This Element investigates the multifaceted ways women theatre artists in Ukraine and Poland are responding to their evolving socio-political landscapes. Following significant events in the early 2010s, such as Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Poland's traditionalist governance, which spurred mass women's protests, these artists are exploring critical themes. Through diverse theatrical forms, they examine the links between patriarchal violence, gendered nationalism, reproductive rights, and decolonial perspectives. The work highlights the formation of transcultural and intersectional alliances and proposes concrete scenarios for redefining the past, present, and future.

This Element captures the feminist turns in Polish and Ukrainian theatres, highlighting the practices of women artists from the so-called Eastern Europe. It focuses on how these artists explore connections between patriarchy-rooted violence, gendered nationalism, women's reproductive rights, and decolonial critique. The work aims to give voice to artists whose perspectives have been nationally and internationally silenced, offering specific feminist imaginaries situated in Central-Eastern Europe.