SKIN DEEP
“Once the war inhabits a person – never truly disappears.”
“Skin deep” is an intimate diary of the illness of a woman who took her kids and left Donbas, leaving her abusive husband behind to flee from the war in Ukraine. However, the war reaches even those who escaped and seem to be safe, a strange disease starts to develop on their bodies.
The performance is a story told through protagonist’s sensual experiences and fantasies, a story of her body and skin – a shell used to communicate with the world.
team:
Actor: Halyna Ryba
Director: Agata Dyczko
Scenography & costume design: Oksana Radkevych
Video: Grygorij Ryba
Production: Aleksandra Bednarz
Premiered:
August 2022
“Skin deep” is an intimate diary of the illness of a woman who took her kids and left Donbas, leaving her abusive husband behind to flee from the war in Ukraine. However, the war reaches even those who escaped and seem to be safe, a strange disease starts to develop on their bodies.
The performance is a story told through protagonist’s sensual experiences and fantasies, a story of her body and skin – a shell used to communicate with the world.
team:
Actor: Halyna Ryba
Director: Agata Dyczko
Scenography & costume design: Oksana Radkevych
Video: Grygorij Ryba
Production: Aleksandra Bednarz
Premiered:
August 2022