Lviv. The Zankovetska Theatre. The musical comedy "Christmas Night". A fairy-tale gift for Christmas

The magical Christmas night is wrapped in prophecies and bound up with traditions that are lovingly kept to this day. In the evening, with the first star, costumed carollers come to the houses with wishes of goodness and prosperity, while grateful hosts wait for them and generously treat the participants of the festive rite to sweets. The whole family gathers at the festive table, on which there are 12 dishes of Ukrainian cuisine. On the good festive days everyone waits for gifts and for wishes to come true. For many years now, ahead of the beloved and long-awaited holidays, the Maria Zankovetska National Academic Drama Theatre in Lviv has been giving a true wonder — a production for collective, individual and family viewing, "Christmas Night".

 

Lviv. The Maria Zankovetska National Academic Drama Theatre

M. P. Starytsky wrote this musical comedy in 4 acts in 1872, drawing on the picturesque theme and plot of M. V. Gogol's work "The Night Before Christmas". The music for the festive tale was composed by M. V. Lysenko. The production, in which mysticism and humour, fairy tale and reality are interwoven, has met with unfailing success for 150 years, and without it the winter holidays are already impossible to imagine. The play is imbued with a strong Ukrainian spirit and firm traditions.

 

Talented actors vividly reveal the images of the beloved heroes — the beautiful Oksana, the brave Vakula, the deft Solokha, the self-assured Chub, the Zaporozhian Cossack Patsiuk, the cunning Devil, and the other lifelike characters familiar from childhood. Over Gogol's farmstead even the stars shine in a special way and give hope for the fulfilment of a cherished dream. But the most important thing is that in the play good triumphs over evil, and the feeling of love helps to overcome hardships and obstacles.

Lviv. The Zankovetska Drama Theatre. "Christmas Night" 

The director of the production is Fedir Stryhun, a People's Artist of Ukraine and a laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize. Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes. During the interval one can take a tour of the theatre foyers and get to know its history, which is set out on stands and in the photographs of the picture gallery.

Lviv. The Maria Zankovetska National Academic Drama Theatre