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Kyiv theatre turns Homer’s Odyssey into a story of war and return

A Kyiv theatre is reimagining Homer’s Odyssey through the lens of Ukraine’s war. Odysseus, Maeotis draws on the experiences of Mariupol defenders and former prisoners of war, exploring captivity, separation and the enduring struggle to return home.

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00:00I'm going to go.
00:01It's all.
00:03It's all.
00:08I'm 43!
00:1043, right?
00:1243, move yourself, okay?
00:19One more time.
00:25I think that this combination of myth and modernity
00:30allows us to make a parallel
00:32and understand,
00:34how fast is the question of returning
00:37military to a peaceful life,
00:40returning to our territories,
00:42returning to ourselves,
00:44as to Ukrainians.
00:45We came to the Azov.
00:48What is this?
00:51It's a whole city.
00:53It's so big,
00:54as our country.
00:55We even gave them to us
00:57and gave them to us
00:59to enter them
01:00and to enter them.
01:01Penelope
01:04is about the role of
01:07women from Ukraine,
01:09who wait,
01:13believe,
01:15who can also be
01:18without power,
01:19without faith,
01:20without hope.
01:22It's about the land,
01:25about the父母,
01:26about the Ukraine,
01:28who is waiting for
01:30the return of their heroes
01:33and not heroes.
01:35Only without you
01:37is difficult,
01:38Odissei.
01:40I will come here
01:41to you,
01:42to you,
01:42that I will not hear
01:43the scream.
01:45Of course,
01:46from Homer
01:46left a very
01:48big percentage,
01:50because it's written
01:51as a novel
01:51from zero,
01:52and we took the story
01:56of Odissei to the home.
01:58There is Odissei,
01:59who is returning,
02:00and there is Penelope,
02:01who is waiting.
02:02It is another place
02:04It is such a solid
02:04Ask.
02:07.
02:07.
02:07.
02:07.
02:07.
02:08.
02:15Oh
02:16No
02:17Oh
02:17Oh

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