Kiev Culture
Ukraine's National Philharmonic, Volodymyrskyi Uzviz 2 (tel: (044) 278 1697; website: www.filarmonia.com.ua) is of great national pride with its year-round repertoire of classical music.
The Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine, Volodymyrska 50 (tel: (044) 234 7165; website: www.opera.com.ua) houses the country's most famous opera and ballet company in an exquisite 19th-century building with a grandly ornate auditorium.
Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre, I Franka Square 3 (tel: (044) 279 5991; website: www.franko-theatre.kiev.ua) presents a diverse selection of plays from Bulgakov classics to more modern experimental plays in Ukrainian only.
Cinema is popular in Ukraine, but the indigenous film industry is almost non-existent, so cinema goers heading for even the biggest theatre, Cinema Kiev, Krasnoarmeynskaya street 19 (tel: (044) 251 2199) will really only be able to find dubbed Hollywood blockbusters and Russian box office hits.
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