Citizens, Demons have not yet ripe!

Sobchak, Bykov, Efremov and Parfenov in St. Petersburg will not see. The posters hang - but there will be no concert. A new scandal in the northern capital: political or cultural?

On November 3, the Concert “Citizens of the Demons” with the participation of Ksenia Sobchak, Dmitry Bykov, Mikhail Efremov, Leonid Parfenov in St. Petersburg will not take place. The organizers - LLC Theater Alliance - promise that the St. Petersburg public will see the program later, when it "dares". However, neither specific terms, nor any clear reasons for the cancellation of the event in the company can be called

On November 3, the Concert “Citizens of the Demons” with the participation of Ksenia Sobchak, Dmitry Bykov, Mikhail Efremov, Leonid Parfenov in St. Petersburg will not take place. The organizers - LLC Theater Alliance - promise that the St. Petersburg public will see the program later, when it "dares". However, the company cannot name any concrete terms or any clear reasons for the abolition of the event in the company.

Meanwhile, one of the participants in the concert Ksenia Sobchak left an entry on her microblog on Twitter ( the spelling of the original was preserved - N.P. ): “The insanity is complete! From St. Petersburg, they report that our concert “Citizens of Demons” was canceled by a call from Smolny, frightened by blasphemy. I don’t believe it yet ... Some kind of Bulgakovshchina, you can call a “citizen-poet”, and “citizens-bees” are sinful ??? ”

“If someone called someone about“ citizens of demons ”, then we don’t even know who and to whom,” commented on the “new” in the Smolny press service . - The city authorities have nothing to do and even about this concert. Regarding the statements of Ksenia Sobchak, contact her herself.

“Smolny, of course, oversees some cultural and entertainment projects,” explained Julia Strizhak , press secretary of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg. - But only those who turn out to be budget support. This concert is a private initiative. She was not consistent with the City Committee on Culture, was not supported by the administration of St. Petersburg, but no one was opposed to her.

Despite the fact that the posters, inviting Petersburgers to the show at the club “A 2”, have already been pasted throughout the city, in the News of the News, the fact of the abolition of the “Citizens of the Demons” concert on November 3 was confirmed.

“The reasons for us ourselves are unknown,” the administration of the club “A 2” told the “new”, “they didn’t tell us, we only provided the site.” Ask the organizers of the event - the company "Theater Alliance".

“There is no need to dramatize the event,” Anna Kostyukovskaya, deputy director of theater alliance LLC, recommended the “New” and to the audience. - The concert is really canceled, but there is no background in this, no policy! Nobody called from Smolny! There were simply ordinary inconsistencies: rolling 200 events per year, the organizers sometimes have to cancel the planned concerts due to some inconsistencies of terms, sales and numbers. The concert is canceled for purely technical reasons. The optimal decision was now the abolition of the concert so that the event was even more mature, became better, and was presented to the demanding St. Petersburg public later, - Kostyukovskaya summed up. - In addition, I personally, as a person who believes in the name of the program, does not see any blasphemy. The demon, as we know from the work of Russian writers, is an almost folklore character.

As the “new” found out, they did not explain to any of the artists involved in “Citizens of the Besses”, which is why the concert was torn away:

“I don’t know - why the show was canceled,” says Leonid Parfyonov . - I learned this news from journalists. He himself is surprised. Personally, my readiness is 100 %.

“I don’t know - what the organizers are not ripe for, we are absolutely ready,” Dmitry Bykov assured. - This event has already shown a lot of where, including the Moscow public, I don’t think that St. Petersburg is more demanding. Maybe this is a reinsurance. But I don't understand: what are they afraid of? This concert was in the stage of the stage, opposite the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov ( spokesman Vladimir Putin - N.P .) said that he liked him. Is this not enough?

The organizers assure that they will try to hold a canceled concert in other terms. But the purchased tickets are offered to be returned.