Actor Yevgeny Oliynyk on participation in the bachelor and theatrical activity during the war: exclusive focus
In this interview, he also shares his support from the Ukrainian army and tells how he works on new performances that give people hope during the war. Eugene, tell me about yourself. Not as an actor or producer. Tell us about your childhood, youth, the way to how public? Despite both of my professions, I am a real introvert. I do not visit "Party", parties and more. To unload the brain - I can walk for several hours or spend an hour on the treadmill.
I admire the nature and ingenious complexity of this world, but I do not love people very much . . . The exception is women. Your career as an actor and producer in the theater is very different roles. How do you manage to combine these two hypostasis? Which one matches your essence? Both directions of my work are liked. I decided to be an actor at 28 years. Before that, I had a life not related to art. I have higher legal and higher technical education. And only at 28 did I go to a theater education.
My life since childhood has never been easy. Therefore, he was engaged in boxing. Therefore, he used to think of his head, not just dream and give up feelings. Life has quickly taught and continues to teach: to share emotions and logic, desires and actions. This difficult experience and gave me the opportunity to combine incompatible: to be an actor and producer, to write poetry and to make boxing, to fall in love with life, to make plans to achieve goals cold and wisely.
You have started your career as an actor, she is still holding. However, you are also a producer now. What was the impetus for the decision to do theatrical production during a full -scale invasion? How was the idea of creating a theater? When the war began, the shooting stopped. Everything stopped. And it was necessary: 1) to survive. 2) make a contribution to the approximation of victory.
I already had the experience of organizing various events, experience in two academic theaters and filming. Therefore, the idea of opening its private theater was logical. We met Taras Tsymbalyuk and agreed to try to create our theater. So the performance of "emigrants" was born. I thank Taras that he supported and continues to support our business: from performances to our volunteer movement. It is a reliable partner and a true patriot.
Earlier in an interview you told you that you were a bachelor. Has your status changed? Would you like to become the main project of the Bachelor show? I'm still officially bachelor. My rhythm of life is not every woman can withstand. This is if you ask for official status. I do not want to "bachelor". Personal relationships are very personal, they are not on display. How does your personal life affect your work? Do you find a balance between your career and family? I am in love.
My hobbies and novels make me happy and make me smile. And it has a positive effect on my whole activity. Besides what you produce, you also write poems, tell us about it? Tell us, what do you work on today? What kind of shoes do you prepare for the audience? We are preparing new projects, but while the details are secret. But I still have a movie school in Kiev. Poems . . . This is my soul. I have been writing for a long time. But now - rare. I do not have time. And it is difficult to do it during the war.
But I do. Not to angry God. He gave me this gift - to write poetry. This is how my poem "Warriors of Light" was born now in your development three theatrical developments - "Basic Instinct", Our Kaidashi, emigrants. Do you plan to create performances on war? Does the state or patrons support your project? Is there a need for additional resources? When I started my production, I decided that I would not rely on a state, grants or help at all.
Either I will be able to prove that I am not only a successful actor, but also a successful businessman and producer, or… did not even want to think about another option. )))) He was at risk. And you see the result. I did not ask for help at first this path when everything was shaky. In principle! Now, moreover, I do not ask and I will not. I always rely only on myself and my team. I do not plan the performances about the war. There are many of them now.
And the war itself will not forget the Ukrainians about the war. I want to carry something warm, about love, about hope. Inspire to believe, laugh and forget about the war for a moment. I think it is needed now. Tell your front support. How would you motivate others to help the army? From our first performance, Taras Tsymbalyuk decided to give part of the profit to help the army. It was June 2022. Over the years, one and a half hryvnias have been purchased and transferred from their own expense.
Repair of machines for the Armed Forces, medicines and more. Since August this year, they began to gather for specific units for a specific purpose. Because it is only difficult from your own money. And the results are very good. In 3 months we collected 680 thousand. I have a detailed report on my page, we report for every hryvnia, which where, to whom and for what purpose it is transferred. For example, a fighter of the Armed Forces turned. Requires surgery to recover vision.