Ukraine Unbroken

I can’t recommend this enough.

Five plays in one go sounds like too much to cram in. But treated as extended ‘sketches’ the concept works and the 160 minutes, including an interval, passed quickly. And the full evil of Russia is made plain.

In between them, bandura player Mariia Petrovska provided context before cooing beautiful Ukrainian melodies. The Arcola theatre has unearthed an angel!

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