What's On Kyiv 2013 Issue 12

12/2013 5–11 April

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Jobs, Careers and

Sex

The casting couch still alive and well here in Kyiv

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What’s Up The Official Declaration

Ukraine’s Top Circle, Not Unlike The Godfather Viktor Yanukovych has been surrounding himself with “trustworthy” men over the past few months, preparing, ostensibly, for the worst with people he considers allies. They’re a group that has been dubbed name “The Family” with his two sons, Oleksandr the dentist (ironically, that’s not a name he’s been given for any criminal activity – he actually is a dentist) and Viktor Jr in the inner most circle, and Jr’s buddy and head of the central bank 36-year old Serhiy Arbuzov, along with “family” friend and recently appointed Minister of Finance 38-year old Yuriy Kolobov, in the treble area.

The move to surround himself with people he can feel free to boss around makes the president’s lack of trust in his current ruling party as plain as the nose on his face, and with Ukraine’s political opposition as strong as it has been in years, a fall is predicted. When, where and how is anybody’s guess.

It should be a fairly soft landing, however, what with news hitting the press of Sasha the Tooth Doctor doubling his wealth in this last year alone. An enigmatic figure who rarely, if ever, has anything to say to those in the media, he has apparently made most of his money in the last couple of years via his construction and banking group MACO Holding, which secured more government procurement contracts in 2012 than any other business according to Forbes Ukraine.

Now, with an approximate net worth of $200 million, Ukrainian newspaper Focus places Yanukovych’s eldest at 76 on the list of the country’s richest men. Not a bad place to be.

It does beg a little digging around, however, which one reporter attempted to do earlier this year, asking the president directly about his son’s riches. Not surprisingly, the president evaded, saying opportunity to speak directly to the up and coming Yanukovych would soon present itself, adding only, “Oleksandr is used to working a lot. The main thing I ask him is that everything is done transparently because the media is putting him under the microscope.”

Good advice dad, let’s see whether it holds up.

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So, it’s that time of year again – tax time! It’s a lovely, revered season for us all, as we wait patiently for the taxman to take as much as he can from our meagre earnings to then deposit in the coffers of the government for “safe-keeping”.

The president too is not exempt from this special time of year, and right on cue has published his income and all taxable items for 2012.

And so, according to the information found on the president’s website, Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine has declared: Wait for it...

Ahem...

• a paltry salary of 774,877hrv • a whopping 4.062 million hryvnia on interest for those pretty kopecks sitting in the bank • a payment of 15,551hrv from sales of his 2011 bestseller Opportunity Ukraine (all original work of course) printed by Novy Svit, from which he has apparently shelled out 2.644 million in personal income tax (cough) throughout the past few years • a 1.7688-hectare land plot within the region of Kyiv on which sits • a 619.6 square metre house (with no mention of any out buildings) • a 239.4 square metre apartment in the city that includes two parking spaces (an area that totals 39.9 square metres) • securities worth 6,772hrv • maintenance of assets in 2012: 189,330hrv • the payment of 7.432 million hryvnia to children in emergency situations • part of the cost of a trip to Thessaloniki in the amount of 66,542hrv • the purchase of a Toyota Sienna (370,000hrv) for the missus • financial liabilities, excluding the cost of the properties, in the amount of 7.869 million hryvnia • a bank balance of 23.881 million hryvnia (end of 2012) There is more, these are merely the highlights.

Check it out yourself at www.president.gov.ua - it makes for interesting reading.

March Snowstorms Bring April Showers Ukrainians: rejoice! According to director of the Ukrainian Hydrometereological Centre, Mykola Kulbida, “A warm atmospheric front will move through Ukraine” as early as 1 April!

He warned, however, that while warming will be gradual, with rain expected instead of snow showers, evening temperatures will drop to below freezing, making roads and walking surfaces very slippery.

So be careful as you hop, skip and jump, for spring is surely on its way!

After Big Snow Comes Big Water While Kyiv continues to wrestle with the results of the massive snowfall that hit the country two weeks back, the warmer weather trickles in another tricky meteorological condition for residents of the city – water, and lots of it.

By 1 April, we came across six news alerts for various regions of Kyiv warning of flooding in the entrances of Kharkivska, Svyatoshynska and Lukyanivska metro stations, a street not far from the Svyatoshyn market, as well as various streets in the low-lying region of Podil. Unlike the snow scandal, local authorities are aware of the impending deluge and are saying they are ready to cope, presenting, as a precursor, a map which outlines what will likely be the worst-hit areas of the city, such as Obolon, Petrivka, Holosiivsky, Dniprovsky and Desnyansky (follow this link for a visual: http://kiev.pravda.com.ua/ news/51556734e49ec/).

Kyiv’s administration head, Mr Popov, is suggesting residents have a bag of only the most essential items at the ready along with a predetermined place to find refuge should flooding become critical. Our suggestion: make sure you’ve got at least a couple pair of wellies on standby, our municipal government is not giving them away for free (as weekly paper Korrespondent might have suggested) and you’re going to need them.

The Country Grapples with Effects of Another Fire A fire broke out back in the president’s old neighbourhood of Donetsk oblast on Friday 29 March, at a thermal power station in Svitlodarsk. Tragically, one person died and at least eight others are being treated for burns. President Yanukovych called upon officials in the region to provide whatever aid victims required.

Apparently, four of the seven power units at the Vuhlehirska Thermal Power Plant were destroyed by the blaze, the cause of which is as of yet unclear. While water and gas has been restored to the region, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko said there were still issues in supplying the region with heat.

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This Week in History Bring It On

Miss Ukraine 2013 Ukraine has got a new Miss for 2013 – meet the lovely 21-year old Hanna Zayachkovska from Ivano-Frankivsk. Hanna is a student of iconography in the Prykarpatsky National University, and in her spare time she enjoys painting icons (she’s already painted six), writing poems, singing and swimming.

The Miss Ukraine competition traditionally hosts some pretty big names when it comes to judges, and this year was no different with Paris Hilton and Jean-Claude Van Damme among our local adjudicators. In fact, the Muscles from Brussels liked Hanna so much he offered her a role in his next movie! Hanna is of course excited at the opportunity and is already dreaming of a career in show business. She’ll have to put ambitions of becoming the next Olga Kurylenko on the back burner for now though, as Miss Universe is planned for September of this year in Bali – good luck Hanna!

Information Technology Takes Over Ukraine While it might not surprise you, Ukraine takes up fourth position in the world of IT specialists, behind only the Untied States, India and Russia. This little bit of trivia comes from the annual report of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communication and Informatisation of Ukraine and is something we here in Ukraine can be quite proud of!

With around 16,000 IT specialists graduating each year from universities around the country, the majority find work in Kyiv (40%) with other major cities Kharkiv (19%), Lviv (16%), Dnipropetrovsk (7%) and Odesa (4%) taking up the slack. According to the job search portal hh.ua, more than 15,000 vacancies were registered under the heading Information/Technologies/Internet/Telecom in last year alone!

With an estimated 100,000 qualified specialists required in the IT sector by 2015, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has taken up the baton and passed it on to Minister of Education Serhiy Tabachnyk who has been told in no uncertain terms to ensure our kids are getting the proper IT educations necessary.

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Ooooh, ooooh… Here’s a little gossip for you.

Whether newsworthy or not, Volodymyr Klitschko has apparently popped the question to actress Hayden Panettiere, with wedding bells planned for the near future. The two had apparently split a couple years back, but picked up their hot and heavy romance back in January of this year.

The 23-year old actress from Palisades, New York isn’t wearing a ring publicly yet, an insider told Us Weekly, but said a summer wedding was in the cards. Apparently, the star of the cheerleading flick Bring It On, among other teen-inspired cinematic masterpieces, is ready to start a family too, claiming she was “built” to be a mother.

The Troops Rally for Kyiv Mayor Generally, the position of mayor in any given city comes with a responsibility to look after the municipal concerns of its citizens. Here in Kyiv, we’ve had a rough go of it in the last decade and a half, what with Oleksandr Omelchenko at the reins for more than ten years and then space cadet Leonid Chernovetskiy taking over in 2006. In 2010, that position was appointed by order of Viktor Yanukovych to Oleksandr Popov, a pawn of the president, but not an entirely bad person, who, if we’re honest, has done reasonably well by the city. Now that that position is supposed to be up for election again, it’s causing a bit of a stir among political parties.

The date for Kyiv’s mayoral elections has been set for 2 June. However, from what news sources around Parliament are saying, that is dependent on a ruling from the Constitutional Court. What specifically they’re waiting on is unclear. What is clear, however is that Ukraine’s United Opposition isn’t buying it.

The leaders of UDAR, Batkivschyna and Svoboda all called for those who are “not indifferent to the process that is taking place in the capital” to come and join Vitaliy Klitschko, Arseniy Yatseniuk and Oleh Tiahnybok in front of Parliament on 2 April. According to various estimates, between 3 and 5 thousand supporters turned out.

An announcement of the opposition’s single mayoral candidate is expected as we go to print.

The Party of Regions, on the other hand, are waiting on some sort of deus ex machina in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to intervene, hoping and praying that someone in the upper echelons of the law will just make all of this political nonsense go away. Some are even speculating that the Party of Regions are going to pull all the strings they can to have the vote in Kyiv postponed until after the presidential elections in March 2015! We wouldn’t put it past them, but then we’ve never had opposition politicians play together so nicely either. Our prediction, look out PoR – you’re in for a fight.

8 April 1847 A member of the Kyrylo-Mefodiivske Brotherhood is arrested in Kyiv. This secret political society was founded in 1845 and calls for the abolishment of serfdom, the development of the national language and culture, education of the masses and an independent Ukraine. To this aim, its members publish pamphlets and promote the poetry of Taras Shevchenko.

10 April 1864 The first professional Ukrainian theatre Ukrainian Conversation opens in Lviv. In the 60 years of its existence, the theatre enrols talented actors and directors from the region of Halychyna, making it a centre of national ideas and cultural life in western Ukraine.

7 April 1880 Leader of Ukraine’s avant-garde art movement Oleksandr Bohomazov is born. Throughout his life he writes several theoretical works exploring the interaction between the artistic object, the artist and the viewer.

8 April 1930 The film Earth, a poetic depiction of the relationship between the land, the peasant and the collectivisation process by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, premieres in Kyiv. After just one week, it is banned by the Soviet regime. It remains among the 10 best movies of all time according to the International Film Critics Symposium even today.

9 April 2003 Well-known Ukrainian journalist Oleksandr Kryvenko dies in a car accident. As the founder and editor of unique broadcast, radio and print media outlets, including Lviv newspaper PostPostup and Kyiv magazine Polityka i Kultura, Kryvenko was one of independent Ukraine’s most creative and dynamic journalists.

Weekly Language Tutorial Ya Tebe Lyublyu This language box has been created to arm all foreigners coming to Ukraine with the most vital, the most important, the most frequently used words and phrases necessary for daily life. Certainly, the phrase “I love you” falls among that category.

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This Week Theatre & Classical Music

Greek Temperament/ Good Music Yanni (US, instrumental music) Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103)

11 April at 19.00 A powerful musician who’s not bad on the eyes and enjoys displaying his Greek humour at every opportunity – that’s What’s On’s take of this world-famous contemporary instrumentalist. In fact, there are many fascinating things about this man – he has never formally studied music, he has performed in historic venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Taj Mahal and the Kremlin, and of course there’s his nine-year relationship with actress Linda Evans! Come and celebrate an evening of new age like you’ve never heard it before.

Tickets are 350 – 2,900hrv. For more information call 247-2316.

5 Friday AN EVENING OF SPANISH CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Ilona Tymchenko (Spain, piano) Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697 SWAN LAKE Ballet in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)  279-1169 MY FAIR LADY Musical in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)  287-6257 IMAGINARY INVALID Comedy in 3 acts Time: 19.00 A MATTER OF HONOUR Play in 1 act Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223

DON CARLOS Italian opera in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)  279-1169 VII INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS DIALOGUE OF CULTURES Featuring Yevheniya Basalayeva (piano), Kontrasty Kyiv Classic Ensemble Works by Lysenko, Skoryk, Stankovych Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697 AN EVENING OF BACH Featuring Lyatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77)  528-3186 CROSSED ROADS Drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 THE MOMENT OF LOVE Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)  279-5921

PHONE CALL FROM THE PAST Play in 1 act Time: 15.00 THE CORSICAN Historical anecdote in 1 act Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25)  517-1955

AN EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC Featuring Karin Raytz (Germany, piano), Yulia Bilousova (UA, cello) Time: 19.00 House of Actors (Yaroslaviv Val 7)  253-8247/2081

AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL AND VOCAL MUSIC Featuring Mariya Kononova (soprano) Works by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi Time: 19.00 House of Actors (Yaroslaviv Val 7)  253-8247/2081

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7 Sunday AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Natalia Tolpyho (UA, piano) Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697 NATALKA POLTAVKA Opera in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)  279-1169 BALL AT THE SAVOY Operetta in 3 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)  287-6257 SHVEIK A soldier’s adventure in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)  279-5921 THE OVERLY HAPPY FATHER Comedy in 2 acts Time: 12.00 LAST LOVE Drama in 2 acts Time: 18.00 UNCLE’S DREAM Tragic comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223 QUARTET FOR TWO Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17)  278-7392 YOU, WHOM MY SOUL LOVES Play in 2 acts Time: 15.00 AND SUMMER FINISHED...

Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25)  517-1955 OSCAR – GOD A secret dialogue Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188 AN EVENING OF ROMANCES Time: 19.00 House of Actors (Yaroslaviv Val 7)  253-8247/2081

FROM NOWHERE WITH LOVE Emigrant’s musical in 1 act Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188

FAREWELL TANGO Tragic comedy in 2 acts Time: 12.00 BACKYARD GAMES Drama in 1 act Time: 18.00 IN THE CAPTIVITY OF PASSION Drama in 1 act Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223

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FRENCH SPRING IN KYIV – MYSTERIOUS VARIATIONS Comedy in French Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17)  278-7392

AN EVENING OF VOCAL MUSIC Featuring Vohnyk Folk Choir Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697

KARMEN. TV Ballet in 2 acts by the KMB Time: 19.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116

LOVE MADNESS Musical play in 1 act Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223

FRENCH SPRING IN KYIV – SMALL CRIMES OF MARRIAGE Comedy in French Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17)  278-7392

Saturday THE FEAR OF DESIRE Tragic comedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188

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Tuesday AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Kyiv Soloists, Kot (piano) Works by Chopin, Strauss, Mendelsohn Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697 AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Kyiv Brass Chamber Ensemble, Myroslava Solovyanenko (soprano), Voytekh (piano), Bubnova (organ) Works by Schubert, Guilman, Puccini Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77)  528-3186 MARRIAGE An incredible event in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)  279-5921 INDIAN SUMMER Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 BLACK MAIDS Drama in 1 cat Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223

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DANGEROUS LIAISONS Suspenseful intrigue Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25)  517-1955

RIGOLETTO Opera in Italian in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)  279-1169

THE SINGLE LADY Musical fairytale Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188

MR X Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)  287-6257

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THE KAUDASHEVA FAMILY Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)  279-5921

Thursday AVE, MARIA! Featuring Lavrenova (mezzo-soprano), Kharechko (organ) Works by Handel, Mozart, Bach, Verdi Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77)  528-3186 FRENCH SPRING IN KYIV – CAUTION! FRAGILE! Theatre performance Time: 20.00 Les Kurbas Centre (Volodymyrska 23b)  279-4783 FRENCH SPRING IN KYIV – CRY OF A ROOSTER Performance by Manta Gestural Theatre (France) Time: 19.00 EYES OF THE BLUE DOG Love story in 1 act Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17)  278-7392

LAST LOVE Drama in 2 acts Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223 FOUR REASONS TO GET MARRIED Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25)  517-1955 ASSO & PIAF A history of love Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188 SHAKESPEARE-GOETHE Mono-spectacle by Yulia Sak Time: 19.00 House of Actors (Yaroslaviv Val 7)  253-8247/2081

MATCHMAKING AT HONCHARIVKA Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17)  278-7392 LYING THE PURE TRUTH Play in 1 act Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25)  517-1955 PERFECT CHARLIE Ironic melodrama for adults Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 14b)  212-4188

10 Wednesday AN EVENING OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC Featuring National Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Polyakov (piano) Works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Ravel Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)  278-1697 AN EVENING OF BACH Featuring Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Sydorenko (organ), Nazarenko (soprano) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77)  528-3186 BORIS GODUNOV Opera in 4 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)  279-1169 BAYADERA Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)  287-6257 TREES DIE STANDING Play in 3 acts Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5)  234-4223

Serge Lifar Tribute Masterpieces of Russian Ballet Seasons featuring Nikolay Tsiskaridze (RU), Denys Matviyenko (UA), Olena Filipieva (UA) National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)

9 April at 19.00 Serge Lifar is a glorified name in world ballet.

Hailing from Kyiv, he is one of the most brilliant male dancers of the 20th century, whose fame was helped along by masterpieces thanks to Russian choreographer Sergey Diaghilev. Next month, Denys Matviyenko and Olena Filipieva along with Russian ballet contemporary Nikolay Tsiskaridze take to the stage to honour the great Lifar in roles he has become known and loved for, plus a miniature Kyiv has never before seen.

Tickets are 70 – 1,700hrv. For more information call 279-1169. : What's On Recommended

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Art

5–11 April 2013

Identification of Movement Exhibition of paintings by Ukrainian artists (Tetyana Yablonska, Mykola Hlushchenko, Hanna Kryvolap, Ruslan Kolmykov) J Greter Gallery (V Hetmana 6)

From 5 April If you’re not an art historian, or even someone who enjoys frolicking around a gallery of a Saturday afternoon, you might have asked yourself once or twice – what does contemporary art even mean and where does it come from? Equally concerned with this question, J Greter Gallery is bringing together works by some of the most significant Ukrainian artists of the 20th and 21st centuries to see what they can come up with. Classical artists Yabolonska and Hlushenko are posited against Kryvolap and Kolmykov who have a modern take on the use of colour and texture – a dialogue worth getting involved in is sure to be the result.

For more information call 200-0760.

COLOURFUL VISIONS Exhibition of paintings

by Mykhaylo Deyak (UA) Russian Art Museum (Tereshchenkivska 9) 26 March – 20 April  099-245-1118

ANIMAL EMOTIONS Exhibition of photographic works

by Wolf Ademeit (Germany) Brucie Collections Gallery (Artema 55b) 7 March – 28 April  205-4264

WRITING IN THE SKY Exhibition of paintings

by Oleksandr Dubovyk (UA) Mironova Gallery (Olhynska 6) 28 March – 20 April  277-8888 NON-FORMAT Exhibition of paintings

by Vachagan Nozaryan (UA) Triptych Gallery (Desyatynna 13) 3 – 23 April  279-0949 THE JOY OF GARDENS Exhibition of paintings

by Olha Petrova (UA) Mystetska Zbirka Gallery (Tereshchenkivska 9) 21 March – 20 April  234-1427

50 BEST PHOTOS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Exhibition of photographs Khanenko Museum (Tereshchenkivska 15) 4 – 14 April  235-3290

MOMENTS OF LIFE Exhibition of works

by Garance Group (France) M17 Gallery (Antonovycha 102-104) 3 – 16 April  596-2030

Family SWAN LAKE Ballet in 3 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116

Intriguing Story + Beguiling Music = Wonderful Ballet

FROM HEART TO HEART Circus programme Time: 13.00, 17.00 National Circus (Peremohy Pl 2)  486-3856 CHARMING MUSIC Comic opera-fairytale in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116

Cipollino (ballet in 3 acts) National Opera of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)

7 April at 12.00 Cipollino is originally an Italian story about a peppy little onion that fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty in the garden kingdom. Well-known Russian-Armenian composer Karen Khachaturyan was so inspired with the story he gave it a musical score, with choreography soon to follow thanks to Genrik Maiorov. Premiering at the National Opera in 1974, the ballet combines classic choreography with comic elements and characters who just melt your heart. This is a rarity among the theatre’s repertoire, so make sure you get tickets for you and your little one today.

Tickets are 20 – 150hrv. For more information call 279-1169.

KYIV ACADEMIC PUPPET THEATRE Hrushevskoho 1a (Park Khreshchatyk) 278-5808 www.akadempuppet.kiev.ua KYIV MUNICIPAL PUPPET THEATRE Myropilska 1 513-1500 www.puppet-theater.kiev.ua MARIINSKIY PARK Arsenalna Metro

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MARIONETTE THEATRE Sahaidachnoho 29/3 417-3058 www.history.marionet.com.ua NATIONAL CIRCUS OF UKRAINE Peremohy 2 486-3856 www.circus.kiev.ua KYIV ZOO Peremohy 32  277-47-69

THE BREMEN MUSICIANS Musical in 2 acts Time: 12.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)  279-5921

5 Friday ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER A boys’ tale in 2 acts for children 7+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17)  253-6219

6 Saturday THE PRINCESS OF DAYDREAMERS Adventures in the fairytale world in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17)  253-6219

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE DYVOSVIT M Malinovskoho 24/10 502-0088 www.dyvosvit.ua NEMO DOLPHINARIUM Academic Hlushkov 9 520-5555 www.nemokiev.com KYIV PLANETARIUM V Vasylkivska 57/3 287-7508 www.planet.org.ua

SCHOOL OF SCIENTIFIC WONDERS Educational performance Time: 11.00, 13.00 House of Artist (Artema 5/1)  287-8787 OF A BRAVE PIG Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 11.00 MARIYKA AND THE BEAR Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 13.00 LITTLE BLACK SAMBO Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 15.00 PIF’S NEW ADVENTURES Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre (Hrushevskoho 1a)  278-0566

AQUA PARK IN TERMINAL Brovary, Kyivska 316 200 29 80/81 www.aquapark-terminal.com.ua DREAM LAND AQUA PARK Obolonskiy 21b 485-2111/12 OSTRICH FARM Yasnohorodka, Podlesna 32 (30km from Kyiv)  353-8821 www.ostrich.com.ua

7 Sunday KIND HORTON Musical in 2 acts for children 3+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17)  253-6219 12 MONTHS Musical fairytale in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116 FROM HEART TO HEART Circus programme Time: 17.00 National Circus (Peremohy Pl 2)  486-3856 OUR HAPPY KOLOBOK Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 13.00 THE LITTLE MERMAID Puppet-play for children 4+ Time: 15.00 PUSS IN BOOTS Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre (Hrushevskoho 1a)  278-0566

THE PRINCE & THE PRINCESS Fairytale in 2 acts for children 5+ Time: 12.00 DOLL HOUSE Drama in 3 acts Time: 16.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17)  253-6219

11 Thursday THE CANTERVILLE GHOST Musical in 2 acts Time: 11.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17)  253-6219 HOW THE COSSACKS TAMED THE SNAKE Musical fairytale in 2 acts Time: 13.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116

10 Wednesday THE NUTCRACKER Ballet in 2 acts Time: 13.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)  425-3116

HORSE-RIDING CENTRE NABEG Vyshhorodska 85a 360-3838 (call in advance) www.loshadi.kiev.ua CENTRAL HORSE RACE TRACK OF UKRAINE Akademika Hlushkova 10 526-2053 www.ipodrom-kiev.at.ua EXHIBITION CENTRE PARK Akademika Hlushkova 1 www.expocenter.com.ua

STATE MUSEUM OF TOYS Klovskiy Spusk 8 253-5400 INTERESTING KYIV TOURS 364-5111 www.interesniy.kiev.ua PYROHOVO OPEN AIR MUSEUM Trolleybus 11 from Lybidska Metro 526-5765 www.pirogovo.org.ua

MAMAEVA SLOBODA MUSEUM M Dontsya 2 361-9848 www.mamajeva-sloboda.ua NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN Timiryazevska 1 284-9506 www.nbg.kiev.ua EXPERIMENTANIUM MUSEUM Verkhniy Val 2a 417-4033 www.experimentanium.com.ua

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This Week Live Music

5–11 April 2013

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Big Dogs of Hard Rock Nazareth (Scotland, classic rock) Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1)

Thursday

5 April at 21.00 After a hugely successful show this autumn, Nazareth are headed back our way to woo Kyiv audiences with yet another demonstration that this near 45-year old Scottish band has still got it. Playing their Best Of from 22 albums released since 1968, Dan, Pete, Jimmy and Lee want to take you back through their debut self-titled release right through to their most recent album, out in 2011, Big Dogz. Get your ticket today and enjoy their most famous track Love Hurts live!

Tickets are 350 – 1,000hrv. For more information call 538-0100.

5 Friday KATYA CHILLY (pop-rock) Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137 HOBOT & CO (cover band) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366 OT VINTA (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977 TARTILA, CARNIVAL HEAT (cover bands) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b)  390-6106 CARNIVAL HEAT, TARTILA (cover bands) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a)  459-0551

MAD HEADS XL, ROCK FOUR (rockabilly, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717 KOZAK SYSTEM, RED ROCKS (folk rock, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  451-8528

6 Saturday NUDLI, WAKE UP (acoustic rock, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137 ROCK STAR CLUB PARTY (cover bands) Time: 20.00 Admission: 50hrv Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366 TABULA RASA, MORE KHUANA (rock, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717

FREEDOM (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977

DIVAN JAZZ BAND (jazz) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366

BEEFEATERS (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a)  459-0551

ROMAN HUMENYUK (jazz) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137

MAMA MIA (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b)  390-6106

YUKHYM DYM (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977

MAD HEADS XL, CRAZY TRAIN (rockabilly, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 100hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340

7 Sunday SOYUZ 44 (jazz) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137 VA PROJECT (cover band) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366 OT VINTA (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977 FARVARTER (rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: 35hrv Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b)  390-6106

They’re Bravo-licious Bravo (RU, rockabilly, rock’n’roll) Tolstoy Club (V Vasylkivska 19)

5 April at 22.00 Founded in 1983, Russia’s Bravo has still got what it takes to get audiences to their feet, thanks to their no nonsense rock’n’roll riffs and down home rockabilly manner. With stars Zhana Ahuzarova, Valeriy Syutkin and Robert Lents taking the reins at various points throughout the group’s career, their 14th and most recent album Moda (Fashion) is thanks to the brains behind Bravo, founder Eugene Khavtan. Critics all over the CIS are calling this last album one of the band’s best – check them and it out tonight!

Tickets are 250hrv. For more information call 200-3838.

CHILL OUT (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717 KREMATORIY, PARTYZANSKI VYTIVKY (rock, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340

ANIMALS’ SESSION (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717

9 Tuesday

ROCKING WOLVES (cover band) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340 STARYE VEDRA (jazz) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366

RED ROCKS (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717 ZEMFIRA (RU, Russian rock) Time: 19.00 Admission: 200 – 1,250hrv Palace Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1)  246-7406 ROCKING WOLVES (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977 ROCK FOUR (cover band) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340 KIROV (pop-rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366

THE MAGMA (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717

TOCHKA ZBORU (pop-rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2)  235-7366 KUKA TA BANDA (funk, punk) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137 BLOOM BAND (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977 TRES DESEOS (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 20hrv Docker’s ABC (Khreshchatyk-Zankovetskoi 15/4)  278-1717 WHISTLING DIXIE (cover band) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340

A Colourful Spring Nino Katamadze & Insight (Georgia, jazz) Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103)

7 April at 19.00

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Monday

CADILLAC RECORDS (pop-rock) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137

MAMA THATCHER (cover band) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25)  537-1340

VEXLYARSKY (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Hlushkova 11)  067-239-8977

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FUME, FUNNY KAPLAN, HASTROLERY (funk) Time: 19.00 Admission: 35hrv Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b)  390-6106

TRIBUTE TO RICHIE BLACKMORE (cover bands) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)  279-4137

Popular Georgian jazz singer and composer Nino Katamadze is headed back to Ukraine with a new show special for spring – Colourful April. Colours appear readily in Katamadze’s work, with her last five albums taking on the names of various hues of the colour spectrum: Black, White, Blue, Red and Green – released just last year. There’s no better way to celebrate this welcomed season – get your tickets for Colourful April today.

Tickets are 50 – 1,000hrv. For more information call 247-2444. : What's On Recommended

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Nightlife

5–11 April 2013

A Pentatonic Talent Dakh Daughters Band (UA, freak cabaret) Kyiv Loft (Dehtyarivksa 6)

9 April at 20.00 Dakh is a kind of love ’em or hate ’em theatre, creating as they do non-commercial contemporary projects aimed at a “new theatre generation”. From out of the depths of their director Vlad Troitsky, another new project emerges next month – the Dakh Daughters Band. Taking Nina of DakhaBrakha, Ruslana of Perkalabra, Tanya of TanyaTanya, Solomia of Soloma Project and Anna of Cabaret Projects, their voices unite, creating a collage of incredible sounds. As trained theatre actors too, this is a must-see.

Tickets are 80hrv. For more information call 093-256-9223.

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SVITLANA TARABAROVA Time: 23.00 Admission: L-100hrv, G-200hrv Caribbean Club (S Petlyury 4)  067-224-4111

DJS DJEDJELA & BEZPREDEL, MARKA POLA Time: 23.00 Admission: before 23.30 L-25hrv, G-30hrv, after L-50hrv, G-60hrv Saxon (Trutenko 4)  257-4070

SHOPOPALO VIP NIGHT: DJS SPECIMEN A (UK), TAPOLSKY, VOVKING, Time: 23.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-60hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a)  232-6780 90S DISCO: DJ KOLT Time: 23.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Gallery Club (Peremohy 47)  453-3727 LOVE COMES AGAIN Time: 21.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-100hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024 RAVE ON: DJS KON, JOSEPH, SPIELER, Time: 23.00 Admission: before 23.00 L-20hrv, G-25hrv, after L-40hrv, G-50hrv Saxon (Trutenko 4)  257-4070 DEBAUCH FRIDAY: DJS SEMENOV, SAYLEX, LUBIMOF Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-free, G-50hrv, after L-50hrv, G-70hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a)  232-7296 DJIGAN (RU) Time: 22.00 Admission: L-150hrv, G-300hrv Decadence House (Baseina 2a)  466-2013

RADIO AZURE: DJS KSUSHA KOSMOS, BRANSKI, STALKER Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494 SADOMOTHERS CLUB CARNAVAL: DJS А.FLEMING, RUNOV Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-200hrv Decadence House (Baseina 2a)  466-2013 F.L.I.R.T Time: 23.00 Admission: L-100hrv, G-200hrv Caribbean Club (S Petlyury 4)  067-224-4111 BRUTAL BEATS: DJS MADELEPHANT, MINDFREAK, SICKHEAD Time: 23.00 Admission: 80hrv Cinema Club (N Hrinchenka 18)  063-782- 6157 PLAYGIRLS: DJS MARKAPOLA, MISS MONIQUE, KRISTYEN Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-free, G-50hrv, after L-50hrv, G-70hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a)  232-7296 BEST HITS DISCO Time: 23.00 Admission: 30hrv Gallery Club (Peremohy 47)  453-3727

Harsh But Sexy Ana Baston (pop-rock) Tolstoy Club (V Vasylkivska 19)

6 April at 20.30 Sacrificing blood, sweat and tears for Russian band Reflex, Ana Baston struck out on her own last year and is gearing up to present her first solo concert. Hers is not your average pop-rock project, injecting biting lyrics into an already cutthroat performance, with hardcore videos to match. Take a listen and then grab a ticket and decide for yourself whether this girl’s got what it takes to fly solo.

Tickets are 100hrv. For more information call 200-3838.

DJFM PARTY: DJ SAMANTO, PINK, CREAM Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-80hrv Vodka Bar (Globus, II line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti)  371-1102 BIG BOOM FESTIVAL: DJS MARC HOULE, MISS KITTIN, ADRIATIQUE Time: 22.00 Admission: 100-350hrv Boom Boom Room (Shevchenko 33)  588-8989 ART BEAT: DJS JUST BE, BUSHWACKA! (UK), JOSS, KOMA Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-25hrv, G-30hrv, L-50hrv, G-60hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a)  232-6780

DON’T STOP THE MUSIC Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024 RUSSIAN PARTY: DJ VELSKIY & FRIENDS Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494 R’N’B BOOM: DJS LADY, KASH FLOW, MOOVIK Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-10hrv, G-15hrv, after L-20hrv, G-30hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a)  232-6780 BACK 2 THE FUTURE: DJS BURZHUY, SPIELER, HORSY Time: 23.00 Admission: before 23.30 -15hrv, after L-25hrv, G-30hrv Saxon (Trutenko 4)  257-4070

GYPSY ROMANCE PARTY Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Karusel (Golosiivskaya 87/6)  259-0001

PARADISE IS FORBIDDEN Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024

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BLACK TUESDAY WITH DJS VEL AND FRIENDS Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494

Monday HUNTING SEASON Time: 21.00 Admission: free Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024 POP-MONDAY: DJ KOLYA MATROSOV Time: 22.00 Admission: free Vodka Bar (Globus, II line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti)  371-1102 ROCK’N’ROLL: DJ VELSKIY & FRIENDS Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494

LADIES NIGHT MONRO STYLE: DJS ISKANDER, SAYLEX Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, before 00.00 G-20hrv, after G-40hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a)  232-7296

DISCO PARTY Time: 21.00 Admission: free Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24)  486-0300

EMERGENCY: CALL SHOOTERS Time: 21.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-100hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024

DJ UNIQUE Time: 22.00 Admission: free Vodka Bar (Globus, II line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti)  371-1102

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CHAMPAGNE SHOWER: DJS KITT, SHUMMI, ARSIDE Time: 22.00 Admission: L-25hrv, G-50hrv Egoist (Horlovskaya 124/140)  223-3633

DISCO KARAOKE Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 - free, after - 10hrv Gallery Club (Peremohy 47)  453-3727

THE RETUSE (RU) Time: 20.00 Admission: 100-120hrv Kyiv Loft (Dehtyarivksa 6)  093-256-9223

Tuesday LADIES STRIP NIGHT: DJ ORIGINAL B Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Vodka Bar (Globus, II line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti)  371-1102

MADAM BROSHKINA SHOW Time: 21.00 Admission: free Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24)  486-0300

10 Wednesday DEEP-ILYATOR: DJS AEROBODY, YEV POD, ESIT Time: 20.00 Admission: free Bar Hot (Verkhniy Val 30a)  093-272-3147 DJS STALKER AND VEL Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494 BURLESQUE SHOW Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-50hrv Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24)  486-0300 LADIES’ NIGHT Time: 21.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-100hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024 80S DISCO Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Gallery Club (Peremohy 47)  453-3727

11 Thursday STRIP SHOW: DJS JEKKER, D-ROCK Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-50hrv Vodka Bar (Globus, II line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti)  371-1102 LADIES’ NIGHT WITH DJ STALKER Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3)  234-7494 LADIES NIGHT Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-50hrv Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24)  486-0300 SHOW GIRLS Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22)  254-2024 LADIES NIGHT Time: 22.00 Admission: L-25hrv, G-30hrv Gallery Club (Peremohy 47)  453-3727

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Coming Soon

An Alien and his Guitar Steve Vai (US, rock) Green Theatre (Parkova Doroha 2)

10 June at 19.00 Bringing Alien Guitar Secret Master Class to Ukraine, American master guitarist Steve Vai comes in peace. It’s a return visit, after his first call on the country last summer, which included colleagues and contemporaries Joe Satriani and Steve Morse in their G3 project. This time round, he’s leaving his friends at home to talk some serious guitar stuff with the locals. For those interested, a lesson followed by a show at this outdoor theatre await. We suggest you get in on it; this three-time Grammy Award winner has got lots to share.

Admission is 300 – 700hrv. For more information call 063-245-0905.

The Darling of Electro Daedelus (US, baroque electro, lounge) Xlib (Frunze 12)

Dancing Idols

Meet Maestro Verdi

Lord of the Dance (Ireland) Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103)

Verdi Gala National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)

18, 19 April at 19.00

12 April at 19.00

Thanks to the almost never-ending applause they received the last time they were here, one of the world’s most sought-after ensembles are coming back to Kyiv for another great night of music and dance! You know the story, the unbelievable footwork, the beautiful costumes, the fabulous music, and (most of all) the incredible talent of all of Michael Flatley’s dancers – it’s all waiting for you again this spring. Having been around the world a handful of times already, make sure you catch them while they’re here in Kyiv.

Tickets are 300 – 950hrv. For more information call 247-2316.

The father of Italian opera and one of the most eminent of world composers, Giuseppe Verdi celebrates his 200th anniversary this year.

Legendary theatres around the globe will be honouring this magnificent musician and Ukraine’s National Philharmonic is not to be outdone! With the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Ukraine, our own Academic Symphony Orchestra along with the Dumka Chapel Choir will perform Verdi’s most well-known and loved operas. Make sure you’re a part of the magic.

Tickets are 30 – 120hrv. For more information call 278-1697.

In the Moment Modus-Nika Dance Theatre Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)

20 April at 13.00 Dance is an expression of emotion in the most physical sense, sending the dancer and the audience into another realm when it’s done right.

Giving bright, emotive performances over the past 20 years, dance theatre Modus-Nika celebrates their anniversary tonight. In collaboration with colleagues Black O!Range and Atelier 16, this is sure to be a show you’ve the likes of which you’ve not seen before. Step into the moment and don’t let go.

Tickets are 60 – 150hrv. For more information call 287-2630.

21 April at 22.00

The Light and Shadow of Lama Lama (UA, pop) Tolstoy Club (V Vasylkivska 19)

13 April at 22.00 Lama turned up on the Ukrainian scene in 2006 with the release of her first three singles Meni Tak Treba (I Need It), Moe Sertse (My Heart) and Litak (Plane). The response was massive, leading to her winning Best Ukrainian Act at MTV Europe Music Awards the following year. With an everpresent eye to the east, these notes and nuances appear readily in her two albums Meni Tak Treba (I Need It, 2006) and Svitlo i Tin (Light and Shadow, 2008) as well as in her image. With a third album promised soon, let’s see what this Maharani has prepared for us this evening.

Tickets are 120hrv. For more information call 200-3838.

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American DJ Daedelus, born Alfred Darlington, is making his first visit to Kyiv this month with his own special brand of what he calls baroque electro. With 12 albums to his name since 2001, this guy has been busy, not to mention his work on bands The Long Lost and Adventure Time, as well as Internet radio station Dublab. Fast at work on his beatbox DJ mixer, like a mad composer creating masterpieces of the electronic variety, this guy has got it going on.

Tickets TBA. For more information call 063-730-8353.

Antibodies Take Five Antytila (UA, pop-rock) Tolstoy Club (V Vasylkivska 19)

18 May at 21.00 Antytila has been has been chipping away at the stone cold rock of show biz for five long years, and celebrating their success, they took the show on the road with their most recent tour, Mova (Language), which they will wrap up next month in Tolstoy. With plans for their third album to be released this autumn, expect an evening of favourites as well as a sneak peek of LP number three.

Tickets are 130hrv. For more information call 200-3838.

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The Young and the Mighty X International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Volodymyr Horowitz National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2)

25 April at 18.00

Collection of Miracles Exhibition of works by Isidro Ferrer (Spain, graphic designer, illustrator) Shcherbenko Art Centre (Mykhalivska 22v)

18 April – 11 May Isidro Ferrer is a very popular name in Spain at the moment, his ideas and illustrations spiking all talks in art and design. As an actor in a previous life, an injury to his leg would lead to years of rehabilitation during which he discovered a real passion for drawing, illustrating and creating visual images.

In 1996, he created his own studio Huesca, and has since been joining design with illustration and animation in successful combination. While in Kyiv, Ferrer presents both his method (in a lecture on 16 April at 16.00 at KPI) and his madness (in Shcherbenko). Both are open to all – don’t miss out!

For more information call 391-3010.

Mountain Children Turned Men Chaif (RU, rock) Palace Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1)

18 April at 19.00 Twenty years ago, band Chaif released an album that turned the Russian rock world on its head. Deti Hor (Children of the Mountain) was the group’s sixth album, and quickly became a measuring stick by which all other albums would be compared. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that benchmark LP, Chaif is taking the show on the road throughout the CIS – it will feature hits from Deti Hor, of course, as well as a few from their entire 19-album collection.

Admission is 180 – 800hrv. For more information call 246-7406.

A Musical in Memory

Every year, the youngest and most talented pianists from all over the world come to Kyiv to compete for best young pianist.

You may not believe it, but children as young as 5- and 6-years old have been awarded this honour in past competitions. With little ones playing pieces of exceptional complexity, this year showcases all those born since 1999 in the category Horowitz Debut, and those born between 1998 – 2004 in the Junior Group. The grand finale and awards presentation will take place in the columned hall of the National Philharmonic, making it an evening of highbrow classical music for even the youngest performers.

For more information visit www.horowitz.org

Presenting Rap

Unknown Shevchenko (musical drama in 1 act) Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2)

RaPresent (RU, UA, rap) Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1)

13 April at 19.00

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The world remembers Taras Shevchenko as an aged, gloomy man with a bushy moustache and big fur hat; however, this poet/ artist wasn’t always so “old”. As a once jubilant, intellectual youth with whom all of St Petersburg’s nobility wanted to associate and much of Europe wanted to know more about, the Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet has created a new musical memorialising this less-than-well-known image of a great man. Premiering well in time for his 200th anniversary next year, take it in tonight.

Tickets are 30 – 150hrv. For more information call 425-4250.

Rap festivals in Ukraine are like weeds; their growth is intensive, their reproduction fast and their survival rate excellent. Scheduled for next week, another two are lined up here in Kyiv, the first of which, YouTrue 2013, we announced in the previous issue. If you’re on the fence as to which to attend, perhaps this lineup will tip you off: Triagrutrika (RU), Lion, Climate, Yarmak, Noviy Soyuz, Apex and Mars and Bryusli. To make sure your landing is a soft one, land in the weeds, of which there’s sure to be lots at this party.

Tickets are 150 – 350hrv. For more information call 538-0100.

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Spring Brings Salsa to Town SalsaMayovka – IX International Ukrainian Salsa Festival (international) Home (Perova 2)

9 – 12 May at 20.00 Every year, when the calendar finally turns to May, and the first holidays of the month see thousands headed to Mayovka, this year, Home offers you another option. Since 2005, Kyiv has played host to this dance sensation, where, along with tonnes of workshops, parties will be held each night to put that which you have learned to practise. Welcome esteemed guests Magda Prihodko (Poland), Jazzy Ruiz (Guatemala), Alex Ruiz (Guatemala), Gatica Brodin (Norway), Jonar Gonzalez (Cuba), Dawes Figueroa (Cuba) and Raydas Salas (Italy), who will be making an appearance and getting you in the groove.

Admission is 50 – 150hrv. For more information call 558-2545.

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Kyiv Life 85 Years of Success

Barceló Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa General Manager Jeorge Machado de Almeida speaks about his five-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanc

OPERA HOTEL Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) hosted its Annual Spring Showcase of luxury hotels and resorts on 28 March.

A dual celebration, the event also marked LHW’s 8th anniversary and was attended by more than 25 hoteliers and 150 travel industry professionals. Established in 1928 by several influential and forward-thinking European hoteliers, LHW’s mission was to set the standard in the luxury accommodation market. Guests were invited to take part in a retro photo shoot and watch a film presentation of LHW’s member hotels across the globe.

Veronika Titarenko of 7th Heaven Travel Company together with Palazzo Parigi Hotel and Grand Spa General Manager Markus Iseli

The Leading Hotels of the World CIS Director Anastasia Belyakova gets in on a photo op with a couple of special guests

Hotel Botanico General Manager Patricio Feier talks about what his hotel in Tenerife has to offer

We Have a New Champ!

AKKO INTERNATIONAL On 30 March, Global Box Promotion gathered a crowd of sports fans for Super Speed Boxing. Seven fights were scheduled on the evening, while two of them were for titles. The first titlefight between Ukrainian super lightweight boxers Volodymyr Kharabuhu and Danylo Hanyk ended with an emphatic victory by Hanyk proving him to be a worthy Universal Boxing Association (UBA) Intercontinental Champion titleholder. The second title-fight pitted Ukrainian Timur Akhundov against Polish boxer Khavazhi Khatsyhov for the vacant title of World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Featherweight Champion, with Akhundov winning on points. Emotions in the audience reached fever pitch and to calm things down a little organisers invited girl-group Armia to perform between fights. The audience was also entertained by a physical performance from Chorna Pantera Kung Fu School.

Honourary President of Global Box-Promotion Yuriy Karmazin and Oleh Bruskov open the event Pride and pain: A momentous moment for UBA Intercontinental Champion Danylo Hanyk and disappointment for Volodymyr Kharabuhu (left)

WBF Vice President Marcel Nartz

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New WBF World Featherweight Champion Timur Akhundov

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Kyiv Life

Find more photos of these events on the BUCC Calls for Spring

Tengiz Mustafaev of Arawak Energy and BUCC Chairman Bate Toms

Phillip Smith of British Retail and Chris Jones of Holtech give us a smile

EBRD’s Joel Baranowski with Victoria Tissot and ErnstMarkus Heeb

RADISSON PODIL Members and guests of the British Chamber of Commerce (BUCC) wet their whistles at a networking cocktail evening held in Radisson Podil on 27 March. While the weather outside begged to differ, business going into spring and summer was the focus of discussions.

The BUCC’s traditional business card draw was held with the winners snaffling a one night-stay in Radisson Podil, dinner for two and business lunch for two in Radisson’s Starokievsky Restaurant as prizes.

Elena Kriek and Morten Kriek of CIS Bankers together with Ray McRobbie

Football Breaking Down Barriers

Soviet football legend Viktor Leonenko teaches a few football skills

Chairman of Tangiers Group Chris Catrambone, Oleg Salenko and Volodymyr Bezsonov congratulate the winners of a competition that took place in between matches

The handshake – a lesson in showing respect and good manners to others

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KPI SPORTS COMPLEX On 23 March, children from the Malyatko Orphanage went to both watch and play a football match at the invitation of FC Dynamo Kyiv along with Tangier International Group. Teamed-up with businessmen and popular sportsmen, the children had a great time enjoying the interaction, something which, given their status, is so often sadly lacking in their lives.

Youth versus experience: the kids take on their mentors

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T

he deadline the EU set the Ukrainian government to get its act together (namely free those people from prison whose convictions are deemed politically motivated) or lose all chances of signing the association agreement is coming quick.

It’s now April, and so the government has only a month to decide on the future of the whole country and all its citizens.

The lack of activity on the part of those citizens is deeply disappointing, as this is after all likely to be the last chance they have at democracy and to be part of a free Europe for many years to come. However, I do, to some extent, understand their lethargy because until recently I thought there was no chance Yanukovych would do the right thing. But now I have a glimmer of hope, and I have that glimmer for two reasons.

Firstly, having spoken to some people close to some very wealthy and powerful people I have learned that the signing of the association agreement is very important to the future success of their businesses. So you can rest assured that pressure is mounting on the president from that side.

I also heard that there is a chance those who languish behind bars for political reasons may well be released. I am sure intense negotiations are going on with said political prisoners of the kind if-we-let-you-go-will-you-be-quiet, and one has to wonder what responses to that question are being given. After all, some

of those behind bars are not best known for their compromise and reason.

If some stubborn people are digging their heels in, I would hope they have some advisors telling them to do what’s best for the country. Say what needs said, get out, get the association agreement signed, and then at least you have recourse to a higher justice. And more importantly, the Ukrainian people have a fighting chance at long lasting freedom.

The alternative is bleak. If the EU removes the association agreement from the table, then the future of Ukraine looks very dark indeed.

Inward investment is at an all -time low, business travel to the country is a fraction of what it used to be, and money is scarce and getting scarcer. Probably the only option left for the country would be to default, and that would be a catastrophe.

So this month sees the whole nation on the cusp. On one side there is beauty and tranquillity, on the other is fire and brimstone. Indeed, until now (as optimistic as I am), I had only seen the latter as an option. But now there is a glimmer of hope, even if it is only the smallest glimmer, that the future of Ukraine is bright.

So let’s all keep our fingers and toes crossed constantly throughout the whole month.

Neil Campbell

Miss Ukraine Of course she’s hot – she’s Miss Ukraine 2013. Meet Anna Zayakovskaya.

Snow Business Might as well put those mounds of snow still to be found everywhere in Kyiv this spring to good use – this is (or was) on Pr Peremohy.

Occupy Kyiv They might be a bit “so 2011” but yet another “Occupy” event was held Tuesday. Here’s Occupy Kyiv in protest at the election of local authorities, particularly the mayor. We love a little bit of revolution.

What’s Hot

Provocations and Observations

A MESSAGE FROM MANAGEMENT, A JET SETTING SOCIALITE, PENSIONERS ARE PUT TO WORK, THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND GRANDMA’S COOKING. IT’S AN ECLECTIC MIX IN OUR TWEETS OF THE WEEK.

Dear Jared, I know the saying boys will be boys, but my “boy” is 70 and he’s still chasing women. Any suggestions?

Oksana Dear Oksana, I wouldn’t worry too much. I had a dog that used to chase cars for years, but if he’d ever caught one, he wouldn’t have known what to do with it.

Jared

Hot Sellers They are hot, the reasons are not. Rubber boots, wellies, gumboots...whatever you call them they were selling fast this week in anticipation of post-snow flooding of biblical proportions.

Snow Melt Flooding If weather forecasts are to be believed, Kyiv is in a race against time as we go to print to prevent scenes like this at Sviatoshyn Airfield on Monday.

Vigilante Justice Unpaid debt? Tired of asking?

Why not leave a not-so-subtle message? This translates as “give my money back b*tch”.

If you have a question about life, work or relationships in Kyiv please write to agonyaunt@whatson-kiev.com

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What’s Not

Twitter (@twitter) adds Ukrainian: Twitter is now available in Catalan & Ukrainian: Gràcies and дякую to our translators.

It was a one-night stand for Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) here for a birthday party: Had a great time in Kyiv. Now taking off back to LA Mike Lee (@AgronomyUkraine) points out something this country shouldn’t be proud of: Q. How do you clear snow & ice when you’ve sold your snow clearing kit? A. Employ pensioners.

Proud to be Ukrainian We wonder where this claim came from UKRAINE (@WeAreUkraine)?

Ukrainians generally tend to be very logical and intelligent. After all, Ukraine is the fourth most educated nation in the world.

Vicky Gogol (@vickygogol) is hungry: Craving varenyky, where’s baba when you need her

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Essential Kyiv

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Kyiv Telephone code is +380 44

AIRPORT/BUS/ TRAIN STATIONS BORYSPIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Kyiv-Boryspil highway (23km) 281-7122 www.airport-borispol. kiev.ua KYIV-ZHULYANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Povitroflotsky 92 242-2309 www.airport.kiev.ua CENTRAL BUS STATION Moskovska 3 525-5774 CENTRAL TRAIN STATION Vokzalna 1 465-2111

AIRLINES

BOOK SHOPS

AIR FRANCE-KLM Ivana Franka 34/33 490-2490, 496-3575 www.airfrance.ua www.klm.ua

ALBION BOOKS Ukraina Shopping Mall, (Peremohy Pl 3, 3rd floor) Globus Shopping Complex (Instytutska 2, 3rd line, 2nd floor) 221-0044 www.albion-books.com

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES V Vasylkivska 9/2 8-800-300-0492 www.austrian.com DELTA AIRLINES AVIAREPS AG V Vasylkivska 9/2, office 4 (entrance 1) 287-3595, 287-3560 www.delta.com LUFTHANSA Khmelnytskoho 52 490-3800 www.lufthansa.com

CAR RENTALS AVIS Yamska 72 502-2010 BUDGET Ivana Lepse 4 490-1088

CHARITIES UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Lysenka 4 581-5050 www.flyUIA.com

APARTMENT RENTALS KYIV UKRAINE APARTMENTS M Zhytomyrska 15 229-3079

KYIV LIONS CLUB 050-334-5410 www.kyivlionsclub.org INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB OF KYIV 234-3180 www.iwck.org

CONSULTING EURO CONSULT GROUP 067-565-7923 www.euro-consultgroup.com.ua

CULTURAL CENTRES

AIDS TESTING (ANONYMOUS) 278-7385

BRITISH COUNCIL Skovorody 4/12 490-5600

HOSTELS

CENTRE OF SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Obolonska 7 239-2418 www.spanish.com.ua FRENCH INSTITUTE Honchara 48 482-0672 GOETHE INSTITUTE Volovska 12/4 496-9785 ITALIAN CULTURE INSTITUTE Yaroslaviv Val 32b 270-6223 POLISH INSTITUTE Khmelnytskoho 29/2 490-9900 UKRAINE-JAPAN CENTRE Peremohy Pr 37 406-8166

HOSPITALS/ CLINICS

www.holidayinn.com/kiev

CHILLOUT HOSTEL KYIV Horkoho 22b/35 093-332-4306 D’LUX KYIV HOSTEL Observatorna 10 097-832-8888 DREAM HOSTEL V Vasylkivska 47 066-244-1447

HOTELS ALFAVITO Predslavynska 35d 220-4577 www.alfavito.com.ua COSMOPOLITE Hetmana 6 205-3520 FAIRMONT GRAND HOTEL KYIV NaberezhnoKhreshchatytska 1 322-8888 www.fairmont.com/kyiv

AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTRES Berdychivska 1 490-7600

For information on how to list your company here, please call 459-0553.

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HOLIDAY INN KYIV V Vasylkivska 100 363-3000 HYATT REGENCY KYIV Alla Tarasova 5 581-12-34 www.kyiv.regency.hyatt.com

IBIS Shevchenko Blvd 25 591-2222 INTERCONTINENTAL V Zhytomyrska 2a 219-1919 www.intercontinentalkiev.com OPERA B Khmelnytskoho 53 581-70-70 www.opera-hotel.com PREMIER PALACE T Shevchenko Blvd 5-7/29 537-45-00 www.premier-palace.com RADISSON BLU Yaroslaviv Val 22 492-2200 www.radissonblu.com/ hotel-kiev RIVIERA ON PODIL Sahaidachnoho 15 581-2828 RADISSON PODIL Bratska 17-19 393-1373 www.radissonblu.ru/ hotel-kyiv-podil

RAMADA ENCORE KYIV Stolychne Shose 103 205-1515 www.ramadaencorekiev. com

SATELLITE TV SATDOTTV Television, Sat TV, multi-room solutions www.satdottv.info 067-401-0873

TAXIS EXPRESS TAXI 239-1515 LIMOUSINE TAXI 502-0808 RADIO TAXI 246-1036

EMERGENCY FIRE 101 POLICE 102 FIRST AID/ AMBULANCE 103 NATURAL GAS EMERGENCY 104 WATER/ELECTRIC/ SEWAGE EMERGENCY 1557 ELEVATOR EMERGENCY 1586

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