Theatre production – Behind the Mask – Popovtsi Theatre Company from Kyiv, Ukraine (NONV.)

🔴 Free reservation: https://bit.ly/4tKsrnf

📍 Venue: Aula, Faculty of Theatre and Film (2 Burebista St.)

„Puppetry Performance” is an expressive visual creation that uses the language of puppet theatre to reflect on contemporary realities. The performance combines four systems of puppetry expression: masks, shadow theatre, tabletop puppetry, and object-based improvisation. Without words, through movement, light, and form, the performers explore themes such as routine, collective consciousness, dictatorship, and the personal impact of war. The story addresses issues such as forced military recruitment, the loneliness of mothers raising children on their own, and the fragile persistence of childhood dreams in a world marked by trauma and transformation.

Cast: Usova Anna, Vychavka Oleksandra, Bodiako Anton, Pelepko Eugenia, Yarytyk Viktoriia, Karetnyk Mariia, Denys Prymushko, Roman Ovcharenko. Supervising professors: Leonid Popov, Tetiana Silchenko. Direction: Kateryna Lukianenko. Music: Daryna Baranetska. Lighting: Kolisnichenko Oleksandra.