Overview
- The theatre says tickets are on sale for upcoming performances following a reconstruction that preserved the historic facade and modernized ventilation, lighting and sound.
- Project organizers report more than 300 builders, including teams from Saint Petersburg, worked on the site, and the hall now seats about 495 people.
- DPR Public Chamber head Alexander Kofman describes the opening as evidence of a return to peaceful civic life in Mariupol.
- DPR senator Alexander Voloshin calls the reopening a symbol of Donbass revival and contrasts it with his characterization of Ukraine’s actions during the war.
- Russian and DPR officials assert the theatre was blown up from inside by Azov fighters on March 16, 2022 and say 14 deaths are officially confirmed, claims that are disputed outside Russian and DPR sources.