Theatre operators and actors: Politicians have failed – we cannot keep silent

Organisations representing theatres and actors have issued a joint statement entitled We Cannot Keep Silent sharply criticising the Czech Republic’s political elite, in particular President Miloš Zeman. The Association of Professional Theatres and the Actors’ Association condemned a recent declaration from Mr. Zeman and three other senior politicians on the country’s official policy toward China. By giving in to pressure from a foreign power the politicians offended all free-thinking citizens, they said. They also slammed what they called the “vengeful shamefulness” of the president in not giving a reportedly promised state honour to Holocaust survivor George Brady.

Author: Ian Willoughby