Natalya Schevchenko and Jane Rozbytska facilitate a conversation from Timișoara, Romania about Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre in the context of war, migration, and marginalization.
Panelists
Natalya Schevchenko is a psychologist, playback theatre trainer, and hospital clown. She is a lead actor and conductor for the playback theatre group “Stantsiya Uzh” (“Station Uzh”), which she founded together with a team of actors who were forced to relocate to Uzhhorod due to the war in 2022. She has been working in playback theatre—specifically focusing on the integration of forcibly displaced persons—since 2015.
Jane Rozbytska is a Ukrainian cultural curator, intercultural mediator, founder of Faina UA (Ukraine) and board member of Pamanteni NGO (Romania). Since 2022 she has led 40+ projects and 200+ events connecting Ukrainians and local communities across Europe, manifesting solidarity and diplomacy through culture — including theatre productions for Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture and Stories That Act, a participatory theatre project rooted in Playback and Forum practice.
About the Projects and Funders
Stories That Act: Participatory Theatre Across Borders is implemented by Asociația Pământeni in partnership with Teatrul Basca / Solidart, Station Uzh (Kharkiv Foundation for Psychological Studies) and the Faina UA Community.
Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає: Солідарність is a project co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), Insha Osvita (Kyiv), zusa (Berlin) and VETERANKA Movement (Kyiv).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
