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Under the threat of Russian invasion there is still a possibility for Ukrainians to shift the focus and get distracted from tense news. One of the Ukraine's most anticipated events of the spring, annual French Spring Festival has been on since April 3. The festival gives a chance to feel French breeze in a number of major cities, including Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Odessa, Donetsk, Zaporizhya and Rivne.

This time the festival won’t have its traditional outdoor
performance that gathers thousands of people every year due to the tensed political situation in the country. Instead, the
organizers focused on the movie screenings and other indoor events. Kyiv Post studied the program and picked the must-see events.

StinArt

Ukrainian
artists will collaborate with French muralists to make public space more
colorful. Locations were picked in several cities and artists have been working for days to create new street art paintings on the buildings. French graffiti master Roti teamed up with Ukrainian Serhiy
Radkevych to bring new life to the walls of some Kyiv and Lviv buildings. The
theme of the graffiti is Renaissance.

April 13-14, Andriivsky Uzviz Street  

“Archive” exhibition

Ukrainians will have a chance to explore the artworks of two French artists – Emmanuel Becquemin and Stephanie Sagot from French group “La Cellule.” They teamed up with Ukrainian artist Nikita Kravtsov to present a joint project which aims to discover the role of archives in modern life.

April 11 – May 12, Ya Gallery (49B Khoryva St.)

In travel (“En passant…”)

Kyiv’s Ivan Franko Drama Theater will give a stage to a new play “In travel.” The play by French Denis Lavant is based on the writer’s trip to Russia. The play features Ukrainian comedian actor Dmytro Yaroshenko. The audience has a chance to explore the original text in Russian and in French. “In travel,” directed by Stéphane Ricordel, includes excerpts of Russian classics writers and William Shakespeare’s works.

April 26, Chamber Stage of Kyiv Ivan Franko Drama Theater (3 Ivan Franko Sq.)