Last year, the theater in which I work won a grand prize at one major international festival. This is a great achievement, especially for the local theatre. But the matter is not even that.

On a certain day, the Governor of the district came to congratulate us. I walked around the theatre, respected, agreed that the theater needs to allocate money. After that, in the office of the director, accompanied by many photographers of the local media, he handed out a certificate for 100,000₽. The money in the framework of a cultural institution is not big, well, well, in such a farm any money in the business.

After a while, the theater returned to its usual routine. I decided to cash out the certificate (I don’t know how the correct wording of this action sounds, well, fuck it). And here a surprise awaited us. The paper presented by the governor has no legal force and no one will give money to anyone.

Thus, the power-owned man stumbled, and the theater sent a lap. and all.