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ICTF "THE BLACK BOX " 2010
The forth edition of the International Chamber Theatre Festival "The Black Box" took place from June 22 to June 30 and welcomed artists from Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Colombia, Israel, Russia, Iran and Switzerland.
OFFICIAL OPENING
| June 22 (Tue) at 7 p.m. |
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The Room Theater
Israel
Adam Zvei Dam / Bleeding
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Bleeding is a surrealistic-Macabre fantasy, telling the story of a family that deals with the loss of its son, and describing its journey into the mourning.
The performance is presented as a silent physical-theater show, using a large range of venue mediums: dance, butoh, plastic art and visual theater.
Participated in "Israel Festival" - 2006,"Clipa Theater decade festival", "Acco Festival" -2007, Schauspielhaus Graz - 2008
Yaron Kerbel - Creator/Director
Performers:
The mother: Maya Gasner
The father: Doron Henya
The son: Leo Gurevich
The mourning: Yaron Kerbel
Music: Yuval Mesner (scene 2# by Piazzolla)
Set design: Toofik Boulous
Lighting design: Dima Erashkin
Production and Director Assistant: Shlomit Yossef
Artistic Consultant: Amir Orian - The Room Theater
| June 23 (Wed) at 7:00 p.m. |
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Theatre-laboratory @lma @lter
Bulgaria
The impossible you, The impossible me
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Two girls with a provocative behaviour, faking pregnancy. This gives them the freedom to be what they are not. To act on behalf of someone else. To do everything they have ever wanted but have not been able to. To strip naked their lives to their impossible nudity. And to see it for the first time as it is - "impossible". And where to now: "We would be insane if we keep wanting to give birth. But if we do not give birth then we are normal. And if we are normal we have to want to give birth". And in order to defend their "impossibility" they do this - give birth. To what? To rabbits, two rabbits: white and black. Like their lives. They leave the rabbits and depart from the stage - leaving problems and dilemmas to us, the audience... Because no one can be in charge of our own lives instead of us.
Director: Nikolay Georgiev
Choreography: Petia Yosifova
Text: Milosz Ziapkow
Cast: Zornitsa Antonova, Petya Yosifova
| June 25 (Fri) at 7 p.m. |
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Co-Production of Puppet Theatres – Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Burgas
Bulgaria
Edip. The Celebration of the Blinding
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Edip. The Celebration of the Blinding is the highest budget puppet production in Bulgaria. Edip is a spectacular show featuring three meters high puppets, large ensemble of seventeen actors, innovative art direction, incredible music, and original directing work from Ruslan Kudasov.
Director: Ruslan Kudasov
Puppets and venue design: Andrey Zaporozhsky
Music: Vladimir Bichkovsky
Cast: Alexandra Ilieva, Ana Dulgerova, Delyan Kyosev,Dimitar Nikolov,Eltitza Stoyanova,Jivko Dzhuranov, Ivaylo Enev, Mariya Atanasova, Natalia Vasileva, Nedelina Roselinova, Rosen Rusev, Rumen Karamanov, Sonya Boteva, Stanislav Matev, Stoyan Angelov, Tatyana Andreeva, Tatyana Etimova.
| June 26 (Sat) at 7 p.m. |
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Zig Zag Theatre Company
Bulgaria
The Overcoat by N.V. Gogol
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Each new adaptation of Nikolay Gogol's classic short story "The Overcoat" is a challenge. Kovachev and Karov artistic duo creates one memorable performance.
The director Ivan Kovachev is a founder of the Zig Zag Theatre Company.
He has lived and worked for long years in Washington, DC. He received an award from Hometown Festival - Huston, Texas for his adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard" by A.P. Chekhov and was three times nominated for Silver Spring Award (One Act Festival).
Martin Karov joined Aleko Konstantinov State Satirical Theatre – Sofia in 2009. He has
an Icarus Award Nomination for his debut in "Vampire" by Anton Strashimirov (Directed by Vasilena Radeva).
| June 27 (Sun) at 7 p.m. |
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A. Ostrovskiy Drama Theater Moskow
Russia
Scenes of family life
Based on three short stories by A.P. Chekhov
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Three short stories by A.P.Chekhov were used as literature basis for the play: "Tripping Tongue", "The Chorus Girl", and "Out of Sorts". The performance was completed in genre of Russian Literature Theater, known by the works of directors Petr Fomenko and Sergey Zhenovach.
The Director Olga Vsil'eva ironically brings in the spotlight different sides of family life, like unfaithfulness, offense, deception and quarrel:
Natalia Mihailovna shares her impressions from her Yalta vacation with her husband. Describing beautiful sceneries, trips to the mountains, argument with a friend, love affair… Isn’t it too much to share?
Nikolay Petrovich Kolpakhov fell for chorister Pasha and was not able to hide it from watchful eyes of his wife.
Semen Ilyich Prachkhin is upset with his cards loss the day before. He is looking for some sort of relief, the way to clear his conscience, and someone to blame.
Director: Olga Vasilieva
Music: Zaur Fachradov
Cast: Tatiana Belkovetcs, Irina Karpova and Vasiliy Shmakov
| June 28 (Mon) at 7 p.m. |
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βλακlist International Theater Group
Greece – Colombia
The Theater Case
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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Costas, Mario, Alexandra and the "others"... have a common origin, a case. They all meet when Mario decides to go around the world, but the whole world finally is found in the eyes of Alexandra, who lives in Athens and his travelling stops there.
The Theater Case is based to a physical-theatre orientated work, influenced by the techniques of Clown, Slapstick and Physical Theatre (Philippe Gaullier, Complicite, Jacques Lecoq) and throughout various theatre improvisations.
Presented at Going Youth Festival 09 - Tehnopolis (Athens, September 2009), Devised Theatre Festival 09, Theater of Neos Kosmos, Athens and BoB Theatre Festival 10, Theater Chora, Athens
Director – Margarita Amarantidi
Dramaturg – Federico Nieto – El’ Gazi
Actors - Christina Dendrinou,Savvas Kovlakas,Federico Nieto – El’ Gazi
Choreographer - Jessica Hennou
Original Music: Laertes Malkotsis
| 29 June (Tue) at 7 p.m. |
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schauspielfrankfurt
Germany
The girl with the nine wigs
based on the autobiography of Sophie van der Stap
State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv
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A young woman is confronted with cancer, she might die within a few months. Her life is suddenly out of order, her plans are obsolete. She was a young carefree woman, now she is a patient.
Director: Mina Salehpour
Producer and Dramaturg: Marcel Luxinger
Played by: Julia Penner
venue Design and Costumes: Anna Dischkow
Music: ArnimStreek
Mina Salehpour is a young director, hailing from Iran but having grown up in Germany. She has been an assistant at schauspielfrankfurt and this is her first direction.
Julia Penner is one of Germany's most talented young actresses. She studied at the famous Ernst Busch-Schule in Berlin and was a member of the ensemble of Schauspiel Frankfurt as well as of Stadttheater Konstanz.
Marcel Luxinger is an author, dramaturg and director from Switzerland whose works have been shown at many big theatres in Germany, like schauspielfrankfurt, Schaubühne Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Schauspielhaus Hamburg etc., he is currently writing plays for the Theater Basel and Schauspielhaus Bochum.
Anna Dischkow hails from Bulgaria and finished her studies at the renowned Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach (near Frankfurt). Afterwards, she has been working at the Schauspiel Frankfurt as Stage and Costume Designer.
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