Lora Vangelova speaks with director Zafir Radjab about the production ‘Albion’ by Mike Bartlett, produced by Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre and presented as part of the festival’s Showcase Programme. Continue reading Zafir Radjab on ‘Albion’: The Garden of Memory and Hope
Cultural manager, co-founder and director of Varna Dance Theatre, Karina Ilieva on the solo “BEHIND YOU” choreographed by Filip Milanov (Ballet Arabesque), part of the Showcase programme. Continue reading “BEHIND YOU” is a performance about rediscovering ourselves
“Why do lofty ideas fail when put into human action? For me, this is the great subject of art today,” says director Margarita Mladenova in an interview with Zhaklin Dobreva about ‘The Fellowman’s Face’, based on ‘The Idiot’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Theatre Laboratory “Sfumato”, part of the Showcase programme. Continue reading Margarita Mladenova on ‘The Fellowman’s Face’: It is difficult to love the ugly face of one’s fellowman
Ivanka Apostolova Baskar talks to Anita Angelova about her impressions of the Varna Summer International Theatre Festival programme and the performances ‘Triptych’, ‘Cries from the Underground’, ‘The Great’ and ‘The Tempest’. Could you present yourself briefly, which organisation do you represent and what inspired you to come again to the Varna Summer International Theatre Festival? I am deeply grateful to have been invited here for … Continue reading Ivanka Apostolova Baskar: The Festival Continues to Inspire
Talya Rubin, a guest at the festival Showcase, is the co-artistic director of the company “Too Close to the Sun”, Australia. She shares her impressions of the performances “Triptych” and “Cries from the Underground” with Maria Ibrishimova. Continue reading Talya Rubin: I love theatre that surprises me
Interview by Anita Angelova with choreographer Filip Milanov about the solo ‘Behind You’, Ballet Arabesque – part of the Showcase program Continue reading Filip Milanov on ‘Behind You’: Through the Body, You Can Perform an Entire Lifetime
Zhaklin Dobreva speaks with director Stoyan Radev about ‘Cries from the Underground’ – Yordan Rаsin’s one-man performance based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s celebrated novella ‘Notes from the Underground’, presented as part of the Showcase programme. Continue reading Stoyan Radev on ‘Cries from the Underground’: Truth Can Only Be Cried Out
“For me, going through this text has something purifying about it. Almost like a personal sermon – both to myself and to the audience,” actor Yordan Rasin shares with Zhaklin Dobreva in a conversation about his role in ‘Cries from the Underground’, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Notes from Underground’ and presented as part of the Showcase programme. Continue reading Yordan Rasin on ‘Cries from the Underground’: The Underground Man speaks as if all of humanity were standing before him
The creative master of the stage, director Viktor Bodó is returning to Varna for the second time, now with his production of The Tempest, created with the Hungarian-speaking Tamási Áron Theatre from Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania. Born in Hungary and winner of the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities (Union des Théâtres de l’Europe) in 2016, Bodó has been working regularly in German-speaking countries in recent years. Sándor B. Nagy spoke with him right after the premiere of ‘The Tempest’ in December 2024. The production, awarded with major prizes in Romania, opens the international programme of the festival on 6th June. Continue reading Viktor Bodó on “The Tempest”: A difficult, but magical play
Dieter Topp is a cultural journalist, cultural manager, art advisor and curator, and President of KulturForum Europa from Germany. He followed the programme during the first days of the festival and Anita Angelova collected his impressions. Continue reading This festival remains an important cultural event
