As Snow White glides across the stage, it could be a scene enjoyed by children in almost any theatre. But these kids are watching ballet deep underground near Ukraine ’s frontline… against the backdrop of an air raid warning. Yet the show must go on; they are safe in the depths of Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. The alert, which started before the performance and remained in place after it began, was a reminder war is close. Nearly four years on from the Kremlin’s full-scale