Visitor at Children's Ballet Performance Threatens to Replace Audience with Minister and Security Detail

A visitor at a children's ballet performance at the Slovak National Theatre made a threatening comment about replacing the audience with Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová and her security detail. The incident occurred during preparations for Friday's guest performance by the National Theatre Košice ballet company, which will present "The Poor Parents' Son," an adaptation of a traditional Slovak folk tale by Pavel Dobšinský. The Slovak National Theatre describes the ballet as conveying fundamental values of Slovak folk storytelling, including the triumph of good over evil and the message that kindness and honesty lead to success.