Caligula

Національний академічний драматичний театр імені Івана Франка (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Sunday, 1 June 2025 | 5PM

Main auditorium, Teatr im. Wilama Horzycy, pl. Teatralny 1

Earphones: Polish, English
Induction loop
Please note: the performance contains content related to violence and tyranny.

Running time: 1h20 (no interval)
Ticket price: 100 PLN – regular, 80 PLN – concession

Caligula is a lonely egocentric man who survives the loss of his sinful love for his sister. To free himself from his past, he uses the absolute power of the emperor. He tries to escape from madness and the painful feeling of emptiness and prove to everyone his strength and steadfastness in the face of fate. He tries to regain happiness and his lost trust that his life has meaning. Therefore, he begins to act. His actions however bring only chaos and death. To what depths can a man descend while in fear for his life? What or whom can he abandon while enduring humiliation and torture? What is true freedom about? What turns a man into a slave, into a being who loses his dignity and honour? What is a man with unlimited power capable of? Is it him, or is it fear and tacit consent that control the situation, give birth to tyranny, and bring death and destruction not only to humanity, but to civilisation as such…

Premiere: 5.07.2022

Trailer:

Creators:

Direction and Musical arrangement: Ivan Uryvskyi
Stage design: Petro Bogomazov
Costume design: Tetiana Ovsiichuk
Sound design: Ihor Hordiienko
Light: Andrij Kanonenko

Stage manager: Maria Savka

Cast:

Caligula: Oleksandr Rudynskyi
Caesonia: Kseniya Basha
Helikon: Liudmyla Smorodina
Herea: Roman Yasinovskyi
Scipio: Oleksandr Pecherytsia

Photo: Julia Weber