An interview that did not take place... Svitlana Oleshko, a famous Kharkiv director, founder and director of the cult theater “Arabesque”, passed away
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Collage by Olena Zelenina. Photo: : Teatr 'Arabesky'
The sad news came from Poland that Svitlana Oleshko, a cult Kharkiv director, one of the leading theater reformers in Ukraine, founder and director of the cult Kharkiv Arabesque Theater, has died... After the start of the full-scale invasion, she lived in Warsaw and continued to stage performances about Ukraine at the Polish Theater.
The Kharkiv Press Club planned to make a #Know More program with Svitlana Oleshko. The theater told us that she would not be able to take part in the filming. She was very ill.
We didn't have time...
What was the artist like in her life and work? What did she dream about? What have we all lost? What did culture, theater, Ukraine, and Kharkiv lose when she left us?
Read more in the Ukrainian edition....
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