ProText On Tour in Veliko Turnovo and Varna

We are happy to announce that our tour goes on!

This time, we are going to Veliko Turnovo and Varna in early June.

Here is the bill:

ProText On Tour
Onstage Readings of New European Drama In Non-theatrical Spaces – 1

The Bill:

Veliko Turnovo:

Blaubart – Hoffnung der Frauen, by Dea Loher
Thursday, June 5, 11:00 p.m.
Malkiat Inter
22, Ivan Vazov Street
Free entrance (we will pass the hat if you want to donate or support us)

Starring: Elena Dimitrova, Irina Docheva & Hristo Petkov
Original Live Music Act by bggz
Video & Vision Mix by Lyubomir Draganov
Directed by Gergana Dimitrova,Vasilena Radeva
Scenography & Costume Design by Elena Shopova

00:30 Dj After Party at White Room (above Melon Club)
DJ Dimitrii & DJ Nilag

Concert of BGz
Friday, June 6, 8:30 p.m.
VelikO ArtS Center
Entrance: BGN 4,00

Varna:
Within the parallel program of the 2008 Varnensko Liato Theatre Festival

Der Häßliche, by Marius von Mayenburg

Monday, June 9, 6:00 p.m.

Comics Club

3, Hristo Samsarov Street

Entrance: BGN 2,00

Starring Elen Koleva, Vasil Chitanov, Ognyan Golev, Hristo Petkov

Original Live Music Act: bggz & lowhum
Video & Vision Mix by: Lyubomir Draganov
Directed by: Gergana Dimitrova, Vasilena Radeva
Scenography & Costume Design by: Elena Shopova

Concert of BGz
Monday, June 9, 10:00 p.m.
Comics Club
3, Hristo Samsarov Street
Entrance: BGN 4,00

69, by Igor Bauersima
Tuesday, June 10, 9:00 p.m.
Radio Varna
22, Primorsky Blvd.
Free entrance (we will pass the hat if you want to donate or support us)

Starring: Elena Dimitrova & Peter Meltev
Original Live Music Act: bggz & lowhum
Video & Vision Mix by: Lyubomir Draganov
Directed by: Gergana Dimitrova, Vasilena Radeva
Scenography & Costume Design by: Miroslav Yordanov

Organized by Mladen Alexiev & Gergana Dimitrova

ProText on tour

After the reading performances in Sofia the ProText team heads for Ruse and Plovdiv to present the plays from its bill as follows:

Ruse:

69, by Igor Bauersima

Sunday, January 20, 7:00 p.m.

Rousse Art Gallery

39, Borisova Street

Blaubart - Hoffnung der Frauen, by Dea Loher

Monday, January 21, 7:00 p.m.

Sign Club

4, Slavyanska Street

Plovdiv:

Der Häßliche, by Marius von Mayenburg

Wednesday, January 23, 7:00 p.m.

Total Sport
13, Exarch Yossif Street

After the reading performance
ProText After Party
Live Music Act & DJ Set
Begegnungsstätte des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt

7a, Exarch Yossif Street

Free admission

The reading performances feature the following actors:

69: Elena Dimitrova, Peter Meltev

Blaubart - Hoffnung der Frauen: Elena Dimitrova, Irina Docheva, Hristo Petkov
Der Häßliche: Elen Koleva, Vasil Chitanov, Ognyan Golev, Hristo Petkov

Directed by Gergana Dimitrova, Mladen Alexiev
Scenic Design by Ralitza Toneva, Vladimir Slavov
Original Live Music Act by bggz
Video & Vision Mix by Lyubomir Draganov

The ProText On Tour team avails itself of this opportunity to express its special thanks to Timo Köster and Antje Sachs.

ProText On Tour in Ruse and Plovdiv is carried out in partnership with Elias Canetti International Association, Begegnungsstätte des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt with the Deutsch-Bulgarische Gesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., Plovdiv, Sign Club, Ruse, Rousse Art Gallery, and with the support of Goethe-Institut, Bulgaria, Robert Bosch Foundation, and the German Embassy.

Der Häßliche, at Parnoto (National Academy of Arts)

After ProText Project’s successful opening by the onstage reading of 69, by Igor Bauersima the reading performances will continue on November 27 and 28 at the Steam Heating Room [Parnoto] of the Faculty of Applied Arts with the National Academy of Arts. The play that will be set in the gloomy underground environment of the stream heating room is Der Häßliche (2006), by Marius von Mayenburg.

Production Team:

Directed by Vasilena Radeva

Starring: Hristo Petkov, Vasil Chitanov, Ognyan Golev, Elen Koleva

Original Music by Branimir Stoykov – bggz

Animation by Boryana Krusteva

Video & Vision Mix by Lyubomir Draganov

The text deals with the 21st century’s mass hysteria over the artificially-generated perfect appearance that transforms human individual into a market-driven product. In the time of image fetishism and rapid consumer response the beautiful face is the necessary wrapping that sells the product, which raises a number of ethical and aesthetical issues. In our society’s hierarchy of values, image replaces substance and excessive perfection cancels genuineness and becomes pointless.

The idea behind the reading performances is to display the texts’ functional bond to the environment where staged. To set the sterile environment of cosmetic surgery procedures following one after another and to stage the obsession for perfect faceless beauty into the dirty and unsightly basement of the National Academy of Arts is certainly an appealing solution by the part of director and scenic designer.

Due to the venue’s limited seating capacity you are kindly requested to book a seat in advance by calling at (02) 852 77 48 (office) or 0898 899 143 (mobile).

ProText Playbill: Texts & Venues

69
by Igor Bauersima

Tuesday, November 20, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 21, 7:00 p.m.

Goethe-Institut-Bulgarien

1, Budapeshta Street

Sofia

Der Häßliche

by Marius von Mayenburg

Tuesday, November 27, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 28, 7:00 p.m.

Faculty of Applied Arts

National Academy of Arts

Parnoto (Steam Heating Room)

73, Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd.

Sofia

Blaubart - Hoffnung der Frauen

by Dea Loher
Tuesday, December 4, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 p.m.

Vaska Emanuilova Art Gallery

15, Yanko Sakazov Blvd.

Sofia

Vorher/Nachher
by Roland Schimmelpfennig

Tuesday, December 11, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 12, 6:00 p.m.

Czech Cultural Centre

100, G. S. Rakovsky Street

Sofia

Closing Meeting & Discussion with the participation of ProText team and young professionals in performing arts, renowned playwrights and debutants in playwriting as well as spectators tempted into the subject. The aim is to present the project, to provoke a discussion on the problems of contemporary playwriting and to build a community of dramatists and theatre practitioners who can share ideas, experiment and gain experience.

Thursday, December 13, 6:00 p.m.

Goethe-Institut-Bulgarien

1, Budapeshta Street

Sofia