Berezil Theatre

Actors in Berezil.

The Berezil Theatre was an avant-garde Soviet Ukrainian theater troupe founded by Les Kurbas. It lasted from 1922 to 1933.[1] Its original home was in Kyiv, but in 1926 the troupe moved to Kharkiv.[2] Also known as Artistic Organization Berezil’, the company included several studios, a journal, museum, and theater school.[3] In 1927, Kurbas and the Berezil began collaborating closely with Ukrainian playwright Mykola Kulish. After the production of Kulish's last play, Maklena Grasa, Kurbas was sent into exile by the Ministry of Education. The theater was then renamed the Taras Shevchenko Theater by the government.[3]

Poster for the Berezil Theatre from the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine
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  2. ^ Fowler, Mayhill C. (2015). "Les' Kurbas and the Berezil' Theatre: Archival Documents (1927-1988)". East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies. 5 (2): 191. doi:10.21226/ewjus427. S2CID 165872677 – via Academic Search Complete.
  3. ^ a b Fowler, Mayhill C. (September 5, 2016). Berezil' Theater (БЕРЕЗІЛЬ). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM256-1. ISBN 9781135000356. Retrieved February 24, 2022.