The Master and Margarita appears on the Slovenian National Theatre Nova Gorica’s stage as a pure production with a clear narrative and emphases on all levels of Bulgakov's revolutionary experiment. Under the direction by Nona Ciobanu, the superbly concise performance by the cast, which is based on a unified interpretive line, and the more than well-crafted technical challenge proved that it is possible to preserve, to present, even to enhance with additional potency the novelistic message. [...] The novel introduces us to many contemporary challenges, the Nova Gorica setting confronts us with the whole series of narrative-philosophical and psychological themes: the good-evil dichotomy, the Christian experience (denial or glorification of the divine, atheism), the tragedy and grandeur of artistic creation, fiction and reality, the diabolical, the perversion of the political power into a unifying machine. [...] There is also a special emphasis on cowardice, the most despicable of all despicies, cowardice that prevents rebellion and the assertion of fundamental humanist values. The multitude of these difficult, not yet exhausted discourses of our present existence are analysed by the performance with great expressive power.

Marij Čuk: Soočenje z vrhunsko gledališko umetnostjo [Confrontation with Outstanding Theatre Art], Primorski dnevnik
 

The challenging performance was carved under the versatile skilled directorial guidance of an artistically refined creation by fifteen actors. Each of them crafted one or more of the roles with precision and great expressiveness, while at the same time uniquely merging with their fellow cast members. [...] An exciting love story, fantastic action and sharp satire, all of which the director has managed to intertwine in a theatrical masterpiece, which is also evident in the scenic design with the sophisticated technical "machinery" of Peter Košir, who has also created a video full of symbolism.

Iša Pliberšek: Svoboda v največja vrednota nekdaj in zdaj [Freedom is the Highest Value of All Time], Novi glas

When Professor Woland, a gentleman magician of unknown provenance with an unusual entourage, appears in Moscow, the lives of the Muscovites turn upside down – some even lose their heads, and some, due to their reckless reactions, find themselves behind the closed doors of a mental asylum. Although they are, for the most part, already well adjusted to the social and political situation of the repressive Stalinist system, also characterised by mysterious disappearances, the gradation of bizarre incidents causes more and more unrest and suspicion. Satan’s mission also intertwines with the fate of Margarita and the Master, who has written a novel with the apocryphal story about Pontius Pilate and Yeshua. Because the critics brutally rejected his subjective interpretation of the Biblical story, the Master turned his back on “normal” life and sought refuge in the asylum. Like Faust, his mistress Margarita, decided to sell her soul to the devil and thus save him. What happens if you, in a moment of total despair, meet a stranger? And this stranger offers you a solution for your despair? Would you accept the proposition, regardless of the price?
The magnificent masterpiece novel of Bulgakov intertwines three stories, set in the surreal landscapes of Moscow during Stalin’s time, ancient Judea and dreams; in all three, the eternal struggle between good and evil and the question of free will are illuminated from different viewpoints.

What do we love more, truth or power? What happens on the days when the devil decides to visit Moscow? As a preacher of good, as a restorer of truth and morality?  ‘Manuscripts don't burn.’ Truth, great literature, art, says Bulgakov, cannot be destroyed. They survive critics, censors, and time.