INSTITUT 009 | theatre | UA THEATRE SALON BOMB by Natalka Blok

A dramatic reading of a surreal dark comedy about Dasha, a Ukrainian activist with a bomb inside her that could save Ukraine. Directed by Lianna Makuch.

Vol 9: Curated by Lianna Makuch, Andrew Kushnir and Mariya Khomutova — Ukrainian Theatre Salon brings bold new Ukrainian writing into the basement.

This is the opening of VOLUME 9 of the INSTITUT experiment. Every week, a different hypothesis. Underground at 620 Spadina Ave - around the back, through the lot to the steel doors, down the stairs, past the mechanical room, through the swinging wood laminate door...

Stick around — SONIC MIRAGE takes the stage at 7PM, Anamaría Oramas at 9PM, and JUANA GO-GO closes the night on vinyl at 11PM. But RSVP even though it's PWYC so we know who to expect.

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5:30 PM | THEATRE | UA THEATRE SALON — BOMB by Natalka Blok

7:30 PM | CONCERT | SONIC MIRAGE (UA)

9:30 PM | CONCERT | MAJD SUKAR x AL MUMMIA (SHADI ABDEL SALAM, 1969)

11:00 PM | VINTAGE VINYL | JUANA GO-GO

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LIANNA MAKUCH is a second generation Ukrainian Canadian theatre artist who has traveled several times to Ukraine to research and develop her plays Barvinok and Alina. She received a Dora Award for Outstanding Direction for her directorial debut, First Métis Man of Odesa, which has been seen on stages nationwide. Her work has taken her to the Stratford Festival, the Banff Centre, the Citadel Theatre, and MacEwan University. She has been honoured as one of UDonation International's 50 Canadian Fellows of Ukraine, received Ukrainian Canadian Congress Leadership Awards, and her theatre work has been referenced in the House of Commons.

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ANDREW KUSHNIR is a Canadian playwright, director, performer, teacher and community arts worker based in Toronto. He is artistic director of Project: Humanity, a socially-engaged theatre company where much of his documentary theatre work is done. The inaugural recipient of the Shevchenko Foundation REACH artist residency, he was named one of ten Canadian Artists of the Year by the Globe and Mail in 2023. In 2024 he received the Dora Award for Outstanding Direction and the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Director of a Play.

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