Kristin Milward

DIARY OF A UKRAINIAN MADMAN Comes to the Finborough Theatre

The world premiere of Diary of a Ukrainian Madman or The Innocence of the Pangolins, a new comedy inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s classic Diary of a Madman by Ukrainian playwright and artist Liudmyla Tymoshenko, will open at the Finborough Theatre for a three week limited season on Tuesday, 13 August 2024.

Guest Blog: 'It Is Not Depressing But Uplifting': Translator John Farndon on New Ukrainian Play THE TRUMPETER

Back in February, I witnessed something I've never seen in theatre before, even though I've seen many hundreds of shows. It was in the Wiesbaden Staatstheater in Germany, and the play was Ukrainian playwright Inna Goncharova's The Trumpeter performed in English by actress Kristin Milward. At the end of the performance, the mixed audience of Ukrainians and Germans rose slowly to their feet, weeping and cheering at the same time, and stayed like this for a very long time. It was extremely moving to witness.

UK Premiere of THE TRUMPETER Comes to the Finborough Theatre in July

The UK premiere of The Trumpeter, a new solo play from Ukraine, starring Kristin Milward, following her success in the internationally acclaimed Pussycat in Memory of Darkness, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 9 July 2024.

Review: PUSSYCAT IN MEMORY OF DARKNESS, Finborough Theatre

A jagged knife of a play that could cut deeper. Chronicling Russia's first annexation of Crimea, Pussycat in Memory of Darkness is wielded like a jagged blade goring its victim in a furious trance of savagery. Its prophetic vision of violence as relentless as it is terrifying to watch.

Prices Reduced For PUSSYCAT IN MEMORY OF DARKNESS at the Finborough Theatre

As part of its ongoing response to the war in Ukraine, the Finborough Theatre has made all the tickets for the revival of Pussycat in Memory of Darkness, playing 28 March-22 April 2023, just £8 for everyone for every performance between 29 March to 9 April 2023.

Finborough Theatre Presents FOUR POEMS FROM UKRAINE

The ProEnglish Theatre of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Finborough Theatre, London, UK, continue their ongoing partnership with a unique poetry collaboration, premiering online this week.

Finborough Theatre Becomes First Foreign Theatre To Perform In Ukraine Since The Invasion

The Finborough Theatre has become the first foreign theatre to perform in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in a unique collaboration between the Finborough Theatre and the Pro-English Theatre, Kyiv.

The Finborough Theatre To Perform Live In Ukraine This Month

In a unique collaboration between the Finborough Theatre and the Pro-English Theatre, Kyiv, the Finborough Theatre production of Pussycat In Memory Of Darkness, performed by Kristin Milward, will perform in Kyiv, Ukraine, with performances at the National Les Kurbas Centre on 22 and 23 October 2022.

Tatiana Voltskaya's Poems Will Premiere On The Finborough Theatre Youtube Channel Next Week

The Finborough Theatre's digital initiative #FinboroughFrontier continues with another in an ongoing season of online readings and performances of Ukrainian Plays as a part of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Reading Series, a collaboration with the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv to read new Ukrainian plays around the world.

Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre Presents PORTRAITS

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of artist Augustus John, the first production in 24 years of William Douglas Home's Portraits opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 7 August 2011 (Press Night: Monday, 8 August 2011).