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About the performance

«Moonlights» — performative-movement performance based on the play by Alina Sarnatskaya, directed by Nina Khyzhna. This is an honest and frank conversation about women's experiences during wartime, about the body, sexuality, motherhood, freedom and a woman's right to independently manage her own life.

Women's stories consist of fragments of voices, memories and experiences that intertwine into a common chorus of struggle against social stereotypes and condemnation. The heroines go through war, personal crises and the search for inner freedom.

The performance uses texts and quotes by Solomiya Pavlychko, Rebecca Solnit and Virginie Depant. The project is implemented in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Kyiv Bureau — Ukraine.

Creative team

• Alina Sarnatska — author
• Nina Khyzhna — director
• Dasha Chechushkova — artist
• Alyona Koma — composer
• Anna Gorshkova — assistant director
• Maxim Kozyny — sound department
• Sofia Bagmut — sound service

Cast

• Ruslana Petryakova — Sveta
• Sofia Sanina — Marichka
• Anna Bashcheva — Anna
• Daria Gracheva — Katya
• Nikoletta Mochani — Oksana
• Veronika Naumenko — Veronika
• Anna-Maria Baranova — Anna-Maria

Information about the performance

• Genre — performative-movement performance
• Duration — 1 hour 50 minutes (without intermission)
• Premiere — December 27, 2025

Please note

The performance contains foul language.
Also, water spray may fall on the spectators in the front row.