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
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 was guest of the festival and Anita Angelova spoke with him about the productions he saw. Continue reading Savas Patsalidis: I saw impressive acting
The famous Serbian theatre scholar prof. Ivan Medenica, long-time director of the international theatre festival BITEF in Belgrade, is in Varna as a mentor of the workshop for young theatre critics, which is organized within the festival by the International Association of Theatre Critics and the Homo Ludens Foundation. After the performance “Orpheus” Desislava Vassileva asked him for a short review. Continue reading “Orpheus”: An eternal search for love
Vilhelmas Milis is cultural project manager of the Klaipėda Drama Theater, Lithuania, guest of the Showcase programme. We asked him to comment on the performances he saw at the festival programme. Continue reading Vilhelmas Milis on performances in the festival programme
Contemporary dance is presented in the festival programme with the performance “FREEFALL” by choreographer Marion Darova, part of the Showcase. Anita Angelova met her for an interview. Continue reading Marion Darova: Minimalism is one of the faces of the beautiful
Asen Terziev talks to Slovenian director Jernej Lorenci on the occasion of the performance “Orpheus”, which he put on the stage of the National Theatre in Sofia. The production is presented on 5 June at the Varna Drama Theatre as part of the Bulgarian selection of the festival and the Showcase programme. Continue reading Jernej Lorenci: I do not strive for illusion, but for allusion
On 5 and 6 June we invite the festival audience to Rebonkers, where the kinetic installation “Peripatetic” by the visual artist and scenographer Venelin Shurelov is on display, the presentation of which will end with the performance “Peripatetic in Action”. Venelin Shurelov is also the author of this year’s image of the festival, derived from his installation. Jacqueline Dobreva talks to the artist. Continue reading Venelin Shurelov: “Peripatetic” – between collective anxiety and exhilaration
