The director of the show talks with Jacqueline Dobreva about the process of its creation. Continue reading Boyan Ivanov: The performance “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” became a cause
László Göndör is one of the young talented personalities on the theatre stages in Hungary. His performances are distinguished by their playful and ironic elements. In 2020, Göndör won the Staféta Award, which supports the most promising young Hungarian theatre creators. In the festival selection, he is participating with his one-man show ‘Living the Dream with Grandma’ which brought him international fame. Göndör shares more about the performance with Desislava Vasileva. Continue reading Getting through anxiety and fear with László Göndör and ‘Living the Dream with Grandma’
The Showcase programme of the Varna Summer International Theatre Festival 2024 opens on 3rd June with “The Hague” by Sasha Denisova directed by Galin Stoev at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. Jacqueline Dobreva talks with the director about his work on the production. Continue reading Galin Stoev: “The Hague” is a playground and an exploration of our intimate understanding of good and evil
The Varna Summer International Theatre Festival for a thirty-second time! Just before its upbeat the festival director Nikolay Iordanov and main coordinator Asen Terziev talk about this year’s edition with Jacqueline Dobreva. Continue reading The festival is a kaleidoscope of the theatre scene
Between 4 – 8 June Varna Summer Theatre Festival hosted for the second time an international workshop for young theatre critics organized by the International Association of Theatre Critics and the Homo Ludens Foundation. We asked some of the participants to tell us more about their experiences in the workshop. Continue reading On the workshop for young theatre critics
Stefana Pop-Curseu is the artistic director of the National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She visited the festival and tells Jacqueline Dobreva about her impressions of the performances. Continue reading Stefana Pop-Curseu: We must believe in beauty
Handan Uzal Dündar is visiting the Varna Summer Theatre Festival as programming manager of the Istanbul Theatre Festival. She shares with Dessislava Vassiva her comments about performances from the festival programme that she saw. Continue reading Handan Uzal Dündar on performances in the festival programme
Marcin Zawada is the artistic director of the Kielce International Theatre Festival and of the Teatr Żeromskiego, Kielce, Poland. This year he is a guest of the Showcase programme and Anita Angelova spoke to him about his impressions of the productions presented. Continue reading Marcin Zawada: This festival is growing
Director Kris Sharkov talks to Anita Angelova about his staging of “Unbearably Long Embraces” by Ivan Vyrypaev, part of the “Showcase” programme on 8th June at the City Art Gallery. Continue reading Kris Sharkov: “Unbearably Long Embraces” invites us to rethink our sensual experience
Jean-Pierre Han is vice-president of the International Association of Theatre Critics. He is at the festival as a mentor for the French-speaking group of participants in the workshop for young theatre critics. He shares his impressions of the festival programme with Anita Angelova. Continue reading Jean-Pierre Han: Jernej Lorenci is a real discovery
