"The Sixth Sense," by young Ukrainian researcher and director Kateryna Lukianenko, explores the sensory theater format to develop inclusive performances where everything can be understood by sighted and blind spectators, adults and children. The performances are open to all types of spectators, who are blindfolded so that everyone can enjoy the show in the same way. Spectators are invited to use all five senses (a 5D theater, as children in Ukraine called it) to discover a "sixth sense" capable of making people equal as spectators despite their disabilities. Taste, smell, tactile, auditory and visual sensations are involved in the representations: it is a performance of sensations. Thanks to this project, many people have had the opportunity to access the theater for the first time. Furthermore, this project shows acting from a completely different perspective where the actor is no longer someone to be observed, but has to strive to find new tools and strategies to communicate and connect with the audience.

Sixth Sense Theater starts from this research project and is structured as an international collaboration between the Arrivano dal Mare! Festival, SAMPO Festival (Finland) and Summer Puppet Pier (Slovenia), under the supervision of Daria Ivanova (UNIMA Union Internationale de la Marionnette ). The project involves the creation, in the three Festivals, of a professional masterclass curated by Lukianenko which will be followed by three outcomes open to the public, specifically to the blind and visually impaired. Furthermore, the translation and publication of Lukianenko's research in English, Italian, Finnish and Slovenian will be carried out. The project is winner of EFFEA European Fund for Emerging Artists.