The Abbey Theatre in Dublin has condemned “an unprovoked" attack which left a Ukrainian actor in hospital.
Ukrainian actor Oleksandr Grekov was viciously assaulted by a group of people who smashed a bottle off his head before using it to stab him in the face, reports the Irish Mirror. Oleksandr is a member of the Lesya Ukrainka National Theatre, and he had just finished performing a Ukrainian version of the famous Irish play Translations in the Abbey Theatre when he was attacked after the show.
In a statement yesterday evening, the Abbey Theatre said: “We were honoured to welcome and work with our Ukrainian colleagues from the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre over the last ten days, showing their production of Brian Friel's Translations to sold out houses at the Abbey Theatre.
"They are a group of incredible and resilient artists - using their art as an act of resistance to speak to their lived experience in a powerful and deeply moving way.
