This year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Italy is bringing joy and music to living rooms across the continent just when it’s needed the most — amid a devastating war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis.
Members of the Circus Theatre Elysium of Kyiv were abroad in Italy when Russia invaded their home country on February 24. Now the acrobats, dancers and organisers of the glittering troupe are trapped in a strange land, on a seemingly never-ending “Alice in Wonderland” tour.