HARLOW Playhouse Trust teamed up with Integration Support Services and Voluntary Action Epping Forest to provide tickets for local Ukrainian refugees to see Madame Butterfly performed by the Ukrainian National Opera at Harlow Playhouse. 

Sawbridgeworth computer leasing business Hardsoft generously sponsored a pre-show reception held in the Gibberd Gallery at the Civic Centre.

A wonderful performance with full orchestra was rounded off with an highly emotionally charged rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem sung by the entire company which brought the entire packed house audience to its feet and left many in tears.