I don't see a problem in the play. There was pressure to be censored before the performance was realized, this is unacceptable, this was not a peaceful protest. I went out with love to the protesters, urging them to allow this spectacle to be seen and appreciated. We can judge provocation in the show when we have seen it, said in "The Day Begins" the director of the National Theater Vasil Vassilev.
In his words, the text protects the dignity of the Bulgarian Army.
"It doesn't degrade her in any way. Let's not talk empty words, things are taken out of context. We stick to the word, and not look at the big picture, how the action develops", added Vasil Vassilev.
We wrote a letter to the Ministry of the Interior after advertising material in front of the theater was desecrated, we had concerns, provocations were pasted, Vasil Vassilev also said.
According to him, some other people have allowed politics into the theater.
"I did not allow one or the other to be fired for political reasons. I will not allow censorship in the theater I run. Have we brought our society to this point - if there was a problem, it is with reading, with misunderstanding. What happened was not a disgrace in the National Theater, but in front of the National Theater," commented Vasil Vassilev and emphasized that no provocation was sought with the staging of the play "Weapons and the Man", characterizing the choice of the play as a coincidence.
"Today there will be a performance, culture is not the enemy of society, it makes it move forward. I do not understand the question of my resignation, I am defending my theater. The audience decides whether a performance is good or not. Allow the audience to enter the salon and the actors to work", Vasil Vassilev also said.