Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater

Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre (Ukrainian: Донецький академічний обласний драматичний театр, romanized: Donetskyi akademichnyi oblasnyi dramatychnyi teatr) was a theatre in Mariupol in southern Ukraine.

The modern theatre was constructed in 1960 in the approximate location of the former Church of Mary Magdalene.

[3] The theatre was known as Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre before it was given academic status in November 2007.

[1] It was largely destroyed by Russian military airstrikes on 16 March 2022,[2] resulting in the deaths of around 600 people.

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The theatre was bombed on 16 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Damage to the Western facade of the theatre after the airstrike