Ukrainians would like to watch comedies

Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, in Kyiv

BBC A stage set showing the cross-section of a bedroom. Centre stage a woman is sitting on a bed and a man dressed in a military uniform is kneeling in front of her and kissing her hand. On the the left wall is the Ukrainian flag, on the right wall a print of Picasso's Guernica. BBC

The Kyiv Opera’s latest show, Patriot, is a rock opera which features popular anthems of Ukrainian independence

I’ve never heard an audience so silent.

When the credits rolled on…

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