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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘The war was not going to stop me’: amateur Ukrainian actors stage King Lear in UK

Cast members of IDP’s Uzhik’s King Lear
The play premiered in Ukraine at the height of the conflict and will now be performed in the UK. Photograph: RSC

Viacheslav Yehorov was working at his film school creating art therapy for children when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, forcing millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes.

Many took refuge in the small western town of Uzhhorod, which borders four EU countries. It was here that Yehorov – a student of directing within the performing arts – decided to realise his long-held dream of staging King Lear.

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