Head of the civil society organization Theatre for Change, Ukraine

Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner and independent expert on the issue of nondiscrimination, hate speech and hate crimes.

Yana has lived in Kyiv since 1999 and before spent her childhood in Energodar, currently occupied by Russia in the South of Ukraine. Mother of a 7-year son with autism spectrum disorder.

Vladyslava was born and grew up in Gorlivka city, Donetsk region in the East of Ukraine, which has been under attack by the Russian Federation since 2014. She has  experience of being displaced twice due to the invasion of Ukraine.

She works with Theatre of the Oppressed methodology in Ukraine and also she is a trainer in non-formal education (creative methodologies, design - thinking). 

Vlada is founder of the Theatre “Stage for life”, writes fairy tales and scripts for theatrical performances. 

Natalia Titiyova is originally from the city of Luhansk in the East of Ukraine. In 2014, after the outbreak of the war by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, she moved to the Lviv region, 1300 kilometers away from her hometown. Natalia is engaged in non-formal education for adults, a forum-theatre practitioner and actress, a practitioner of non-violent communication, and a trainer. Natalia is the Head of the NGO ‘Ukraine.Time to Unite’.

Lives in Zaporizhzhya in the South of Ukraine, 35 km from the frontline.

She is a Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner, head of the forum-theatre studio “I do hear you”, trainer on media literacy and moderator of the human rights cinema club Docudays UA “Palms”. She works with vulnerable groups: war veterans, internally displaced people, people with disabilities, etc.

Born in Makiivka, Donetsk region. Moved to Dnipro in 2014 when russia occupied Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea. Moved to Germany in 2022 after full scale war started. Bipolar disorder free talk person. Manager and board member of NGO MARTIN-club for 20 years.  Worked with evacuation, humanitarian aid, human rights, children rights. Trainer of Forum Theatre from 2003. Musician with names Denys Moonage and VETKAband. Father of 3 children. Founder of the social art festival Horizontal. Founder of social businesses coffee shop Horizontal and bakery MAMA1. Currently working in Mental health for Ukraine project.

Born in Sao Paulo, Rodolfo founded Os Satyros in 1989 with Ivam Cabral. 

Throughout his career, he directed theatre productions such as Libertine Trilogy, based on Marquis de Sade (Philosophy in the Boudoir, 120 Days of Sodom and Justine) and the People Trilogy (Perfect People, Sublime People and Mean People).  
He's been researching on technology and theatre since 2009, with a Master about telepresence. 
He was one of the founders of SP Escola de Teatro, the largest drama school in Latin America.

Adriana Vaz, of Os Satyros, Brazil, has 37 years of experience as an appearance, costume, makeup, and stage designer. She already worked for different art forms such as dance, opera, cinema, videos, and photography. She is also a researcher in Semiotics. Her academic background is impressive: Postdoctoral by The School of Communication and Arts (ECA) of the University of São Paulo; Doctor and Master in Communication and Semiotics by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and more.

Sumit is one of the Founder Members of The Red Curtain and has been involved in over 250 productions in his 50 + year affair with theatre. As Producer, Director, Actor, Stage Manager, Lighting Designer, Set Fabricator, Front-of-House Manager, and Prompter.

Professionally, he heads www.univbrands.com, a worldwide learn-by-earning coaching service that he runs from Kolkata, India.

Sumit uses theatre coaching techniques to create brands out of businesses. For The Red Curtain, he is passionate about Cross-Cultural Theatre.