The restoration of theatrical life is a priority for 62% of surveyed Kherson residents, which cements the theater’s status as the city’s main form of art. Compared with last year, demand for the return of the theater has increased by 15%, and 77% of respondents favor holding a large-scale theater festival immediately after the shelling stops.
This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted on behalf of the Kherson City Community Foundation “Zakhyst”..
At the same time, sociologists note a difference in the perception of the city’s cultural mission between those who stayed at home and those who evacuated. Kherson residents who are outside the community are 16% more likely to believe that local cultural institutions should focus on events in other regions or abroad in order to draw attention to Kherson’s problems. In contrast, residents who remain in the city are more oriented toward organizing cultural life within the community itself.
Despite these differences, two-thirds of respondents (66%) agree that theatrical art should become the central vector of Kherson’s cultural development in the future.
Earlier we wrote that more than half of Kherson residents are opposed to reducing the number of higher education institutions in the city.