A Family Dinner

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Marc Camoletti
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Hanna Hrinchak, Nadiya Kondratovska Oleksandra Yena, Evgen Lunchenko Oleg Savkin, Yuri Hrebelnik Hanna Hrinchak Olena Chervonenko Olena  Stefanska Hanna Hrinchak Yuri Hrebelnik Yuri Hrebelnik, Olena Chervonenko Oleg Savkin, Olena  Stefanska Oleksandra Yena, Oleg Savkin Oleksandra Yena Hanna Hrinchak Yuri Hrebelnik, Olena  Stefanska Oleksandra Yena, Yuri Hrebelnik, Oleg Savkin Olena  Stefanska Oleksandra Yena, Yuri Hrebelnik Oleg Savkin, Olena Chervonenko Natalia Kudria Oleksandra Yena, Yuri Hrebelnik, Oleg Savkin Oleg Savkin Oleksandra Yena, Oleg Savkin Yuri Hrebelnik, Oleg Savkin Oleksandra Yena, Evgen Lunchenko Natalia Kudria Oleksandra Yena, Yuri Hrebelnik, Olena  Stefanska Natalia Kudria Yuri Hrebelnik, Evgen Lunchenko, Oleg Savkin Yuri Hrebelnik, Olena  Stefanska
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Two-act comedy
Running time: 2 hours 20 min.

Performed in Ukrainian
Premièred on: 25 October 2009

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10 July, Thursday
18:00
29 September, Monday
18:00

Director – Hryhorii Ziskin (Canada)
Revival Director – Borys Vozniuk
Updated Stage Design – Oleksii Vakarchuk
Costume Design – Olena Drobna
Translator from French – Olena Slavynska

Presented as part of the joint international stage project “Ukraine – Canada” 

That quiet and seemingly perfect evening gave no hint of the storm to come. The wife was preparing to visit her mother, while the husband, silently delighted, looked forward to a clandestine rendezvous with his mistress. But then – the telephone rings and everything changes...

A single untruth is a small lie; a few deceptive phrases – a grand falsehood. But the distortion of reality? That, one might say, becomes an irresistible game. As one of the characters observes, “It’s a game called ‘The Happy Family’. Typically played after dinner. Everyone pretends to be related to the same people, while secretly entangled in affairs with others. The objective is to guess who’s whose relative and who’s whose lover. The more lovers you have – the more points you score.”

People who play games always believe they are in control. But sooner or later, the game begins to take on a life – and rules – of its own. Especially when the players have secrets they are desperate to keep from one another…

Cast:

Bernard, husband  Oleg Savkin 10.7  Boris Voznyuk
Jacqueline, wife  Natalia KudriaTetiana NazarovaOlena Stefanska 10.7 
Robert, friend  Yuri Hrebelnik
Suzette, cook  Nadiya KondratovskaAnna VarpakhovskaOleksandra Yena 10.7 
Georges, cook's husband  Evgen Lunchenko 10.7  Volodymir Raschuk
Suzanne, mistress  Olena ChervonenkoHanna HrinchakLiubov Tyshchenko 10.7 
 
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