Hasibe Kalkan, Head of the Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy Department at Istanbul University, was a guest of the Showcase programme. In an interview with Anita Angelova, she shares her reflections on the festival’s performances.
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“I can definitely say that my favourite performances from the international programme and the Showcase of this year’s Varna Summer Theatre Festival are “The Tempest” directed by Victor Bodo, “Triptych” by Ballet Arabesque and “Illusions” directed by Galin Stoev”, says Handan Salta, a critic, translator and organiser of TheatreIST Festival in Istanbul, Turkey, guest of the Showcase programme. Continue reading On the Balkans you should be prepared for many dramatic performances
Zhaklin Dobreva talks to Ivan Dodovski from North Macedonia – Professor of Critical Theory and Comparative Literature at University American College Skopje and President of Eurodram – about his impressions of the festival programme and the performances ‘Triptych’, ‘Cries from the Underground’, ‘The Tempest’ and ‘The Fellowman’s Face’, as well as the importance of cultural exchange between different languages, stages and cultures. Continue reading Ivan Dodovski: The Diversity of Varna Summer Theatre Festival
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
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
