Solutions from Ukraine: Lviv theater adapts performances for people with visual and hearing impairments
The project "Voskresinnia: Theater Without Barriers" aims not only to adapt individual performances but also to gradually create an environment in the theater where accessibility becomes a permanent part of the theatrical process.
It focuses on giving people the opportunity not just to be present in the auditorium, but to fully experience a performance, understand its imagery, feel the stage atmosphere, and become part of a shared cultural space.
As part of the project, the theater is working on several accessibility areas at once.
A separate important component of the project is the new inclusive performance "Cossack Mamai and the Keys to Paradise," based on a play by Artem Vyshnevskyi. The production has been designed from the outset with accessibility principles for people with hearing impairments in mind, in particular through the organic use of Ukrainian Sign Language as part of the stage action.
The performance draws on Ukrainian epic traditions and historical and mythological imagery, and relies heavily on visual expression, physicality, and stage movement. This format enables the creation of a shared artistic space for audiences with different ways of experiencing theater.
The inclusive and adapted performances under the project are scheduled for late August and September 2026.
Lviv Academic Theater "Voskresinnia" is implementing the project "Voskresinnia: Theater Without Barriers" with support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
Background
Lviv Academic Spiritual Theater "Voskresinnia" is a municipal cultural institution of the Lviv City Council. Director Yaroslav Fedoryshyn and a group of young artists from different Ukrainian cities founded the theater in 1990. Its first production was "The Miracle of Saint Nicholas over Polovchyn."
In 1991, the theater moved into the former Pioneer cinema building at 5 General Hryhorenko Square, where it still operates today.
In its creative work, the theater combines the traditions of psychological theater with modern theatrical forms. Its repertoire includes works by Ukrainian and international authors, including Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Harold Pinter, Lesia Ukrainka, Oscar Wilde, and others.
In 1989, the International Theater Festival "Golden Lion" was launched at the theater. The festival became one of Ukraine's largest theater forums and brought together companies from different countries around the world.
The theater's founder, Yaroslav Fedoryshyn, led the company for many years and shaped its distinctive creative direction. After he died in 2020, his wife, Alla Fedoryshyna — a director, actress, set designer, and Honored Artist of Ukraine — continued the theater's artistic work.
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