged that were previously either almost absent or…
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