site.btaPlovdiv to Host Black Box Theatre and Dance Festival

The 19th Black Box Theatre and Dance Festival will be held in Bulgaria’s second-largest city of Plovdiv between May 29 and June 11. Shows from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria will be performed at the city’s Drama Theatre and Puppet Theatre, the organizers said on Wednesday.

The festival will open with Après tout by Gipsy Raw on May 29 and will end with Don Juan and the White Lady by N. Slavov, featuring Deyan Donkov, on June 11. Bulgarian actress Koina Ruseva, who will be a special guest at the festival, will have a meet-and-greet with fans at the Arsenal Gallery on June 5.

On June 2, people can watch Memento by the Cornelia Dance Company, Italy, and on June 3, they will be able to see Antibodies by Constantin Trommlitz, the Netherlands. Family Honour by Spoken Movement, UK, will be performed on June 10.

Established 19 years ago, the Black Box Festival has become a leading international platform for theatre and contemporary dance in Bulgaria. Over 160 theatre and dance companies from four continents have taken part in it so far.

The artistic director of the festival is Slava Mladenova, who studied at the University of Sofia and the Mel Hoppeinheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Canada.

The Black Box Festival is on the cultural events calendar of Plovdiv Municipality and is supported by the Ministry of Culture. Its partners over the years have included the embassies of the United States, Israel, Germany and Austria and the Italian Cultural Institute, among other entities.