OUR HISTORY
2022
2022
National Les Kurbas Centre
23V Volodymyrska
National Les Kurbas Centre
23V Volodymyrska
PRO.ACT Fest V
"Unbreakable" (Kyiv Section)
International Theatre Festival in English in the centre of Kyiv - in support of Ukraine - here and now Aug 20-21 PRO.ACT Fest V (kyiv section) Kyiv, Les Kurbas Centre Theatre performances in English, acting workshops with foreign and Ukrainian coaches, English-speaking atmosphere of the Festival. We want to draw the attention of the whole World to Ukraine back again. And yes, our theme this year is "Unbreakable". Because we are
Kyiv Programme:
– Acting workshop with Hon Chong (improv for actors and non-actors)
16:00 performance “Love At Times” – ProEnglish Theatre (a musical and choreography at a blockpost)
– Acting workshop with Tania Shelepko (together as one)
– Performance “The New World Order” – ProEnglish Theatre
performance “The Book of Sirens” – ProEnglish Theatre
(stories from the bomb shelter)
– Acting workshop with Aileen Gonsalves (UK)
– Performance “Otvetka.UA” – Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings (Australia/Germany)
– Acting workshop with Max Burlaka (Geometry of Movement)
– Performance “L_UKR_ECE” – Tanya Shelepko (Romania/Poland)
– Performance “Bloom in Violence” – ProEnglish Theatre (healing ritual)
PRO.ACT Fest V
"Unbreakable" (Online Section)
Online Programme:
– Velvet Determination (Cynthia Shaw Simonoff) UNITED STATES
– Out of The Blue (Out of The Blue Productions) UNITED STATES
– Make Up NoLogoProductions (UK)
– unHOWsed (Tashmadada) Australia
– Waiting for the Ship to Sail & Crime of the Century (Chickenshed) UNITED KINGDOM
– RAW Workshop with Alina (ProEnglish Drama School) UKRAINE
– Shattered (Diana E Varco) UNITED STATES
– Django in Pain (Por Piedad Teatro & PlayCo) UNITED STATES
– The little world (The Giddy Round) UNITED STATES
– Spitting In The Face Of The Devil (JMTC Theatre) UNITED STATES
– SELL ME: I Am from North Korea (North Korea Theater) UNITED STATES
– Top Story (Optimist Creations) UNITED KINGDOM
– The Duchess of Malfi (Vaulting Ambition) UNITED KINGDOM
– Songs to my Dog at Midnight (Janet Cost-Chretien) UNITED KINGDOM
– Right Left with Heels (STIGMAcollective) UNITED KINGDOM
Performances are still available at the page of our official partner
2021
2021
National Kinemateka of Ukraine
27 Kyoto
National Kinemateka of Ukraine
27 Kyoto
PRO.ACT Fest IV
"Permission to Intermission"
We decided to let the audience take a break and just enjoy Theatre after a year of pandemic."Permission to Intermission" became the motto of the festival. For the first time we introduced an online section of the Festival, project THEATRE24, where bran new performances are created during the festival within 24 hours and lots of new shows. Festival of 2021 was conducted in Kinemateka of Ukraine and took place in the end of August 2021. We also got ourselves a new president - Natalia Ponomarova
Participants:
- Salome (Theatre lab Company, London @theatrelabcompany )- Best stage design
- Medea (Theatre lab Company, London @theatrelabcompany )- Best light scenography
- Experiment Lonesco (Nu Nu Theatre, Bristol)- Best duo
- Show Actor vs Actor – Best performance on the spot
- Show Theatre 24 – Best usage of space
- Show English Poetry with a projector – Most synthetic performance
- Widows (No.Rules.Actors @no.rules.actors ) – Best Choreography, Best project work
- Naked (Eidos theatre, Kyiv National linguistic University @eidos_theatre )- Best monologues
- The blue stone (Ruda Vorona theatre @ruda_vorona ) – introducing kids to the theatre
- Where women lie (ProEnglish drama school @proenglish_drama_school )- Best female ensemble
- Forgetting Othello (ProEnglish Theatre @proenglish_theatre ) – Best adaptation of classic material
2020
2020
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
PRO.ACT Fest III
Slogan of Festival 2020 is "Limit/Less"
Performances of different caliber and genre were presented at the Festival. For the first time PRO.ACT Fest worked with professional jury consisting of Theatre critics, native speakers and professional actors. The real discovery of RLPRO.ACT FEST was Volodymyr Zubkov, Jury member, who developed the whole system of judging any kind of Theatre performance. Plus his invaluable support for the visit of Heather Massey allowed the PRO.ACT Fest 2020 boast a New York actress with her solo performance about Hedy Lamarr (Gran Prix of the Festival 2020)
The real discovery of RLPRO.ACT FEST was Volodymyr Zubkov, Jury member, who developed the whole system of judging any kind of Theatre performance.
Heather Massie
Kyiv, Ukraine
“HEDY! Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr”
BEST PERFORMANCE
Elena Tumaieva
Creative LAB Obraz Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“What women want” performance
BEST DIRECTING
Pavlo Moroz
ProEnglish Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Heavenly Creatures” performance
BEST MALE LEAD
Yulia Sosnovska
Project«W»
Kyiv, Ukraine
“12th night of what you will” performance
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Pavel Vlasenko
Creative LAB Obraz Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“What women want” performance
BEST MALE SUPPORT
Valery Oleksenko
Ensemble of EIDOS Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Two Arrows” performance
BEST FEMALE SUPPORT
Truth/Prospective theatre group
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Play S Beckett” performance
BEST EXPERIMENT
Ensemble of EIDOS Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Two Arrows” performance
BEST ENSEMBLE
ProEnglish Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Heavenly Creatures” performance
BEST SCENOGRAPHY
Project«W» Veterans, Volunteers and William
Kyiv, Ukraine
“12th night of what you will” performance
BEST COSTUMES
ProEnglish Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
“Heavenly Creatures” performance
BEST ENGLISH IN THE PERFORMANCE
Participants:
- BEST PERFORMANCE – “HEDY! Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” by Heather Massie
- BEST DIRECTING – Elena Tumaieva for “What women want” performance of Creative LAB Obraz Theatre
- BEST MALE LEAD – Pavlo Moroz for multiple roles in “Heavenly Creatures” performance of ProEnglish Theatre
- BEST FEMALE LEAD – Yulia Sosnovska for the role of Olivia in “12th night of what you will” performance of Project«W» Veterans, Volunteers and William
- BEST MALE SUPPORT – Pavel Vlasenko for the part in “What women want” performance of Creative LAB Obraz Theatre
- BEST FEMALE SUPPORT – Valery Oleksenko for the part in “Two Arrows” performance ensemble of EIDOS Theatre
- BEST EXPERIMENT – “Play S Beckett” performance by Truth/Prospective Theatre group
- BEST ENSEMBLE – “Two Arrows” performance ensemble of EIDOS Theatre
- BEST SCENOGRAPHY – “Heavenly Creatures” performance of ProEnglish Theatre
- BEST COSTUMES – “12th night of what you will” performance of Project«W» Veterans, Volunteers and William
- BEST ENGLISH IN THE PERFORMANCE “Heavenly Creatures” performance of ProEnglish Theatre
- DISCOVERY OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING STAGE – “12th night of what you will” performance of Project«W» Veterans, Volunteers and William
2019
2019
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
PRO.ACT Fest II
PRO.ACT Fest II can be fully categorised as a breakthrough.
Three state theatres with their performances in English (Molodyi Theatre, Dakh Theatre and Suzirya), first musical at the Festival stages by a Canadian, guests from Israel. And the real discovery - presentation of first 15 min of "AMORphine" of ProEnglish Theatre that later made it into the most successful Theatre performance in English in Ukraine
Participants:
- Dakh Theatre – TranzYT
- ProEnglish Drama School – Gone with the secs
- Serzh Velichanskyi –
- Word Machine Story
- Ian Millais – Alchemy
- Suzirja theatre – The specters
- Somov acting studio – Two tickets to Broadway
- Marry land – Grasshoppers and Ants
- Charodey Theatre – While automobile waits
- EIDOS – San Diego
- Amatea – Ingegerd
- Yuriy Radionov- Morphine, a prelude
- Regenbogen-Einhorne Theatre – The Madmen’s tale
- Molodyy Theatre – Crucible
- Peter Mezey Caufman – Comedy Goulash
- ProEnglish Theatre – The house of Yes
Dakh Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
"TranzYT" performance
ProEnglish Drama School
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Gone with the secs" performance
Serzh Velichanskyi
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Word Machine Story" performance
Ian Millais
Canada
"Alchemy" performance
Suzirja Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
"The specters" performance
Lev Somov Acting Studio
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Two tickets to Broadway" performance
Marry land
Chernihiv, Ukraine
"Grasshoppers and Ants" performance
Charodey Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
"While automobile waits" performance
EIDOS
Kyiv, Ukraine
"San Diego" performance
Amatea
Chernihiv, Ukraine
"Ingegerd" performance
Yuriy Radionov
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Morphine, a prelude" performance
Regenbogen-Einhorne Theatre
Israel
"The Madmen’s tale" performance
Molodyy Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Crucible" performance
Peter Mezey Caufman
Budapest, Hungary
"Comedy Goulash" performance
ProEnglish Theatre
Kyiv, Ukraine
"The house of Yes" performance
2018
2018
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
Les Kurbas Centre,
23V Volodymyrska
PRO.ACT Fest I
"Theatre can be Fun. Theatre can be English"
That was the motto of our first festival. We discovered that Theatre in English does exist in Ukraine. School and university theatres, independent theatres, theatrical project - thru all came together into vibrant two days of the Festival. The real discovery of PRO.ACT Fest became Lev Somov Studio, University Theatre that presented "Shakespeare or not Shakespeare", 2-act performance consisting of best comic and tragic scenes of Sir William
Participants:
- ProEnglish Theatre, “The Cage” performance – THE MOST MINIMALISTIC PERFORMANCE
- Britannica School, “Romeo and Juliet” performance – THE BEST STAGE SOLUTION
- Tania Shelepko – THE BEST STAND-UP PERFORMER
- KIU, Lev Somov Acting Studio, “Shakespeare or not Shakespeare” performance – THE MOST PASSIONATE PERFORMANCE and THE BEST CHARACTERIZATION (for Richard III)
- BIS, British International School, “Le Petit Prince” performance – THE MOST COLOURFUL PERFORMANCE
- Valeria Zubchenko – THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF POETRY
- Theater “Maskam Rad”, “Piazzolla. Life in the rhythm of tango” performance – THE MOST SYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE
- ProEnglish Theatre, “Cripples of Inishmaan” performance – THE BEST CAST