The announcement of the competition was commented on social media by the artistic director of JRT, Alvis Hermanis, who has himself overtly entered the political sphere by founding a new party called "We change the rules" ("Mēs mainām noteikumus").
The day after the public announcement of the open competition, Hermanis expressed his opinion on social media.
The artistic director said the theatre's long-time director Gundega Palma, with whom he has long collaborated "is the f...