The Center of Contemporary Art "Dakh" in Kiev is one of the top addresses for contemporary experimental theater in Ukraine. It is the artistic home of the Dakh Daughters. The seven "daughters" - all gifted actresses and musicians - invented a daring aesthetic mix there in 2012: a combination of Ukrainian folklore, punk, cabaret, prog rock, classical music and original texts from Taras Shevchenko to Joseph Brodsky and William Shakespeare. With their "Freak Cabaret", the Dakh Daughters accompanied the Euromaidan demonstrations in 2013. Then they went from the barricades to a world tour. In 2017, the septet performed for the first time at the Brecht Festival in Augsburg. For the 2021 online edition, the Dakh Daughters are taking us into their theater for the first time for an auspicious date with Bertolt Brecht, feminism and political songwriting.

With: Nina Harenetska, Ruslana Khazipova, Tanya Havrylyuk, Solomia Melnyk, Anna Nikitina, Natalia Halanevych, Zo
Curated by Girisha Fernando
© Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin / Bertolt-Brecht-Erben
Translation into Ukrainian: Petro Rychlo

A Dakh Daughters production commissioned by the Brechtfestival Augsburg

Press comment:
"A rousing mix of Brecht, feminism and political commitment. You really would have liked to stand in front of the stage" Münchner Merkur.