The installation of the exhibition "Theatre stage characters: Ukraine - Lithuania" has already begun💛

The first joint exhibition of Lithuanian and Ukrainian theatre artists "Theatre stage characters: Ukraine - Lithuania"at the Lithuanian Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema will open on 10 July, and we have started editing the exhibition!

Here is a photo selection😉

The exhibition is a part of the joint project of the Lithuanian Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema and the Scenography Gallery within the framework of the Lviv Quadrennial of Scenography "21st Century Theatre Costume. A dialogue of identities: Ukraine - Lithuania".

The Lithuanian Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema is located in the heart of Vilnius, in the historic building of the Radziwill Small Palace. Founded back in 1926, this museum has become a real treasure trove of Lithuanian performing arts. Its collection includes more than 500,000 exhibits, among which the art department holds a special place. It houses unique stage design sketches, set designs, stage costumes, as well as paintings and graphics. The museum collection can also be viewed online on the museum's website: ltmkm.lt/virtualus-muziejus/#kolekcijos

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Among the Ukrainian theatre artists are Lyubov Dushyna, Danyila Kolot, Inessa Kulchytska, Bohdan Polishchuk, Olena Polishchuk, and Oleh Tatarynov.

Lithuanian theatre designers Jonas Arčikauskas, Aušra Bagočiūnaitė-Paukštienė, Neringa Keršulytė, Julija Skuratova, Birutė Ukrinaitė, Renata Valčik. Dovilė Gudačiauskaitė, Valdemara Jasulaitytė, Bartė Liagaitė, Sandra Straukaitė.

The creative team of the exhibition:

curators - Raimonda Bitinaitė-Širvinskienė, Bohdan Polishchuk

exhibition architect -  Marius Nekrošius

graphic designer - Monika Janulevičiūtė

exhibition coordinator, art director - Auksė Kapočiūtė-Vaitkuvienė

producer from Ukraine - Oleh Oneshchak

manager from the Ukrainian side - Victoria Kornienko

The exhibition is supported by: Ukrainian Institute, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Lviv City Council, Scenography Gallery (Lviv)

Partners: Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, National Kaunas Drama Theatre, Vilnius Puppet Theatre, Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre/Vilnius City Theatre, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Sheiko Dance Theatre, Vilnius Maly Theatre, State Youth Theatre, Lesya Kurbas Lviv Academic Theatre, Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre, National Academic Drama Theatre named after T.G. Shevchenko, Donetsk Academic Drama Theatre named after Maria Zankovetska (Lviv). Les Kurbas Lviv Academic Theatre, Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko, National Academic Drama Theatre named after Maria Zankovetska (Lviv), Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol (Uzhhorod), Lviv Regional Puppet Theatre.

The exhibition will run from 10 July to 14 September 2025.