Ukrainian-born actor Gregory Hlady hosts a public reading of the play bad roads Sunday at the Prospero Theater in Montreal as an act of solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine.
Written by artist Natalka Vorojbyt and translated from Ukrainian by Iryna Dmytrychyn, the play looks at men and women in the Donbass region of Ukraine who have faced a deceptive war with Russia since 2014.
It’s a very accommodating and charming look inside people. About men and women fighting in the war. And in impossible love, impossible passion, when everything is changed, everything is destroyed to piecessaid Gregory Hlady, who lived in Montreal more than 30 years ago.
To write this play, which was released at the Royal Court in London in 2017, Natalka Vorozhbyt has long visited the front line of this complex war, which fueled tough relations between the people of the region. of the Donbass.
There is this side of man [à la pièce de théâtre]that does not divide people who are bad and who are goodcontinued the Ukrainian artist, who often collaborates with the Propsero Theater as a director.
Twelve comedians and comedians will take to the stage Sunday at 1 pm to enliven the text of the play bad roads.
act of unity
By arranging this public reading, Gregory Hlady explained that he wanted to contribute to the resistance of the Ukrainian people. Several members of his family still live in Ukraine.
I, following an artist here, what can I do, how can I contribute? I think it is really necessaryhe said.
He supports restless sleep since the beginning of hot stage of the war in Ukraine, characterized by the invasion of Russia on 24 February.
I have a hard time finding words to express this horror that is happeningsaid the actor.
However, he said he finds little hope in noting that acts of solidarity towards Ukraine are organized almost anywhere on the planet.
Montreal’s cultural scene was in motion
This weekend, many cultural events organized in solidarity with Ukraine are planned in the metropolis.
On Saturday, the Voces Boreales choir gathered, to sing Night watches of Russian artist Sergei Rachmaninov at Saint-Léon-de-Westmount Church, will sing a work by Ukrainian composer Larysa Kuzmenko at the start of the show.
As a Canadian and Russian composer and conductor, I was saddened by the news coming out in Ukraine; Hopefully other actors will join me in denouncing the situationsaid Evgeny Shcherbakov, who led the adaptation of Night watches for the choir of Voces Boreales.
I sincerely believe that the magnificence of music will stay together, even in the darkest of times..
On Sunday, the Centaur Theater performs Ukrainian lyricsan evening of theatrical readings in support of two non-profit organizations working in Ukraine.
This text was written from from an interview by Catherine Richercultural reporter on the show 15-18. Comments can be edited for clarity and brevity.
Source: Radio-Canada
