R-Lab - Refugee Laboratory / Erasmus + Project KA210-ADU
THESSALONIKI GREECE
‘Ukraine, A Journal from the Near Future’
Workshop for teachers and youth facilitators
Thessaloniki Greece, 18 September 2026, 10 :00-12 :30
Venue : (to be announced)
Facilitators Anastasiia Kholina & Bruno Freyssinet
Offered by Transplanisphere (Fr)
Language: English
FREE. Limited spaces. APPLICATIONS HERE
Priority to members of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Short Description: Ukraine, A Journal from the Near Future is a theatre workshop consisting of four 90-minute sessions for non-Ukrainian young Europeans.
The facilitators will present the pathway and some of the exercises/creative phases.
The workshop invites participants to imagine a journey through a peaceful Ukraine, enabling them to discover the country as a complex cultural, geographical and human reality, rather than reducing it to images of war.
The programme is inspired by Sofia Yablonska, a Ukrainian writer, photographer and traveller with close ties to France, whose work explores movement, freedom, the way we look at others, and our connection to our roots. Through documentary resources, maps, images, sounds and stories, participants explore different places, landscapes, cities, artistic practices and aspects of everyday life in Ukraine.
The first session challenges preconceptions and creates a collective, sensory map of Ukraine. The second invites young people to cross the threshold into a near future: they imagine their arrival, as well as the forms that peace, hospitality, creativity and reconstruction might take. The third session focuses on fictional encounters: using characters, objects and places as starting points, participants improvise, write and record fragments of travel journals, postcards or audio messages. The final session turns these materials into a short collective theatre piece, such as a “living museum” or a multi-station promenade performance.
The workshop brings together movement, voice, writing, improvisation and listening. Its aim is to make theatre a space for intercultural imagination, connection and reflection on what it means to travel, welcome others and build peace together.
Anastasiia Kholina is an actress and workshop facilitator. After completing her initial professional training at the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre between 2018 and 2022, she continued her studies at ESAD — École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique de Paris — where she trained from 2022 to 2025. She is based in Paris, France from 2022. Her work is rooted in a sensitive approach to theatre, shaped by encounter, attentive listening and experimentation. Alongside her work as an actress, she leads workshops and guides participants in exploring the body, the voice, improvisation and collective creation.
Bruno Freyssinet trained in theatre at ENSATT-Paris and in screenwriting at La Fémis-Paris. He has also completed specialised training in European cultural-project development. His pedagogical approach combines theatrical practice, collective storytelling and intercultural dialogue, using creative processes to help young people explore social and European issues.He has led artistic workshops with young people in schools and non-formal education settings since 2008, and has taught cultural and European-project development in higher education contexts. His work encourages participants to move from personal experience to collective expression through writing, performance, images and discussion.
Organised by: Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network - North Greece Office
INFO: info@theatroedu.gr / 2106541600
R-LAB Partners
SINGA Paris, France (Coordinator)
La Transplanisphere France
Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), Greece
Sur Mesure Germany