Got to Be Free (2016)

In 2014, during the events of the Revolution of Dignity, seven enthusiasts from various professions (musicians, actors, bankers, lawyers) gathered around the recording of the music album "Got To Be Free". Later this musical story of Maidan turned into a rock-musical, which has been presented several times on various concert venues in Kyiv and Lviv. In September 2018 rock musical was the headliner of the largest-scale festival of Ukrainian culture in Canada at Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival. "Got To Be Free" is constantly evolving. From February 2019 it is staged at one of the most modern theaters of Kyiv - Theatre on Podil. Vitaly Malakhov, the director and artistic director of the theater produce the updated version. The play will be released once a month. Today GOT TO BE FREE consists of 12 stories about the protest aesthetics of the Maidan heroes. Each story - is recollection of an internal impulse for freedom,, a struggle for the dignity of the country, the conflict with the titushki, the war, the dream of a society for better furute and the love among the burned tires. GOT TO BE FREE - is about the transformation of all of us, a society that will never be the same.