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Blackthorn of Beauty

Hi! I’m Anna from Ukraine, and I’m genuinely happy to be alive and safe today. I love plays, books, and cats (far too cute to ignore). I’m very talkative (I’m working on it 🥲), and I enjoy reading detective novels, journaling every day, playing etudes, and watching series. But the most exciting part of my life is theatre — it gives me that feeling of beauty and wonder I keep returning to.

The soil / the need

At that point, life felt too boring. I was looking for something special and beautiful — and then I found it.

The first seed

A performance you watched.

Tell us about that first spark

It started with a single ticket to a Ukrainian play, Konotopska Vidma (The Konotop Witch). At first, nothing dramatic happened — I was just watching a play. But then, suddenly, I felt something I had never felt before. I can’t fully describe it, but anyone close to theatre would understand. I stopped just watching and began to live the story with the characters.

Roots (people & experiences that shaped your path)

My local theatre, and my friend Lidia, who also loves theatre.

The trunk (what keeps you in theatre)

The feeling of beauty.

Branches (future / desire)

I imagine theatre remaining something I truly admire, and I hope it can continue to give me the support I need.

If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? Why?

A blackthorn. I feel ready to sacrifice myself to become a sanctuary for a lonely bunny in the desert, so other trees can grow around me. I am ready to forge a path.

Contact

Instagram: @ann.kzn