IEC e.V. | In the name of freedom – Taras Shevchenk

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"In the name of freedom - Taras Shevchenko"

Theatre performance followed by a discussion with artists

Languages: German & Ukrainian

Can you throw the most famous Ukrainian poet, Sarah Wagenknecht, the Virgin Mary and football into the same pot and conjure up a good, spicy dish? Mark Zak manages to do just that. Together with singer and bandura player Svitlana Kavka and under the direction of Alexander Olbrich, the actor known from film and television combines homage to the artist, who was born a serf in 1814, with political satire and stand-up comedy. Sometimes lyrical and thoughtful, sometimes with biting humour, but always playful and highly musical.

The programme uses music (bandura and singing), drama, recitation and satire to present the fascinating biography and poetry of the Ukrainian national poet (1814-1861), who was born as a serf.

The songs - all poems by T. Shevchenko - are in Ukrainian for this evening, the rest is in German, so that although the project is primarily aimed at a German-speaking audience, it will also be of great interest to the Ukrainian-speaking public.

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To the artists:

Svitlana Kavka is a singer and one of the best bandura players in Ukraine. She worked in the Kiev State Orchestra for over 20 years until the start of the war and now lives in Cologne.

Mark Zak is an actor and author. He emigrated from the then Soviet Ukraine in 1974 and lives in Cologne. For the last 25 years he has mainly worked as a film actor, appearing in numerous series, various "crime scenes" and cinema films ("The Tourist", "Bang Boom Bang", "Werk ohne Autor") and many more. As an author, he has written crime novels, non-fiction books, theatre plays, radio plays (WDR) and radio features (DLf). The topic was mostly the history of Ukraine.

The event is organised by BVRE e.V. in cooperation with INTERNATIONALES ENGAGEMENT CHEMNITZ E.V. as part of the project "Dialogues against racism to strengthen social cohesion (ImPlural)" funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration and the Commissioner for Anti-Racism.

Taupunkt e.V. is funded by the Kulturraum Stadt Chemnitz. This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament. Co-financed by the European Union and the Free State of Saxony.
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