Kristin Goes to Ukraine
In February 2022, after Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, the translator of Andrei's play, John Freedman, put out a request for theatres across the world to stage Ukrainian plays by way of protest. I was asked to take the role of the unnamed woman in Pussycat in Memory of Darkness, a one-woman show, which I've subsequently taken to Ukraine, the US and Germany.
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31 August and 2 September at the ProEnglish Theatre of Ukraine, Kyiv
Pussycat in Memory of Darkness | Kristin Milward (UK) | Ukr in Kyiv is possible thanks to The Armed Forces of Ukraine! Don`t miss 2023-09-02 в 16:00 on the ProEnglish Theatre Hub, Kyiv.
14 August 2023
JOURNEY TO UKRAINE, THROUGH A SNOWBOUND LANDSCAPE
Andrew had offered – so kindly – to come with me to Ukraine. Thank God he was organising the flights, trains, airbnbs. I’m impatient at the best of times, with a tendency to panic – we’d have got
The Shows, the People, the Destruction
Alex, the artistic director of the ProEnglish Theatre, met us off the train. He dismissed an elderly taxi driver - fur hat on his head and swathed in an enormous coat - saying that he'd charge us a fortune.
TICKETS
HOTEL
FILM
"Polly Creed's direction is exquisite."
- Alun Hood
"A powerhouse performance"
- Broadway World
"Quite extraordinary"
- Libby Purves
"Masterful framing of a nation’s tragedy...Nezhdana is something like a Ukrainian Caryl Churchill"
- The Guardian
"Extraordinary"
- The Stage
