On December 22, 2023, at 7:00 PM in Lviv, at 1 Fredra Street, the premiere performance of the School Theater of the Catholic University “On the Columns of Symon” took place. The production was titled “Little Orthopedic Sandals. Vertep based on War Texts.”
Director: Evhen Khudzyk.
Artist: Serhiy Savchenko.
Vocal Palette: Diana Horban, Tetiana Prytulka.

The performance featured texts by Ukrainian poets: Viktoria Amelina, Yuri Izdryk, Serhiy Zhadan, Halyna Kruk, Kateryna Michalycyna, Vasyl Mulik, Chrystyna Krasnopolska, Oleksandr Irvanets, Artistka Chuprynenko, Iryna Shuvalova, Darina Dvoretska, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Vasyl Holovetsky, Uliana Halych, Maxim Kryvtsov, Maryna Ponomarenko, Lala Tarapakina, Kateryna Babkina, Artur Dron, Iryna Tsylik, Anna Yutchenko, Ostap Slyvinsky, Anatoliy Dnistrovskyi.

Actors: Diana Vashchuk, Diana Horban, Daryna Chorna, Daria Hrynko, Nastia Vlasova, Marko Bubniak, Sofia Malanchak, Anya Smyrnova, Yulia Guz, Makar Sidorov, Olesia Vdovych, Olya Pirozhik, Natalia Khudzik, Liza Tkach, Petro Khilyuk.

Before the performance, there was a “Conversation at the Manger” with poets on the topic of “War, Christmas, Text.”
Participants: Halyna Kruk, Kateryna Michalycyna, Ostap Slywinsky.
Conversation Leader: Danylo Ilnytskyi.
Organizer: School Theater of the Catholic University “On the Columns of Symon.”
With the support of:
Ukrainian Catholic University.
Lviv National University named after I. Franko.
Information partner: Savchenko Foundation.

Premiere: Lviv, Fredra Street, January 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM.

Photo: Petro Hyliuk i Iryna Woloschak.