The ceremony of awarding the winners of the IV GRA Award Festival took place at the Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theater.

The laureates were selected by an international jury in six general and six individual nominations. This year, 12 performances-finalists were shortlisted, which could be watched online due to force majeure caused by the pandemic.

The GRA Award Festival (GRA - Great Real Art) is held on a competitive basis annually based on the results of the last calendar year. This year, theaters presented premieres released between January 1 and December 31, 2020. In 2020, Ukrainian theaters proposed 89 projects for consideration by the GRA, received from 23 cities of Ukraine.

Laureates of the IV All-Ukrainian Theater Festival-GRA

General nominations

Best Dramatic Performance:

"This is a child", Transcarpathian Regional Hungarian Drama Theater (Beregovo)

For the best performance of a chamber scene:

"Philoctet. Antique Rave", Lviv Academic Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka

Best Performance for Children:

"Let the Duck dig", Ternopil Regional Academic Theater of Actor and Puppet

For the best musical performance in the genre of opera / opera / musical:

"Lis (Fox) Mikita", Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Solomiya Krushelnytska

For the best choreographic / ballet / plastic performance:

VIÑO (Kyiv Academic Theater of Drama and Comedy on the left bank of the Dnieper)

For the best experimental performance:

"Chernobyldorf", modern opera laboratory Opera Aperta

Individual nominations

Best Actress:

Oksana Tsymbalist for the role of Aphrodite in the play "Philoctetes. Antique rave"

Best Actor:

Vasily Sidorko for the role of Eros in the play "Philoctetes. Antique rave"

Best Director:

Roman Grigoriv and Ilya Razumeiko for the play Chernobyldorf

Best Stage Design:

Roman Grigoriv and Ilya Razumeiko for the play Chernobyldorf

Best Choreography:

Kristina Slobodyanyuk for the play Chernobildorf

For the best musical performance:

Roman Grigoriv and Ilya Razumeiko for the play Chernobyldorf