Actors in a heavily bombarded city in southern Ukraine have returned to the stage, putting on their first performance since Russia's invasion in an underground shelter converted into a tiny theatre. A few dozen theatre-goers descended steep concrete steps into the subterranean venue on Thursday for the opening night of a show put on by the Mykolaiv Art Drama Theatre. Their usual venue, an ornate 450-seater hall, has been closed due to the six-month war that has seen Mykolaiv, a strategic southern port, repeatedly targeted by Russia forces. An actor prepares before performing at an underground shelter turned to an underground temporary stage as part of an opening night for the first performance since the start of the war, amid Russia's invasion, at Mykolaiv Art Drama Theatre in Mykol...
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