"The members of the audience are seen out with swearing at the end of the show.
This ruthless behaviour is part of the artistic idea of "Labours Lost in
Midsummer Night". The director wanted to give an answer to the question "What
is it in fact that Bulgarian society wants of theatre?"

The title is a collage of the two classical plays "Love's Labour's Lost" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The authors are claimed to be Shakespeare and sons. The sons are Tom Stoppard, Woody Allen and Peter Handke. Markov has made a selection of texts from their plays. That is why the characters are all actors who alter their performance according to the whims of the prince and his moody company. The clash in the performance is between the ego of the aristocrat (Stoyo Mirkov) and the ego of the company's leader (Stefan Shterev). One wants entertainment, the other has placed art on a pedestal. The duel between the
them is one between the actors as well. The rest on the cast - Ilia Raev, Ivan
Petrushinov, Konstantin Ikonomov - are virtuoso partners."
Diliana Dimitrova,
"Trud", 15 Jan. '04

" ... The two (comedies by Shakespeare) "connect" through Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - the sudden jumps between comedy and tragedy ought to put you to your toes right away. And the aloofness should remain all through, even when reminded that what's common for the three works is that there's theatre within the theatre.
... What would it look like if we took a supporting dramatic persona and turned him into the protagonist of some "super-play" by Shakespeare? Even the prominent theatrical company from the capital city seems somewhat shabby, for actors, similarly to all real artists, dream to be real tragedy actors while their audience and benefactors simply want to be entertained. Even the poor orphan boy - the Prince of Denmark - who passes off as a connoisseur - hires them to use them to his own political goals just as this has always happened. But he is the long awaited sponsor and contributor, the savior of the hungry people of art, and they are going to be jesters if needed be, just so they make a living. In comedies things go much further - the companies are made fun of by real morons, whom destiny has bestowed upon the role of elite.

... Shakespeare's verse is marvelously "played" both in the joyfull limericks and the choking grief - for them, for us, and human life at large.

... The audience is part of the performance. Its active participation is very much needed. It is even given the final cue - the finishing blow. As long as there is someone with something to say.

For the audience is really special at the Little City Theatre. In the academic sense - through the University for audiences which the company has been organizing for 2 years now. And I do believe that each member of the audience will not only come to like "Labours Lost in Midsummer Night" but will find something for themselves."
Hristo Bukovski,
"Zemya", 14 Jan. '04