{"id":3964,"date":"2026-03-15T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/encounter.cz\/?page_id=3964"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:37:52","slug":"ivan-franko-national-university-of-lviv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/encounter.cz\/en\/ivan-franko-national-university-of-lviv\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The LAVA Student Laboratory Theatre is a team of young, passionate artists who strive to create a new, contemporary Ukrainian theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theater was formed on the basis of fourth-year acting students of the Faculty of Culture and Arts at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in 2024.
Over the year of its existence, the LAVA Laboratory Theater has created a competitive theatrical environment in Lviv, which gathers proactive young artists around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its current repertoire includes seven productions: \u00abThe Good Person of Szechwan\u00bb by Bertolt Brecht, \u00abMad Dogs\u00bb by Serhii Klymets, \u00abThe Tale of Igor\u2019s Campaign\u00bb by Nina Zakhozhenko, \u00abCabaret. Doghouse\u00bb <\/em> based on the works of the Ukrainian literary group Bu-Ba-Bu, \u00abThe Nativity Play. Night Before Dawn\u00bb <\/em> based on texts from the Sokyrnytsia Nativity, Sex education. Girl’s Edition <\/em> by Nina Zakhozhenko, and \u00abMAUS\u00bb based on the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LAVA team builds its work on principles and values developed through open dialogue, including creative self-awareness, mutual respect, and love for humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not enough for us to study the achievements of our predecessors. We want to take our \u2018LAVA\u2019 to the streets, making it the cornerstone of new, living creation. This is our stage \u2014 open to everyone, a platform from which we speak about what is honest, uncomfortable, painful, funny, ironic, loud, tender, and real. Our \u2018LAVA\u2019 is a space for free search and exploration. Our goal is to create a living theatre for the human being and about the human being\u201d, \u2014 from the Manifesto of the LAVA Student Laboratory Theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During its activity, the theatre has collaborated with venues such as the Lesia Theatre (Lviv), 48 Space (Ternopil), the Playwrights\u2019 Theatre (Kyiv), and the House of Sound (Lviv), and has participated in Lviv-based festivals \u00abFaine.Misto\u00bb and \u00abGolden Lion\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAVA\u2019s projects have been covered by numerous Ukrainian media outlets, including \u00abGalInfo\u00bb, \u00abLvivska Poshta\u00bb, \u00abTV-4\u00bb, \u00abLeopolis News\u00bb, NGO \u00abBilkis\u00bb, \u00abHromadske Radio\u00bb, \u00abSuspilne Television\u00bb, online media \u00abBunt\u00bb, and \u00abPershyi Zakhidnyi TV Channel\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LAVA Laboratory Student Theater strives to create a financially stable, competitive, and collaborative environment for young artists of contemporary Ukrainian theater, which will expand the range of its cooperation both in Ukraine and abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sex education. Girl’s Edition <\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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A post-documentary performance about growing up, shame, and self-acceptance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe polite \u2014 and you\u2019ll get a candy for the holiday.
Don\u2019t do what you\u2019ll be ashamed of later.
Tell your parents what you did last night.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sex education is terra incognita.
We are born with bodies but no manuals. With minds that stage their own performances.
We play this game without knowing the rules \u2014 as we can, as we dare.
Even a psychologist can\u2019t tell where the goal ends and the foul begins.
They simply call it experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEX EDUCATION is a raw, tender, and courageous story about knowing and accepting oneself.
About growing up without handbooks, job interviews without CVs, and love without limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On stage \u2014 seven young women, transforming their personal stories into a theatrical manifesto.
They speak aloud about what society prefers to hide in silence:
first periods, body changes, hormonal storms, bullying, social inequality, eating disorders, first relationships, exploring sexuality, setting boundaries, and the bruises that later turn into wisdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a post-documentary journey of a generation growing up amidst double standards \u2014
between the fear of being \u201ctoo much\u201d and the desire to be free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The setting \u2014 a school gymnasium, saturated with the smell of sweat, disappointment, and honesty.
Here, between warm-ups and physical tests, theatre becomes confession:
provocative, funny, and painfully real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEX EDUCATION is not a lesson in anatomy.
It is a mirror performance \u2014 where every spectator recognizes their own taboos, their own \u201cfouls\u201d, and perhaps, their own freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length of production:<\/strong> 80 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production language: <\/strong>Ukrainian, English subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew<\/summary>\n

Directing:<\/strong> Nina Zakhozhenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Costumes and scenografy:<\/strong> Alina Kondratenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound design:<\/strong> Oleksandr Petryna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light design: <\/strong>Taisiia Malakhova <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production: <\/strong>Volodymyr Levinets<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday 15\/04\/2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
11:30<\/td><\/tr>
Sex education. Girl’s Edition <\/strong>
Theatre on Orl\u00ed Street<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
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16:30<\/td><\/tr>
Sex education. Girl’s Edition <\/strong>
Theatre on Orl\u00ed Street<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thursday 16\/04\/2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
13:00<\/td><\/tr>
Discussion<\/a>
The Chillout Room<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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