International Festival of Street Theatre "Puppet Fair 2014"

International Festival of Street Theatre "Puppet Fair 2014"

From 16 to September 22, Sofia will host the VIII-th edition of the International Festival of street and puppet theater "Puppets Fair 2014".




The rich international program of the festival will acquaint viewers with the latest trends in the field of puppet and street theater at home and in Europe.

Organizers of the festival are Puppet Theatre, Sofia Municipality, Ministry of Culture, the Association of puppet theaters in Bulgaria "Permission - UNIMA, Bulgaria" and the Union of Artists in Bulgaria - UAB.

Behind the festival as partners stand and Czech Centre Sofia, Goethe Institute Bulgaria, Instituto Cervantes Sofia, Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia, Polish Institute Sofia, Sofia Theatre, 199 Theatre, Theatre Bulgarian Army National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" Chamber Theater Renaissance Theater Workshop Sfumato.

The festival has an established reputation both in Bulgarian and in the world cultural space. Since 2002 he has been an integral part of the cultural life of the capital. This year's "Puppet Fair" will be attended by 13 theater troupes from Bulgaria and 12 from Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia. Together with the Czech Centre, will open an exhibition "Model Czech scenography" at the SAG.

The festival provided as many plays indoors in theaters partners and a number of outdoor events - street theater, acrobatics, slapstick, mime, street musicians and others who will be held in front of NDK garden in front of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" and park "Zaimov".

The festival is unique in nature as offers local residents and guests of Sofia touch with many European cultures, which will be presented to the Bulgarian audience and creates conditions for realization of polztvorni contacts with artists from all over Europe.

Media partners of "Puppet Fair 2014" are Bulgarian National Television, Bulgarian National Radio, Darik Radio, Standart newspaper, Radio FAMILY, www.vapreki.com.
 
PROGRAMME

09/16/2014

10:30 and 16:30 - Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "The Frog Prince"
Director: Todor Vylov; performance for children over 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11:00 and 16:30 - Theatre "HELIOS", GERMANY - "H2O"
Director: Barbara Kyoling; performance for children over 2 years
In the hall of the Theatre "Sofia"
With the support of the Goethe Institute Bulgaria

18:30 - OPENING - Theatre "WAD" BULGARIA - "Carnival Boulevard" and students from the National Academy of street performance "Clowns and dolls"
Happening in front of NDK

19:30 - Agrupación Señor Serrano, SPAIN - "Catastrophe"
Original idea: Alex Serrano, On Palacio - a performance for adults
NDK Hall 3
With the support of Instituto Cervantes Sofia

09/17/2014

10:30 - State Puppet Theatre Varna, BULGARIA - "Small wizards"
Director: Vera Stoykova; performance for children over 5 years.
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11:00 and 16:30 - Theatre "HELIOS", GERMANY - "H2O"
Director: Barbara Kyoling; performance for children over 2 years.
In the hall of the Theatre "Sofia"
With the support of the Goethe Institute Bulgaria

17:00 - Theatre "Studio 313", BULGARIA - "machine Ian Bibian"
Director: Peter Pashov - junior; performance for the whole family.
In the hall of the Theatre "Studio 313"

18:00 - Presentation of the book of Sunny. Malenov and Eve. Ivanov
"Design of stage lighting"
Lobby Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

19:00 - Theatre "Hand", BULGARIA - "Escorial"
Director: Veselin Boydeva; show for adults.
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

20:30 - Theatre "MALABAR", FRANCE - "Bestier"
Street performance for all ages
City Garden, National Theatre "Ivan Vazov"

09/18/2014

10.30 - Theatre "ALKRITO", GERMANY - "The Princess with frog head"
Director: Alexander Betov; performance for children over 7 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11.00 - Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "Hansel and Gretel"
Director: Sunny Suninski; performance for children over 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theater Boulevard. "Yanko Sakazov" 19

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Accompanying program - International Project HELIDRA - Theatre "MALABAR", FRANCE - workshop "Techniques of street performance"
The garden in front of NDK - near the monument

17:00 - Theatre "Studio 313", BULGARIA - "machine Ian Bibian"
Director: Peter Pashov - junior; performance for the whole family.
In the hall of the Theatre "Studio 313"

19.00 - Theatre "RISERVA CANINI", ITALY - "Talitha Kum"
Director: Marco Ferro; show for adults
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

20.30 - Theatre "BIURO PODROZY", POLAND - "Macbeth"
Street performance for adults
NDK
With the support of the Polish Institute Sofia

09/19/2014

10.30 - Theatre "ALKRITO" GERMANY - "The Princess with frog head"
Director: Alexander Betov; performance for children over 7 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11:00 to 17:00 - Accompanying program - International Project HELIDRA - Theoretical Conference "The street theater and its children"
Goethe Institute Bulgaria, Budapest Str. 1

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Accompanying program - International Project HELIDRA - Theatre "BIURO PODROZY", POLAND - Workshop "Techniques of street performance"
The garden in front of NDK - near the monument

16.00 - Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "Baby play"
Directed by Elsa Laleva; performance for children 2 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

17.30 - Theatre PIKI, Slovakia - "cuddle pinky"
Director: Katarina Aulitisova Lubomir Piktor, a performance for children over 6 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

18.30 - Opening of the exhibition - "Czech puppet scenography"
Sofia City Art Gallery
With the support of the Czech Center Sofia

20:00 - Theatre "Hop Signor Puppet", GREECE - "Tabula Rosa"
Director: Evgenia Tsichlia; performance for children between 12-16 years and adults.
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

21:00 - Theatre "WAD" BULGARIA - "Memory of Fire"
Director - Helen Pape
The ruins of the Rotunda "St. George "street performance

09/20/2014

9:30 to 14:00 - Accompanying program - International Project HELIDRA - Theatre "HELIX", Greece - Workshop "Techniques of street performance"
The garden in front of NDK - near the monument

10:00 to 15:00 - Accompanying program - Association "Loutky Bez Hranic", Prague - Workshop for children - Making dolls, samples of the Czech scenography
Czech Centre Sofia
With the support of the Czech Center Sofia

10.30 and 12.00 - State Puppet Theatre Sliven, BULGARIA - "Dwarf Long Nose"
Director: Biserka Kolevska; performance for the whole family
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11.00 - Theatre "If" and the State Puppet Theatre Stara Zagora, BULGARIA - "unborn girl"
Director: Christina Arsenova; performance for children over 6 years and the whole family
In the hall of the Theatre 199

11:00 and 16:30 - Theatre "Lutkovno Gledalisce Ljubljana", Slovenia - "Turlututu"
Directed by Matthias Soltsy; performance for children over 3 years
In the hall of the Chamber Theatre "Renaissance"

11:00 - SLACKLINE, BULGARIA - acrobatic show
Show open to all ages
Park "Zaimov"

16:30 - State Puppet Theatre Vidin, BULGARIA - "Rakopleshtene"
Directed by Rumen Gavanozov - performance for children over 7 years and the whole family
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

19:30 Theatre 199, BULGARIA - "Kolektsionerkata"
Director: Katja Petrova show for adults
In the hall of the Theatre 199

21:00 Theatre "Hop Signor Puppet", GREECE - "Tabula Rosa"
Director: Evgenia Tsichlia; performance for children between 12-16 years and adults.
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

09/21/2014

10:00 to 15:00 - Accompanying program - Association "Loutky Bez Hranic", Prague - Workshop for children Theatre performance with dolls produced before day
Czech Centre Sofia
With the support of the Czech Centre Sofia

11:00 Center for the Arts "Rodopi", BULGARIA - "Yellow"
Directed by Peter Todorov, a performance for children up to 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

11:00 - Slackline, BULGARIA - acrobatic show
Show open to all ages
Park "Zaimov"

11:00 - Theatre "AERECHO", GREECE - "Dryad"
Directed by Corinna Latelis - performance in the open for all ages
Park "Zaimov" to "Sfumato"

12.00 - Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "Hansel and Gretel"
Director: Sunny Suninski; performance for children over 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theater Boulevard. "Yanko Sakazov" 19

12:30 - State Puppet Theatre Burgas, BULGARIA - "Fables by La Fontaine"
Director: Biserka Kolevska; performance for children over 5 years and the whole family
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

17:30 - The theater "DRAK", CZECH REPUBLIC - "The last trick of Georges Méliès'
Directed by Jiri Havelka; performance for children over 7 years and the whole family
In the hall of the Theatre "Bulgarian Army"
With the support of the Czech Centre Sofia

19:30 - Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "Tempest"
Director: Katja Petrova; show for adults
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

09/22/2014

10:30 - Theatre "OPLA", ITALY - "I Thumb"
Director: Evelina Pershorova; performance for children over 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14
With the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia

16:00 - Theatre "AERECHO", GREECE - "Dryad"
Directed by Corinna Latelis - performance in the open for all ages
Zaimov Park, to "Sfumato"

16:30 - Arts Center "Rodopi", BULGARIA - "Yellow"
Directed by Peter Todorov, a performance for children up to 5 years
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14

17:30 - Association for Contemporary Art "Her Majesty pressure cooker", BULGARIA - "No movement, no sound"
Directed by Ida Daniel performance for adults
In the hall of the Theatre Workshop "Sfumato"

19:30 Puppet Theatre, BULGARIA - "Some may - no other"
Directed by Boris Radev, a performance for children over 6 years and the whole family
In the hall of the Central Puppet Theatre Street. "Gen. Gurko "№ 14
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