Alla SerhiykoHonored Artist of Ukraine
Actor of the Kiev Academic Drama Theater in Podol. He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State Theater School from 1991-1995. Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television named after Karpenko-Kary from 2004-2009.
In the theater since 2011.
THEATER WORKS:
“West Side Story” – Tony;
“Such Free Butterflies” – Ralph Austin;
“Mediocre” – Ignat;
“Marriage” – Podkolyosin;
“Dialogue of males” P. Besson, Yu. Averchenko – Cat Bob;
“A Seagull named Jonathan” by R. Bach – Leader, Chiang;
“Such free butterflies” L. Hersha – Ralph Austin;
“Talentless” I. Karpenko-Karogo – Hnat;
“A Clockwork Orange” by E. Burgess – Alex;
“Chimera” N.Nezhdanoyi – Narcissus;
“Girl with a teddy bear, or Juvenile…” P. Arie – Hippolytus;
“Dreams come alive” I. Vyripaev – David;
“I order love” T. Ivashchenko – Kyrylo;
“The True Story of Romeo and Juliet” by A. Crimea – the Duke of Verona;
“Lyovushka” A. Crimea – Sharpener;
“Show about the show” T. Gravedigger. IN. Gulyaichenko – Zhenya;
“What I saw in a dream…” L. Tolstoy – Student;
WORK IN CINEMA:
“A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa” – Tsar Peter I;
“Brotherhood” – Panteleimon Kulish;
“Faith, Hope, Love” – Aris;
“Efrosinia 2” – assistant;)
“How the Steel was Tempered” (China) – Chizhik;
“Kiborgy”- Serpen
“Slovo” House – Mykola Khvyl’ovyy
“Another Franko” – Petro Franko;
“Bucha” – FSB Colonel Strelnikov;
– There is a dog breed called Samoyed. If I had to describe myself as a person, I’d say I’m a Samoyed. One can never be at peace because every calm is followed by a storm, and you understand that. To be prepared for any storm or challenge life brings, you must always be self-critical and constantly analyze your actions, thoughts, and life values, and never stop.
– I often recall the words of Vitaliy Yukhymovych Malakhov: “No brilliant work is worth more than human relationships.” I believe the most valuable thing in life is human connections, no matter what.
– Theater is the art of being honest and open. If I weren’t an actor… I don’t know… My grandmother, for instance, dreamed I’d be either a doctor or an actor. Probably not a doctor—I’m afraid of blood. At 42, it’s hard to say what I would be if not an actor—where else could I go? Only here, to self-improve.
– Cinema and theater are simply different forms of art. Theater is more objective, while cinema is subjective. Existence in theater is conditional, whereas cinema is absolute. In theater, imagination plays a significant role—we engage both our imagination and the audiences too. Actions like riding in an elevator or on a train are portrayed without an actual elevator or carriage. Although the creative process is equally important in both.
– Preparing for any performance is essential; as a professional, you cannot just jump from everyday life onto the stage and create that illusion for the audience. It’s like a surgeon going to operate with dirty hands. At the very least, you need to recall from A to Z what will happen. I like to walk around the stage before a show, shout into the audience to feel the space, and sit in silence for three minutes to focus. The emotional preparation depends on the genre; if it’s a comedy, I recall the funny moments from the play, and vice versa.
– Theater is like drawing on sand. Every night brings something new; the audience sees a new show every time. Cinema, however, is a canvas—once it’s shot, it’s done, and you suffer for life if something didn’t go right.
– I feel obliged to recommend watching Ukrainian films, not just because I participate in some of them, but because we’re creating contemporary Ukrainian culture, and it deserves to be seen. Personally, I recommend Luxembourg-Luxembourg, My Thoughts Are Silent by Antonio Lukich, and “Slovo” House by Taras Tomenko, as tremendous effort went into them, and they deserve attention. I also encourage everyone to read Executed Renaissance as it’s an incredible literary era that was, unfortunately, inaccessible to us due to the “Soviet school.” I talk a lot with young people as I teach, and they are discovering Executed Renaissance writers. My personal “crushes” are Mykhailo Semenko and Vasyl Symonenko.
– When I perform on stage, I feel free. Because if something binds or “won’t let you go”—that’s it, you’re lying. Every role becomes deeply ingrained in your subconscious; we don’t just memorize lines; we internalize them—it all happens at a psychophysical level.
– I love the line from Oedipus the King, probably the only ironic line in the play, when he says to the people: “Pray, and you shall receive protection from evil and find relief in suffering, but also heed my counsel.” In The Stone Host, my favorite line is: “To no girl, to no woman have I ever owed anything in my life.”
– Acting is a confession; it’s that zone where you have the right to confess without shame. And the people who come to your confessional observe this; the honesty of your confession is what either captivates or repels them.
Plays