It was drafted by theatre director Monika Strzępka and the all-female thespian group Dramatyczny Kolektyw, news outlets reported.
The message reads: “when we think ‘theatre’ today, an image of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol, shattered by missiles, flashes before our eyes, with ДЕТИ – Children - written in big letters outside the building. An image of a theatre-shelter which has not been spared by the atrocity of Putin’s war.”
‘We all stand with Ukraine’
In an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio, Monika Strzępka said that Polish theatres and cultural institutions were standing with Ukraine, offering assistance to Ukrainian refugees.
“Fund-raising, transportation, classes for children, legal and psychological aid, jobs and residencies are being organised. When we think ‘theatre’ today, we also see actors who come out for the curtain call holding Ukrainian flags, thus enabling us to express our solidarity, our pain and anger together”, the director stressed.
The Polish message for the World Theatre Day ends with a call: “Let Ukraine hear and know that we all stand with her. Let the world hear and start working on a new future.”
A global celebration of theatre arts, the World Theatre Day is held annually on March 27.
Monday is day 33 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland on Monday reported it had welcomed 2.32 million refugees fleeing Russia's attack on Ukraine.
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Source: e-teatr.pl, terazteatr.pl