Ukraine’s veterans’ theatre turns war wounds into catharsis

Kyiv, Ukraine – Villagers whisper that Maryna, a refugee from Russia-annexed Crimea, kept a black hen’s egg under her armpit to hatch an evil critter that makes wishes come true.

Maryna, the main heroine of Twenty One, a play staged in the tiny, basement-based Veterans’ Theatre in central Kyiv, has only one wish – that her soldier husband Petro comes back alive.

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