To meet Prospero
EXPERIENCE AN EXTRAORDINARY BURST OF SHAKESPEAREAN MAGIC. The show dazzles with fire, colour, and breathtaking imagery — a wordless spectacle that ignites the imagination of every viewer..
sript and directed byt Yaroslav Feoryshyn
set & costumes by Alla Fedoryshyna
lighting designe Krzysztof Dubiel
sound Mykola Kshanovskiy Serhiy Kondratovych
sound Mykola Kshanovskiy Serhiy Kondratovych
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Get ready for an extraordinary journey into Shakespeare’s imagination.
To Meet Prospero is a breathtaking, wordless spectacle where fire, colour, and movement bring timeless symbols to life. Led by the magical Prospero, audiences encounter towering stilt-walkers, fantastical machines, shimmering lights, and explosive pyrotechnics — all woven together with a rich, atmospheric soundtrack.
This is theatre on a grand scale: immersive, visually stunning, and instantly engaging for both devoted Shakespeare lovers and newcomers alike. A dazzling experience that enchants viewers of every age.
Script, music preparation and directed by Yaroslav Fedoryshyn, Set and costumes Alla Fedoryshyna (honoured artist of Ukraine). Lighting Krzysztof Dubiel, Sound Mykola Kshanovskiy/ Serhyi Kondratovych.
Cast: Nataliya Marchak/ Galyna Strychak, Nataliya Lukashonok, Petro Mykytiuk (honoured artist of Ukraina), Volodymir Hubanov (honoured artist of Ukraina), Vołodymir Chukhonkin, Victoria Zholisnka, Nataliya Terlecka, Oleksandr Chekmarov, Andriy Leshchyshyn
Experience the performance through the eyes of the critics.
The show captivated and enchanted everyone watching.
In the media.
The performance To Meet Prospero by the Lviv Theatre Voskresinnia was a masterpiece in its own right. Led by the renowned and experienced artist Iaroslav Fedoryshyn, the theatre has spent the past twenty-five years shaping its identity as a “searching theatre,” often employing surprising forms to express its reflections on the world around us. To Meet Prospero is a vivid, richly coloured spectacle inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, using virtually every available theatrical device to highlight its vision of the need to encounter extraordinariness and goodness — embodied in the iconic figure of Prospero, the magical prince. Like Prospero himself, the performance cast a spell over the audience, who warmly applauded both the artists and the thirtieth edition of the Jelenia Góra Festival Ryszard Klimczak, Dziennik Teatralny
A “Night of the Theatres”: Shakespeare in an innovative format.
To Meet Prospero by Lviv Theatre Voskresinnia at the Common Theatre in Radom.
Anyone who wasn’t in Jagiellonian Square on Saturday night has reason to regret it.
Was it a circus, ballet, or theatre? — Viewers could genuinely wonder. The actors from Lviv not only portrayed Shakespeare’s characters with passion but also danced, moved with extraordinary lightness on stilts, and performed acrobatic stunts on poles. Not a single word was spoken throughout the performance, yet the visual language — intricate sets, strange recoiling machines, colourful costumes, and expressive acting — conveyed everything with ease. The greatest impression on the audience was made by the special effects: fire, fireworks, colourful ribbons, and the evocative, sometimes unsettling music.Radom audiences were already familiar with the Lviv ensemble. In April they presented Job, based on Karol Wojtyła’s drama, and in May the open-air show Gloria. (…) And finally, the finale — Ukrainian Theatre Voskresinnia with the street performance To Meet Prospero. I admit openly that I am not usually an enthusiast of this particular form of theatre. It often feels too close to street juggling or circus arts: the fire, smoke, fireworks, streamers, stilt walkers, jugglers. All of this (and even more) appeared in the Lviv production, at times almost to excess. Yet one endures this performance without difficulty. What’s more — I appreciate its undeniable artistic beauty, its excellent music, and its ability to evoke The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet — the Shakespearean works that inspired the artists. And inviting this show was worthwhile, if only because for some viewers it may become an incentive to take the next step toward theatre. Andrzej Z. Kowalczyk, Kurier Lubelski
Fireworks, Stilts, and Stunts at the Festival of Puppetry Art
On Saturday (24 May), audiences of the International Festival of Puppetry Art in Bielsko-Biała had the chance to experience To Meet Prospero, a spectacle by the Voskresinnia Theatre from Ukraine. Fireworks, explosions, stilt performances, acrobatic stunts, fire effects, and juggling filled the evening with pure delight. The performance, kept in the spirit of commedia dell’arte, tells the story of a demiurge-like figure who, drawing upon earthly and celestial powers, summons extraordinary situations and extraordinary characters. It is Prospero who transforms the entire world into a theatre, inviting viewers — together with the artists — into the imagination of the genius playwright, William Shakespeare. MO, Gazeta Wyborcza, Katowice
To Meet Prospero” – A Work of Art Carrying Light from Lviv to Wieluń
On 22 August, something truly exceptional took place in Legionów Square in Wieluń. The audience gathered in the heart of the town had the chance to experience an open-air performance by the Lviv Theatre Voskresinnia, titled To Meet Prospero. The event was hosted by the Wieluń Cultural Centre and the Municipality of Wieluń, yet it was the actors themselves — arriving from a city engulfed in suffering — who gave the evening its depth and meaning. Just the night before, their hometown of Lviv had been thrown into chaos after yet another massive attack. Lviv — a symbol of culture and history — awoke to the sight of ruined buildings, grief for the victims, and the pain of the wounded. And still, the artists gathered their costumes and props and travelled to Wieluń. They came to bring light, to say through their very presence that art endures, art does not surrender, art offers hope. This gesture turned the entire performance into not only an artistic event but also a powerful testament to human spirit and courage. To Meet Prospero felt like opening a door into a world where the boundaries between dream and reality dissolve, and every scene pulses with life and magic. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the spectacle transformed the square into a fairy-tale realm filled with movement, colour, and wonder. Before the audience appeared stilt-walkers in elaborate costumes, alongside metal figures, enormous machines, glowing lanterns, and flickering tongues of fire. Guiding them all was Prospero — the wizard-prince, symbolically leading everyone toward dreams and illusions, where anything becomes possible. The music carried tremendous power. At times it built tension with sharp drumbeats, the rhythmic clatter of rattles, and the piercing call of trumpets; at others it soothed and delighted with light piano melodies. It shifted like emotion itself — like the tides of human life — from anxiety to joy, from fear to playfulness. This musical journey perfectly complemented the images onstage: some breathtaking in their intensity, others sparking smiles and wonder. The audience absorbed every detail. Smoke, fireworks, flashes of flame, and moving constructions created a multisensory experience. And perhaps most striking of all: not a single word was spoken. The silence of the actors communicated more than a thousand lines. Their gestures, glances, and movements formed a universal language understood by all — both those who know Shakespeare by heart and those encountering his works for the first time. This was a meeting with a theatre that not only entertains but also reminds us of something essential: that the world is a stage, and we are all its players. The Theatre Voskresinnia showed that art — even street art, full of fire, colour, and fantasy — can carry a powerful message: that despite tragedy and suffering, human beings continue to dream, and dreams have the power to transform the world. The evening in Wieluń will be remembered for a long time, for it was more than a cultural event. It was a moving encounter between two cities — Wieluń and Lviv — both marked by the experience of suffering. Today, they are united by a shared belief that even the greatest pain eventually passes, and hope can prove stronger than darkness.The open-air performance To Meet Prospero in Legionów Square crowned the events organised as part of the holiday programme “Akcje Wakacje.”
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A Magical Fire on Chrobry Square
Despite the afternoon storm on Saturday, the Ukrainian Voskresinnia Theatre arrived in Bielsko-Biała as part of the International Puppetry Art Festival. Four years earlier, the company had presented a picturesque interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. This time, the ensemble from Lviv brought to Chrobry Square their outdoor performance To Meet Prospero.The show drew upon several of Shakespeare’s dramas — The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. Inspired by medieval fairs and circus traditions, the artists uncovered within Shakespeare’s texts the raw power of the elements: air, water, and fire.The audience gathered on Chrobry Square was captivated by striking sound and visual effects: explosions, fireworks, stilt acrobatics, magical flames, juggling, and towering stilt-walkers. Agnieszka Pollak-Olszowska, bielsko.biała.pl
Shakespeare Colours
The theatrical faces of Shakespeare’s plays shimmer with countless shades, interpretations, and variations — especially at the 5th Festival of Theatres of Central Europe Neighbours, held under the patronage of the most famous English playwright. Among the colourful array of creators presenting Shakespeare-inspired performances, the Lviv Theatre Voskresinnia proudly stood out with its spectacle To Meet Prospero.
The abundance of colours — the richness of hues, costumes, sounds, props, and everything that could spark a visual storm and overwhelm the senses — marched out in full force onto Lithuanian Square on the festival’s final day. Setting aside the verbal layer of drama, Voskresinnia exploited the full range of theatrical means, appealing to our hearing, sight, and — crucially — our imagination. Deciphering the emerging scenes and matching them to Shakespeare’s dramas transported the audience into a fairy-tale world of riddles and fantasy. The clues offered in the programme — Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Tempest — proved helpful in tracing the path on which the performance was constructed.
And although not every scene clearly pointed to a single Shakespearean motif (even if many were quite unmistakable), and not every character could be easily identified, perhaps this too was part of the charm of To Meet Prospero, shrouded in a touch of magic and deliberate understatement.
Magic — and the sheer theatricality — burst fiercely from this street performance: fireworks, real and artificial flames, explosions of colourful ribbons, showers of coloured confetti, large wooden reels with actors inside, acrobatic body movements, and dance — including stilt characters — lanterns, drifting smoke, moving metal machines depicting warriors, elaborate costumes, as well as strikingly romantic music. At times the score was restless, driven by trumpets, rattles, or drums; at others it shifted to cheerful, optimistic piano melodies illustrating playfulness. The soundscape was further enriched by actors’ whistling, bitter weeping, soft murmurs, and thunderous laughter.
Costume design made spectacular use of fire and fireworks — with each explosion and flash, the fabrics glowed, shifted in colour, sparkled, and shimmered. This was particularly true of the stilt-walkers’ flowing, ethereal robes, but also of the tight, faintly shimmering outfits and those adorned with sequined or silver strips. The costumes displayed a rich variety of colours and materials, complemented by masks, helmets, plumes, and wigs.
The set design drew most attention through the diversity and multifunctionality of its wooden elements. Substantial in size and constantly accompanying the actors, wheels, carts, and poles repeatedly changed their purpose: poles served as acrobatic props or transformed into oars; tall, round wooden frames became shelters or, when overturned, boats. A permanent feature of the set was the structure at the back, draped in airy fabric and bathed for most of the performance in a turquoise glow.
The Voskresinnia Theatre’s performance concluded the 5th Festival of Theatres of Central Europe Neighbours — a fitting finale to the jubilee edition: expressive, spectacular, and unforgettable.
Anna Dobrecka, Teatralia Lublin
“To Meet Prospero” – Street Theatre in Wieluń Draws a Large Crowd
On Friday, an extraordinary open-air performance — To Meet Prospero by the Voskresinnia Theatre — took place in Legionów Square in Wieluń. The wordless spectacle, inspired by the works of William Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream), attracted a sizeable audience who had the chance to immerse themselves in a world of symbols, movement, and theatrical imagination.
Viewers experienced everything that is most captivating in outdoor theatre: fire, stilt-walkers in colourful costumes, beautiful music, striking lighting, and pyrotechnic effects. At the centre of it all stood Prospero — the magical prince who guided the audience on a journey through Shakespearean archetypes.
“It was a powerful, deeply moving spectacle, already alluding to the anniversary of September 1,” emphasized Elżbieta Kalińska, director of the Wieluń Cultural Centre. “Such performances occur in our town only once a year, which makes them especially worth appreciating.”
The audience expressed genuine admiration, and Legionów Square once again became a place where culture of the highest order found its home.
Alina Frejusz, Radio Ziemi Wieluńskiej
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