site.btaUPDATED Without Blood Production Wins Three Awards at 34th Askeer Ceremony
Actors Marin Yanev and Ivaylo Hristov received the two top Askeer awards this year at a ceremony at the Bulgarian Army Theatre on Saturday. Yanev was awarded with an honorary Askeer statuette, and actor and director Hristov received an award for his lifetime contribution to the art of theatre.
"At the moment I feel great excitement, because they are awarding me, and I think they are upgrading me. I feel harnessed in your love and attention," Marin Yanev said.
"When they called me to tell me they were going to give me a lifetime achievement award, I said to myself that they were doing a hidden camera because I'm just starting and they were telling me that I am getting a lifetime achievement award," said Ivaylo Hristov.
"Without Blood" (N.O. Masalitinov Drama Theatre- Plovdiv), received three awards - for direction of Diana Dobreva, for best production and for the costume design of Rade Vassilev and Elena Vangelovska.
The Askeers for leading roles went to Albena Pavlova - for Mother Courage in "Mother Courage and her Children" (Satire Theatre) and Yordan Rusin - for Monsieur Boniface in "Stage Fright " by Robin Hawdon (Vazrazhdane Theatre).
The nomination committee in the category for contemporary Bulgarian drama chaired by Prof. Kamelia Nikolova and members Anita Angelova, Prof. Vladimir Atanasov, Meglena Karalambova and Romeo Popiliev awarded Zachary Karabashliev for "Lisbon" (Youth Theatre).
"I will be very brief. I heard that the patrons of this award and tradition are the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Defence. Culture is our defence against ignorance. Today we heard very institutional words, very harsh words about culture. I would like to remind you that culture is, above all, a personal responsibility," said Zachary Karabashliev.
Rostislav Georgiev was named a rising star - for his direction of "BIFEM" by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (Sava Ognyanov Drama Theatre - Ruse and "Marriage" by N. В. Gogol (Nikola Vaptsarov Drama Theatre - Blagoevgrad).
Petya Silyanova received an Askeer for supporting actress- for the role of the mother in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams (Sofia Theatre), and Leonid Yovchev for supporting actor for his role as Peter Stockmann in "An Enemy of the People" by Henrik Ibsen (Small City Theatre Behind the Canal). Among the stage designers the favourite is Nikola Toromanov for "The Merchant of Venice" (Ivan Vazov National Theatre), "The Elementary Particles" (Ivan Vazov National Theatre), and "Mother Courage and Her Children" (Aleko Konstantinov Satire Theatre).
The Askeers were presented by the actors of the Army Theatre, dressed in costumes from the productions on the current repertoire of the company.
The ceremony was attended by Culture Minister Marian Bachev, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov, and Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev.
The event took place for the 34th time on May 24 - the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and the Day of Slav Letters, at the Bulgarian Army Theatre. The awards are unique as they are peer recognition awards. The eleven categories include productions premiering between April 1, 2024 and March 31 of this year.
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