Savas Patsalidis is a theatre critic and professor from Greece, editor-in-chief of the online journal Critical Stages produced by the International Association of Theatre Critics. He shares with Desislava Vasileva some of his impressions on the festival’s Showcase programme. Continue reading Savas Patsalidis: The festival shows a variety of styles
Zeljka Turcinovic is selector of Croatian Theatre Showcase. Jacqueline Dobreva asked her about her impressions from the productions presented in the Showcase programme. Continue reading Zeljka Turcinovic: I watched performances with contemporary directing and very good acting
Eirini Mountraki is the head dramaturg at the National Theatre of Greece in Athens, and head of the international collaborations department. She also teach at the Universities of Athens and Peloponnese. Jacqueline Dobreva asked her about her impressions from the productions presented in the Showcase programme. Continue reading Eirini Mountraki: The festival provides an overall view of both the big repertory theatres and the independent scene
Interview by Anita Angelova with director Zafir Radjab about his journey to the play “Tribes” by Nina Rain produced by the “Bulgarian Army” Theatre. Continue reading Fragile Worlds: Zafir Radjab on “Tribes”
Tamas Jaszay is a theatre critic and curator from Hungary, editor-in-chief of the critical portal Revizor. He shares with Desislava Vasileva some his impressions on the festival’s Showcase programme. Continue reading Tamas Jaszay: Monodrama is a popular trend in the European theatre
Jacqueline Dobreva talks with the two dance artists who reveal the conception of the project and its multilayered meanings. Continue reading Stanislav Genadiev and Violeta Vitanova on the movement performance ‘Saline Nebula’
The German theatre journalist Dieter Topp shares with Anita Angelova his opinion about ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time’ and ‘The Hague’, part of the Showcase programme. Continue reading Dieter Topp: I proposed ‘The Hague’ for the Award of KulturForum Europa for Cultural Achievement
Jan Jiřík is a theatre critic and faculty member of the Theatre Faculty at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he teaches at the Department of Theatre Theory. Jiřík shares with Desislava Vasileva some his opinion on the productions ‘The Hague’ and ‘Living the Dream with Grandma”. Continue reading Jan Jiřík: I am very happy that stories like in ‘Living the Dream with Grandma’ are shared with the audience
Director Nadya Pancheva shares in an interview with Anita Angelova her motivations for working on documentary plays and tell about the research process for Doug Wright’s play ‘I Am My Own Wife,’ starring Dimitar Angelov. Continue reading Nadya Pancheva on ‘I Am My Own Wife’: We Need the Example of Strong Real Personalities
The ‘Sfumato’ Theater Laboratory participates in the festival selection with the production ‘Happy Days’ by Samuel Beckett. Desislava Vasileva talks with director Margarita Mladenova. Continue reading Margarita Mladenova about ‘Happy Days’ – a performance on the vital impulse to live
