2023 | The Nearest Beach | KU Leuven

A day at a beach. A wooden bench at the bus stop. Several beach visitors return home after a warm day. While waiting for the next bus, they meet and tell each other stories about their day at the beach.

For two months, Ukrainian students meet on Wednesday evenings in a rehearsal space in Louvain. Supported by a team of Belgian and Ukrainian theatre makers, they create scenes and images, aware of a past, set in the present with a glance at the future. On stage, they seek each other’s strength as well as lightness and fun. They all aim to accomplish a mission, as each student has one essential question. While playing, they search for multicolored answers.

Credits

direction Nele Vereecken 
research and dramaturgy Sofie de Smet 
direction-assistance Yulia Ostrohliad 
stage play & direction Lina Ghys 
external advice Roza Sarkisian 
technician Bert Vermeulen

performers Dariia Blyznyuk, Karyna Bredun, Tetyana Dytyna, Anton Hebdovskyi, Svitlana Karmazyn, Anhelina Kovach, Anastasiia Kovalenko, Mariana Myrosh, Marharyta Shamshurina

in collaboration with PraxisP Practice Center of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (KU Leuven)