The Perm prosecutor's office conducted an inspection at the Youth Theater based on complaints from female spectators about “propaganda of LGBT and fascism” in children's performances

The Perm prosecutor's office conducted an inspection at the Theater for Young Spectators (Youth Theater) and submitted to its director a proposal to eliminate violations of the law, reported . the department

The reason for the investigation was “numerous appeals from citizens” regarding the October production, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. “During the supervisory activities, the stated facts were confirmed,” the department explained.

Now the prosecutor's office and the regional Ministry of Territorial Security will conduct an examination "in order to clarify the circumstances of the presence of information in the production of the play that is harmful to the health and development of children."

The telegram channel “Perm 36.6” wrote that at the end of October one of the spectators of the play “Goodbye Berlin” based on the play by Robert Coal began shouting at the artists. The publication claimed that she was outraged by the scene in which a character named Fricke spoke about the “ugliness of war” and “crimes on both sides.” The Permyak woman called the production “fascist propaganda” and wrote a complaint to the Ministry of Education.

Also, the editors of Properm.ru contacted local resident Nadezhda Proskurina, who took seventh-graders to the performance, . She felt that the play did not comply with the age limit of 14+ and contained “propaganda for LGBT people and early sexual life.” The woman criticized the scene where “the ghost of a German soldier insults the Russian Ivan.”

After this, the Youth Theater removed “Goodbye Berlin,” first staged in 2019, from its repertoire. The theater said that the main goal of the performance was “an open conversation about the problems of a generation on the verge of entering an independent life in the modern world.” “The heroes of the play, teenagers Mike and Chick, meet on their way different people who have exaggerated qualities that are designed to expose human vices and reveal the importance of fundamental humanistic values,” explained the Youth Theater.

In December, Perm resident Yana Zlodeeva saw “LGBT propaganda” in the play “Cinderella” at the same theater because of a general in a skirt, reported Perm 36.6 . At the end of November, the Novosibirsk First Theater canceled the children's play “The Princess and the Ogre” - also after a denunciation of “LGBT propaganda”. “We barely had time to release the premiere of 6+ “The Princess and the Ogre” when, literally after the first showings, denunciations were written about the play to the Ministry of Culture. The informers were outraged that in a children’s play the princess was played by a man with a mustache,” said the play’s director, Polina Kardymon.