Ministry of Culture
Varna Municipality
Bulgarian Theatre Association



International Theatre Festival "Varna Summer 2003"

THE FACES OF THE ACTOR
 
 
 




SELECTED BULGARIAN PERFORMANCES



SPECIALLY INVITED PERFORMANCES



SELECTED FOREIGN PERFORMANCES



PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN



STREET PERFORMANCES



PARALLEL EVENTS








SELECTED BULGARIAN PERFORMANCES

  2 June
19.30
Drama Theatre - Main stage
"STOYAN BACHVAROV" DRAMA THEATRE - VARNA


LE LIBERTINE

by Eric-Emanuel Schmidt
Director - Krasimir Spasov
Set Design - Marina Raychinova
Cast: Mihail Mutafov, Veselina Mihalkova, Ivan Mandev, Dafinka Danailova, Bilyana Stoeva, Gergana Hristova


 
Duration of the performance - 110 min




  2 June
3 June
18.00
19.00
Puppet Theatre
"VAZRAJDANE" MUNICIPAL THEATRE

STELLA

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Director - Nikolai Polyakov
Set and Costume Design - Maria Dimanova
Cast: Nadya Konakchieva, Paraskeva Djukelova, Deyan Donkov, Mariyana Jikich, Tatyana Zahova

Duration of the performance - 70 min






3 June 18.00 and 20.30
Drama Theatre - Main stage
"LEGAL ART CENTRE" ASSOCIATION, STATE SATIRICAL THEATRE

THE MAIDS
by Jean Genet

Director and Set designer - Desislava Shpatova
Costume designer - Snezhina Petrova
Multimedia - Scot Heran
Cast: Snezhina Petrova, Danail Obretenov, Vasil Ryahov

Duration - 70 min

 


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5 June

18.30
Drama Theatre- Second stage

"ALEKO KONSTANTINOV" STATE SATIRICAL THEATRE

THE CHERRY SISTERS

by Michael Green

Director - Vazkresia Viharova
Set design - Zarko Uzunov
Cast: Yuliana Saiska, Irena Todorova, Anelia Todorova, Asya Ivanova, Vladislav Petrov, Nikolay Mutafchiev, Krasimir Radkov, Danail Obretenov, Maria Bobeva

Duration - 60 min

 

 

  6 June
17.00 and 20.15

Drama Theatre -Main stage


"SALZA I SMYAH" NEW DRAMA THEATRE

DREAMSCAPE


Author and director - Boyko Bogdanov
Set and Costume design - Petya Stoykova
Symphonic music arrangement - Danko Yordanov
Brass band music arrangement - Angel Tichaliev and "Karandila" gipsy orchestra
Soprano - Tsvetelina Maldjanska
Tenor - Boyko Tsvetanov
Cast: Maria Sapundjieva, Nevena Bozukova, Vyara Tabakova, Aneta Yankova, Dobriela Popova, Nelly Monedjikova, Dimitar Ivanov, Mihail Milchev, Plamen Dobrev, Stefan Shterev


photo©Ivo Hadjimishev

Duration - 100 min

 





 

6 June 18.00 and 20.30
Drama Theatre - Second stage

RHODOPES DRAMA THEATRE - SMOLYAN

BRIDGET JONES' DIARY

after Hellen Fielding

Director - Gergana Dimitrova
Set and Costume Design - Rozina Makaveeva
Music - Asen Avramov
A multimedia solo performance of
Elena Atanasova

Duration - 80 min






 

8 June
9 June
18.00
20.30
Puppet Theatre

"199" THEATRE

NOBODY KNOWS I'M A DOG
by Alan David Perkins

Director - Sunny Suninsky
Set Design - Vecheslav Parapanov
Cast: Vyara Kolarova, Ivan Burnev, Georgi Spasov, Krasimir Nedev, Suny Suninsky


photo©Ivo Hadjimishev

Duration - 90 min




 

11 June

17.00 and 20.30
Drama Theatre - Main Stage

"IVAN VAZOV" NATIONAL THEATRE

FRANCESCA

by Konstantin Iliev

Director - Margarita Mladenova
Set and Costume Design - Daniela Oleg Lyahova
Music - Kiril Donchev
Cast: Tayana Lolova, Atanas Atanasov, Radena Valkanova, Krasimir Dokov, Miroslava Gogovska-Laskin, Nikolay Kostadinov

Duration - 90 min




11 and 12 June

19.00h
Drama Theatre - Second stage

"BULGARIAN ARMY" THEATRE

THE FOURTH SISTER

by Janusz Glovacki

Director - Krikor Azaryan
Set and Costume design - Vecheslav Parapanov
Music - Stefan Valdobrev
Cast: Stefania Koleva, Nikoleta Malcheva, Kristina Yaneva, Vasil Mihaylov, Meglena Karalambova, Veselin Rankov, Ivaylo Hristov, Kamen Donev, Ivan Laskin, Ivan Radoev, Alexandar Doynov, Yulian Petrov, Valery Malchev


 
Duration - 120 min






SPECIALLY INVITED PERFORMANCES

  2 June
3 June
18.00
Drama Theatre - Second Stage
"SALZA I SMYAH" NEW DRAMA THEATRE, "REFLEX" PRODUCING AGENCY, "PRIMA" AGENCY

FANS

by Elin Rahnev

Director - Iglika Trifonova
Set and Costume Design - Vanina Geleva
Cast: Valentin Tanev, Hristo Garbov


Duration - 70 min.

 





  4 June 20.30
Drama Theatre -Mainstage

"STOYAN BACHVAROV" DRAMA THEATRE - VARNA

ROBERTO ZUCCO

by Bernard- Marie Koltes

Director - Boyan Ivanov
Set design and Costumes - Ivan Stavrev
Cast: Valentin Mitev, Yordan Mutafov, Penko Gospodinov, Svilen Stoyanov, Simeon Lutakov, Stefan Denoljubov, Stoyan Radev, bilyana Stoeva, Veselina Mihalkova, Milena Kaneva, Nina Stoitsova

 
Duration - 90 min






  6 June
7 June
19.30
19.00
Puppet Theatre

NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE

OLEANNA
by David Mamet

Translator and Director - Plamen Markov
Set Design - Nevena Beleva
Cast: Georgi Kadurin, Gergana Dandanova, Vasilena Radeva, Nikolay Ilchev, Delcho Cholakov, Martin Geraskov, Miroslav Balimezov





Duration - 90 min







  9 June 17.30
Drama Theatre - Second stage
"SOFIA" THEATRE, INSTITUTE FRANCAIS, MINISTRY OF CULTURE - FRANCE

LA NUIT JUSTE AVANT LES FORETS

by Bernard-Marie Koltes

Director - Vladimir Petkov
Set Design - Petar Mitev
Choreography - Mila Iskrenova
Music - Stefan Valdobrev
Cast: Rosen Belov, Victor Biserov, Georgi Zlatarev, Milen Nikolov, Anatoli Lazarov, Boris Georgiev

Duration - 90 min

 



  10 June 19.15
Drama Theatre - Second Stage

"THE RED HOUSE" CENTRE FOR CULTURE AND DEBATE , DCM FOUNDATION - BUCHAREST, GRAND THEATRE - GRONINGEN

ALFRED'S BEST FRIENDS


Staged and directed by - Galina Borisova
Composer - Rikard Borggard
Light designer - Gert Bakker
Cast: Florin Fieroiu, Eduard Gabia, Mircea Chinea, Willy Prager
Duration - 60 min




 

  10 June

Drama Theatre - Main Stage
"SFUMATO" THEATRE WORKSHOP

THE VALLEY OF THE DEADLY SHADOW
after "The Karamazov Brothers" by F. Dostoevsky
Script - Georgi Tenev, Margarita Mladenova, Ivan Dobchev
Set design - Ivan Dobchev, Daniela Lyahova
Costumes - Daniela Lyahova
Music - Asen Avramov

17.00 - 19.00
ALYOSHA
Director - Margarita Mladenova
Cast: Krasimir Dokov, Radko Savov, Deyan Donkov, Hristo Petkov, Tsvetan Alexiev, Miroslava Gogovska, Diana Dobreva, Zhoreta Nikolova, Svetlana Yancheva, Margita Gosheva, Yordan Bikov, Anton Ugrinov

20.30 - 22.30
IVAN
Director - Ivan Dobchev
Cast: Hristo Petkov, Radko Savov, Tsvetan Alexiev, Krasimir Dokov, Zhoreta Nikolova, Diana Dobreva, Yordan Bikov

photo©Simon Varsano
Duration - 2 x 120 min - with an interval of 90 min









SELECTED FOREIGN PERFORMANCES

  1 June 18.30
Drama Theatre - Main stage

KHARKIV STATE ACADEMIC UKRAINIAN DRAMA THEATRE NAMED BY TARAS SHEVCHENKO, CHARITY PRODUCER'S FUND

HAMLET.DREAMS


After William Shakespeare
Director - Andriy Zholdak
Set design - Kolio Karamfilov, Juriy Ryntovt
Costume designer - Tita Dimova
Music designer - Mariya Golubnichaya
Lightning designer - Vladimir Minakov
Cast: Andriy Kravchuk, Viktoria Spesivceva, Vladimir Malyar, Oksana Stecenko, Garry Chumachenko, Vladimir Borisenko, Juriy Golovain, Valeriy Brilev, Roman Zirov, Alexandr Kovshun, Eduard Besrodniy, Vasiliy Gapjuk, Alexandr Martyshnikov, Dmitry Chernyavsky, Dmitriy Petrov, Evgeniy Plaksin, Tatyana Mihina, Elena Kachan, Tamara Zuboba, Anna Plohotnjuk, Larisa Lunina, Elena Pristup, Tatiyana Petrovska, Oksana Shopina, Majya Bezrodnaya, Galina Karan, Elena Timofeenko, Irina Golobrodska, Tatyana Turka, Marsela Zabashta, Nathasha Golubnichaya

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duration - 170 min



 

 

4 June 18.00
Drama Theatre - Second Stage

SKOPJE DRAMA THEATRE

PROUD FLESH

by Goran Stefanovski

Director - Alexandar Popovski
Stage design - Angelina Atlagic
Music - Kiril Djajkovski
Choreography - Krenare Nevzati - Keri
Cast: Nikola Ristanovski, Nukolina Kujaca, Risto Gogovski, Dejan Lilic, Dragan Spasov, Biljana Dragicevic, Irena Ristic, Snezana Stameska, Sofija Matevska Kunovska, Kalina Naumovska


Duration -120 min

 



 

5 June 20.00
Drama Theatre - Main Stage

COMPAGNIE LINGA - SWITZERLAND

A TRAIN MAY ALWAYS HIDE ANOTHER ONE


Choreography - Katarzyna Gdaniec and Marco Cantalupo
Dancers: Stefanie Batten Bland, Elodie Boulet, Katarzyna Gdaniec, Jerome Benoist, Marco Cantalupo, Jean Kouassi, Gaetan Viau

 
Duration - 75 min







  7 June 17.00 and 20.15
Drama Theatre - Main stage
COMPANY "FRACTION" - BELGIUM

ANTI - GONE

after Sophocles

Director - Galin Stoev
Cast: Celine Bolomey, Agathe Chion, Stephane Oertli, Antoine Oppenheim


photo copyright: Isabelle de Valensart
Duration - 80 min


  8 June 19.00
Drama Theatre - Main stage

WALKER DANCE & PARK MUSIC - GREAT BRITAIN

MOMENT TO MOMENT, THE SELF, THE 3 OF US


Choreographer - Fin Walker
Composer - Ben Park
Costume designer - Ben Maher
Piano - Ben Park
Acoustic bass - Richard Pryce
Percussion - Stephen Gibson
Voice - Gabriel Gottlieb
Cast: Fin Walker, Lee Clayden, Jenny Tattersal

 
Duration - 90 min




  8 June 21.00
Drama Theatre - Second Stage

COMPAGNIE "DRIFT" - SWITZERLAND

MACHINE A SONS - A THEATRICAL CONCERT


Idea - Massimo Bertinelli, Francois Gendre
Director - Peter Schelling
Choreography - Beatrice Jaccard
Music - Massimo Bertinelli, Francois Gendre, Beatrice Jaccard
Cast: Beatrice Jaccard, Massimo Bertinelli, Francois Gendre



photo©Christian Altorfer
Duration - 55 min





  9 June 19.15
Drama Theatre - Main stage

COMPAIGNE "DRIFT" - SWITZERLAND


RELACHE NOIR


Musical adaptation of the ballet "Relache" by Erik Satie - Claudia Ruegg
Choreography/dance: Beatrice Jaccard, Peter Schelling, Massimo Bertinelli, Ivan Wolfe





photo©Christian Glaus
Duration - 60 min




 

GOB SQUAD ARTS COLLECTIVE - ASSOCIATED ARTISTS AT PODEWIL -
CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, BERLIN


ROOM SERVICE - HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

Concept and performance: Johanna Freiburg, Sean Patten, Elyce Semenec, Berit Stumpf, Sarah Thom, Bastian Trost, Simon Will
Sound: Sebastian Bark, Jeff McGrory
Video: Miles Chalcraft, Leif Alexis


 
 









PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN

  1 June 11.00
Puppet Theatre
PUPPET THEATRE - VARNA


FOLKLORE FANTASIES


The performance was created by the actors: Galin Ginev, Vera Stoykova, Diana Tsolevska, Jivko Jekov



Duration - 50 min





  1 June 17.00
Puppet Theatre
PUPPET THEATRE - VARNA

TO PUT IT MILDLY

by Valery Petrov

Director - Georgi Mihalkov
Set design - Stoyan Radev
Cast: Luchezar Stoyanov, Sasho Alexandrov, Jivko Jekov, Vera Stoykova, Diana Tsolevska, Yolanta Raykova
Star musicians: Malina Mihalkova, Asen Ganev
Duration - 60 min








STREET PERFORMANCES

  7 June
8 June

19.30
20.00

"KVELB" THEATRE - CZECH REPUBLIC
MY BESTIARY, THE TALL STORY


 
 




  10 June
11 June

22.15
21.00

CONCERT OF THE TROUPE "SONDAKY" - CANADA  
 









PARALLEL EVENTS



1 - 3 June

"Theatre and antropology" - International workshop for students with Mr. Michel Nebenzahl (France)


1-3 June

"Via Sfera - live sculpture" - happening by Art-group VIA PONTICA


1-11 June


Exhibition of works by students from the National Art Academy, "Sculpture" speciality

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