Ministry of Culture * Varna Municipality * Bulgarian Theatre Association

16th INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL “VARNA SUMMER”
2-12 June 2008

16th ITF “Varna Summer” goes on with the tradition of presenting some of the most interesting and original Bulgarian productions from the current season, alongside with specially invited productions from abroad. At the same time new initiatives are being launched this year: the grouping of the mobile Bulgarian productions in a special module “Showcase” (realized in partnership with “Art Office” Foundation); hosting of the SEAS Coastal program – part of the Black/North SEAS platform, which aims at making connections between different arts and social contexts in the countries along the North and Black Seas (SEAS is an initiative of Intercult, Sweden, supported by the European comission); joining in the discussion sessions “Open Space” (part of British Council’s project “Creative Collaboration” with partnerships of 17 European countries).

 

 

 

SELECTED BULGARIAN PERFORMANCES

 

2 June 18:30 – 20:45
3 June 19:00 – 20:45
4 June 19:00 – 20:45
Main stage

THEATRE “BULGARIAN ARMY”
THE SEAGULL by A. P. Chekhov
directed by Krikor Azaryan


 

 

 


 

 

 

4 June 20:00 – 22:00
Second stage

YOUTH THEATRE “NIKOLAY BINEV”
THREE SISTERS by A. P. Chekhov
directed by Krikor Azaryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 – 6 June 19:00 – 21:00
Main stage

DRAMA THEATRE “N.O. MASSALITINOV” – PLOVDIV
REFLECTIONS OF A TEACHER ON FOLK ART
monoperformance by Kamen Donev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 June 20:30 – 22:30
9 June 18:00 – 20:00
Main stage

SMALL CITY THEATRE “OFF THE CHANNEL”
SWEDISH DEFENCE by Jordi Galceran
directed by Bina Haralampieva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 June 18:30 – 20:30
Second stage

RHODOPA DRAMA THEATRE – SMOLYAN
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
directed by Diana Dobreva

 

 

 

 

 

 


SELECTED BULGARIAN PERFORMANCES / SHOWCASE program

in partnership with
Art Office

 

4 June 18:00 - 19:30
5 June 20:00 – 21:30
6 June 18:30 – 20:00
Puppet Theatre

THEATRE 199 “VALENTIN STOYCHEV”
COCO (COCO CHANEL) by Sanya Domazet
directed by Vazkressia Viharova

 

 

 

 

 

5 June 18:30 – 19:00
Art Gallery

VOID
concept Miroslav Iordanov
choreography Violeta Vitanova, Stanislav Genadiev
cast Violeta Vitanova, Stanislav Genadiev, Vladimir Krastev

 

 

 

 

 


6 June 18:30 – 20:00
7 June 19:00 – 20:30
Second stage

SMALL CITY THEATRE “OFF THE CHANEL”
VALENTINE’S DAY by Ivan Viriapev
directed by Javor Gardev

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 June 20:30 – 21:45
Art Gallery

HETEROPODY DANCE Co.
36 /more 4 less/
idea and concept Rossen Mihailov
choreography by Galina Borissova, Mila Iskrenova, Tatyana Sokolova, Rossen Mihailov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 June 18:00 – 19:00
Puppet Theatre 

NOBODY THEATRE
COLD after the story “That way” by Jordan Radichkov
a performance by Mila Kolarova
director Ivelina Stoianova

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 June 20:00 – 21:30
Main stage

THEATRE LABORATORY “SFUMATO”
LAZARUS AND JESUS after Emilian Stanev
a performance by Ivan Dobchev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 June 18:00 – 19:30
9 June 18:30 – 20:00
Puppet theatre

THEATRE 199 “VALENTIN STOYCHEV”
SMALL PLAY FOR CHILDREN’S ROOM by Yana Borissova
directed by Galin Stoev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 June  20:00 – 21:45
Second stage

STATE SATIRICAL THEATRE “ALEKO KONSTANTINOV”
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett
directed by Lilia Abadjieva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN PERFORMANCES

 

3 June 19:30 – 21:45
6 June 19:00 – 21:15
Second Stage
Theatre “Sofia” - Sofia

C.I.C.T. / THEATRE DES BOUFFES DU NORD – PARIS, FRANCE
ANDROMAQUE by Jean Racine  
directed by Declan Donnellan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 June  20:30 – 21:45
Second stage

ZAGREB YOUTH THEATRE – ZAGREB, CROATIA
ON THE OTHER SIDE by Nataša Rajković and Bobo Jelčić
directed by Nataša Rajković and Bobo Jelčić

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 June 19:30 – 21:30 
Second stage

STATE ACADEMIC DRAMA THEATRE „RED TORCH” – NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA
QUEEN OF SPADES after A. Pushkin
directed by Timothy Kuljabin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAS Coastal
in partnership with Intercult, Sweden


3 - 4 June 22:00 – 23:00
Summer stage at Puppet theatre

GARAJISTANBUL – TURKEY
MONDAY IN THE SUN
by Safak Uysal and Bedirhan Dehmen 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 – 5 June 20:00 – 21:30
Mustang Cinema

HOTEL PRO FORMA – DENMARK
RELIEF
concept Ralf Richardt Strøbech, Kirsten Dehlholm
directed by Ralf Richardt Strøbech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 – 7 June 22:00
club “Comics”

METRO-BOULOT-DODO – UK
NIGHT SCENE
concept Esther Simpson, Paul Long, Steve Gibbs, David Parkin

 




 

 

 

5 – 7 June 22:00
club “Comics”

WUNDERBAUM – THE NETHERLANDS
BEER TOURISTS
concept Wunderbaum

 

 

 

 

 

5 June 15:00 – 7 June 00:00
“Vazrozhdenie” Library 

SIGNA – DENMARK
THE BLACK SEA ORACLE
concept Signa Sørensen and Arthur

 

 

 

 

 

4 – 5 June 11:00 – 18:00  

SIRI HERMANSEN – NORWAY
BORDERLINE sound installation

Square in front of Drama Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

7 - 9 June  15:00 – 20:00
Puppet Theatre Museum

VENELIN SHURELOV – BULGARIA / DRITERO KASSAPI – SWEDEN
FANTOMAT interactive installation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 June 21:00 – 23:00
Art Gallery

THEATRE LABORATORY “SFUMATO”
HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN
a workshop led by Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIALLY INVITED PERFORMANCES

 

10 June 18:00 – 20:45
11 June 19:00 – 21:45
12 June 19:00 – 21:45 
Main stage

STATE SATIRICAL THEATRE “ALEKO KONSTANTINOV”
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by W. Shakespeare
directed by Marius Kourkinsky

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

10 June 21:30 – 23:00
Archeological museum

MODERN THEATRE
AMOUR’S JOKES
directed by Ivaylo Hristov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERFORMANCE OF THE HOST-THEATRES

 

1 June 11:00 – 11:50
Puppet theatre

STATE PUPPET THEATRE – VARNA
LITTLE IDA’S FLOWERS by H.Ch, Andersen
directed by Georgi Mihalkov


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 June 19:00 – 20:00
Puppet Theatre

STATE PUPPET THEATRE – VARNA
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont
directed by Vera Stoikova

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 June 19:00 – 20:45
Second stage

DRAMA THEATRE “STOYAN BACHVAROV” – VARNA
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by Luidmil Stanev
directed by Dafinka Danailova


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREATIVE COLLABORATION

 

6 – 8 June
Festival and Congress Centre
 

CREATIVE COLLABORATION – A British Council regional arts project
OPEN SPACE discussions with support from UK award winning theatre group Improbable
in partnership with British Council  
with the support of State Cultural Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARALLEL PROGRAM

 

9 June 18:00 – 19:00

 

36 MONKEYS
PROTEXT ON TOUR
Scenic readings of contemporary German drama
organizers Gergana Dimirtova, Mladen Alexiev
directors Gergana Dimitrova, Vassilena Radeva
live music bggz, lowhum
video  and videomix Liubomir Draganov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 June 18:00 – 19:00 Comics Club
 

THE UGLY ONE
by Marius von Mayenburg
cast Elen Koleva, Vassil Chitanov, Ognian Golev, Hristo Petkov

 

 

 

 

 

10 June 21:00 Varna Radio
 

69
by Igor Bauersima
cast Elena Dimitrova, Petar Meltev

 

 

 

 

 

SEAS/Festival  Club

  Comics Club

3 June 23:30
4 June 22:00
5, 6, 7 June 22:00
8 June 22:00
9 юни 22:00

DJ Doge, Turkey
DJ Deirdre Melvin, Ireland/ DG Doge, Turkey
DJ Deirdre Melvin, Ireland
DJ Deirdre Melvin feat. local DJs
БГз /Bulgaria/ in concert

 

 

 

 

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