State Puppet Theatre Varna
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The State Puppet Theatre - Varna was founded in 1952. More than 250 productions have been put on its stage, more than 20 0000 performances have been played, all of them seen by more than 8 million spectators here and abroad.
The theatre has its own building in the centre of the town, representing a valuable architectural monument, which is ingeniously adapted to the needs of modern cultural institution. An auditorium with 200 seats, a rehearsal stage, dressing rooms, administration rooms, studios and a Museum of Puppets - the only one of that kind on the Balkans.
The repertoire of the theatre offers performances for spectators of all age, starting from classical and modern plays for children, entertaining and vanguard performances for adults to educative productions for students.
Varna Puppet Theatre has been the host of the prestigious International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin. It is held every three years at the beginning of October in the town Varna and it has turned into a centre of the best achievements of puppet theatres in the world.
In August 1952, the puppet performance The Duckling by Nina Gernett and Tamara Gurevich was played in the old hall of the Varna Commune theatre with marionettes that Saravanov made by himself. His unique puppets from the first performances may be seen at the Museum of Puppets to the theatre.
The interest and the joy exhibited by the young spectators displayed the need for puppet art in Varna's cultural life. Immediately after the success of The Duckling, the theatre became a cultural institute to the city's people council.
GEORGI SARAVANOV
(1920–2000)
Founder, manager, director and stage designer of Varna Puppet Theatre from 1952 to 1958. He staged the performances: The Duckling, The Two Bears, The Golden Fish, Cinderella, The Dragon and the Golden Apple, The Devil's Mill, The Scarlet Flower, Aladdin's Magic Lamp, The Pearl Tears Girl, Life-giving Water and Ivan - the Peasant Son, Darling Beauty, etc. Georgi Saravanov has been working at Varna Puppet Theatre for six season, creating a number of performances after Bulgarian and Russian fairy-tales as well as from the world classical tales. He kept deploying his aesthetic platform in them. His preference for the marionette set in motion to the highest degree required an exceptional puppeteering technique from the actors. This circumstance contributed to further achievement of notable puppeteering mastery by the actors' team of Varna.
Let's remember the founders' names: Yordanka Saravanova, Petya Mandadzhiyska, Olga Peneva, Ruska Tsekova, Stefan Krumov, Avgustina Boeva, Anton Kutikov, Boris Zhelev, Vyara Mihaylova-Popova, Veselin Dionisiev, Dimitar Popov, Konstantin Kotsev, Nedka Pinteva, Neli Dzhedzheva-Mihova, Nastya Mihaylova, Roza Bozadzhieva, Stefan Voykov, Dimitar Bogdanov, etc.
The first building allocated for theatre was situated at Vladislav Varnenchik boulevard, behind the Post Station. There were soup kitchens and a cereals warehouse there but the first puppeteers undertook with love and enthusiasm the reconstruction of the dark and inconvenient hall to transform it... into theatre! Almost with no money. Georgi Saravanov even granted his laureate prize... Everybody was dedicatedly doing everything that should be done - creative, administrative, organizational and technical work. Because they believed that they were giving birth to something good, nice and necessary to children.
The first premiere in the new hall - The Golden Fish after Al. S. Puskine, in late December 1953.
Five years later, followed the first international event for the theatre - participation in the World Puppet Art Festival in Bucharest, Romania in May 1958.
Following years were a time of team's continual extension and improvement
On 12 July 1985, the theatre was accommodated in a new building in the city centre – a valuable architectural monument that was originally adapted to the needs of a modern cultural institute. Professor Nikolina Georgieva's performance Carnival of Animals was played at the official inauguration.
Manager and playwright of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1958 to 1968.
YORDAN TODOROV
Manager and artistic director of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1958 to 1968. His activity resulted in the professional development of all theatre units. In 1970, he became the initiator and promoter of a puppet theatre festival that was transformed into an international festival in 1972 - The Golden Dolphin. He was author of the plays: Maximka, Goldie Golden Girl, Tale of Sleepy Girl, Pie the Parrot, The Raven, etc. He wrote the scripts for Little Ani, Toshko Afrikanski, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Happy Prince, Queen of Spades. Prize for dramaturgy (Pie the Parrot) at the 7th International Puppet Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Play The Golden Dolphin.
ZLATI ZLATEV
Manager and director of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1991 to 2006.
He staged more than 50 performances at the theatre: The Merry Roosters, Maximka, The Nightingale and the Rose, Love, Love…, The Happiest Man, The Little Prince, Queen of Spades, Long Live Louis XVI, Booboo's New Adventures, Kosse Bosse, a Button for Sleep and others. A number of Bulgarian theatre companies have performed his shows in England, Algeria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Holland, the Czech Republic, Japan, Cuba, etc.
Zlati Zlatev has been awarded the Cyril and Methodius order, The Golden Badge of the Bulgarian Actors' Union, prizes at a number of festivals and national reviews, The yearly Award of the Ministry of Culture for 2000.
Annual national prizes ICARUS 2010 of the Union of Bulgarian Actors for excellence and high achievements in the theatrical field
2009
Varna Prize for the actor Boyan Stoyanov
2008
Varna Prize for the actress Diana Tsolevska
14th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
7th International Festival of Children's Theatres - Banja Luka 2008, RS
2007
5th International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults Pierrot, Stara Zagora
Award for Experimental and New Forms for The Cave and the Shadows
Varna 2007 Award – collective,for the artistic team having realized the performance The Cave and the Shadows
8th International Festival of Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte
Award for the acting ensemble for the performance Folklore Fantasies
2006
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv
Award for Thumbelina by the international jury for best vision of a children’s performance
2005
6th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Thumbelina
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai, China
The big prize for the performance Thumbelina
13th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize The Golden Dolphin for an overall performance – for A Story About the Singing Tree;
Original music prize – to Vladimir Dzhambazov for the music in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Prize for directing – to Slavcho Malenov for the performance A Story About the Singing Tree
Scenography prizes – to Vasil Rokomanov for the décor in A Story About the Singing Tree and to Marieta Golomehova – for the puppets in the performance Thumbelina;
Male role prize – to Krasimir Dobrev for his role in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Female role prize – to Evgeniya Vasileva for her role in Thumbelina;
Best technical team prize – to SPT, Varna
2004
5th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Folklore Fantasies
2003
Puppet Festival, Tolosa, Spain
Audience’s prize for Folklore Fantasies
Pierrot IPF, Stara Zagora
Prize for Svila Velichkova’s scenography in Alice
2002
Varna Prize - collective
for the performance Folklore Fantasies
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for overall work in the field of puppet art
2000
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for high creative achievements in the field of directing, for theatre management and for a very good organization and carrying out the IPF The Golden Dolphin
1999
Varna Prize
to the actor Sasho Alexandrov for overall performance and in occasion of his 50th anniversary.
11th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
Prize to Vera Stoykova for her role in Cosse Bosse, to Sunny Suninski for the production of Aladdin
1998
Festival of Chamber Performances, Vratsa
Staging prize to Sunny Suninski and female role prize to Diana Tsolevska in the performance Portraits;
Varna Prize - collective
for the production of the performance Portraits
1997
Puppeteer Prize
for the performance The Mad Kite:to Kiryakos Argiropulos for staging, to Petya Stoykova for scenography and for acting mastership to Vera Stoykova and Zhivko Zhekov
1996
10th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded for theatre company’s high professional overall performance
1995
Varna Prize – collectivefor theatre company’s overall performance
1994
Burborak Festival, Smolyan
Prize for the most vivid and unusual means of expression in the performance Birds.
Fifth International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Teheran, Iran.The big prize The Golden Mask for Play of Lights and Shadows and Yellow Boy
1988
Seventh International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance
The Golden Dolphin
Special Diploma for dramaturgy to Yordan Todorov (Pie the Parrot)
1985
Fourth National Competition of Puppet Theatres in Gabrovo
Acting awards to:Sasho Alexandrov, Ivan Petrov, Mariya Antonova and Zhivko Zhekov (As the French Say); Second Award for directing to Venelin Kyossev, Second award for stage design to Maya Petrov, Second award for music to Dimitar Boyadzhiev, acting awards to Diana Valcheva and Zhivko Zhekov (Star Boy); Children’s Jury award.
First Award of the Ministry of Education
for very good and systematic collaboration with the schools in raising children’s aesthetic awareness.
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
to Diana Valcheva for best female part in Star Boy
1984
Dolphin
Awards to the stage designer Angel Nedelchev and to the actor Venelin Kyossev (Motley World).
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Motley World.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to Petya Mandadzhiyska
1983
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Spring Carnival.
The Comedy Show Festival, Gabrovo
Award for the performance Toshko Africanski
1982
Varna Awardto the actor Venelin Kyossev
1981
Fourth International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded to the theatre company for the performance Booboo directed by Slavcho Malenov
1980
First Award of the Ministry of Education, the Komsomol and Bulgarian Actors' Union
to the performance Chimi
1979
Third National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Directing awards to Zlati Zlatev (Love, Love...) and to Slavcho Malenov (Chimi), stage design award to architect Ivan Tsonev.Acting awards to:Todor Dimitrov, Dimitar Zhekov, Mariya Boyanova, Galya Peeva, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Konstantin Boyanov
1978
Varna Prize
Third International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The special award of the festival is awarded to the theatre company for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays, its contribution to the development in puppetry as well as for staging of Rumeto and the Old Lion and The Happiest Man.Directing award to Zlati Zlatev, stage design award to Ivan Tsonev.Acting awards to Dimitar Zhekov, Yolanta Raykova, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Todor Dimitrov
1977
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour
for theatre’s 25th anniversary and for its overall contribution to Bulgarian culture.
PIF International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
First Award to the performance Sleeping Beauty.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1976
Award of the Children Centre for Literature and Arts, Sofia
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1975
Varna Prize
for the production of the performance The Golden Bird.
Second International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays.Awards to:the stage designer, architectIvan Tsonev and the director Zlati Zlatev for the performance The Golden Bird, the director Evdalina Saradzhalieva and the stage designer Maya Petrova for the performance Your Little Star; the actors Todor Dimitrov, Tsvetana Neshkova and Georgi Kotsev.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
for a high standard of artistic achievements in The Golden Bird
1974
Varna Prize
for high artistic achievements in the performance Queen of Spades directed by Zlati Zlatev and of the actress Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess).
Honorary medal by the governmental Sports and Youth Committeefor exceptional merits in the education of children and youth.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actress Sofia Nenova
1973
Second National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Awards to:the director Zlati Zlatev and the stage designer architectIvan Tsonev (Queen of Spades), the stage designer Lyubomir Tsakev (The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like), the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess) and Nedka Pinteva (for supporting in the same part) in Queen of Spades, Tsvetana Neshkova (Vladko) and Todor Dimitrov (the Traffic Warden) in the same show.The Best Children’s Performance collective prize was awarded to the performance The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like.The technical staff of the theatre was also awarded a collective prize.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to the actress Yordanka Kovacheva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary and 25-year long career on stage
1972
Varna Prize
for high standard of artistic achievement in the show The Nightingale and the Rose after Oscar Wilde, directed by Zlati Zlatev, stage designer Nikolay Izvarin.
First International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A golden medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian plays and for the show Maximka.Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Lilyana Angelova and the actors Dimitar Zhekov (Chernyo Chernev) and Dimitar Serafimov (Dr. Dalgokrakov).
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 2nd degree
to the actress Avgustina Boeva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actresses Petya Mandadzhiyska and Vyara Popova
1970
Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the performance The Merry Roosters.Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin and the actresses Sofia Nenova and Nedka Pinteva
1969
Puppet Theatre Festivities, Varna
Awards to the director Nikolina Georgieva and the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin (Miniatures), to the stage designer Danail Raykov (The Island of the Cannibals) and to the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (Mitko from The Island of the Cannibals) and Zlati Zlatev (the Rabbit from Miniatures).
4th International Puppet Days, Izmir
, Turkey, with Folklore Fantasies
2nd International Review of the Fantastic Arts - MAF, Santander
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
2009
Titirimundi International Puppet Theatre Festival 2009, Segovia
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
International Theatre Festival Varna Summer, Varna 2009, Bulgaria, with Beauty is Sleeping and Puss in Boots
International Theatre Festival On the Bank, Burgas, Bulgaria, with Beauty is Sleeping
2008
6th International Festival of Visual Arts August in Art, Varna, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
International Puppet Theatre Festival Puppet Fair, Sofia
2008, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
International Puppet Theatre Festival Three are to many - two not enough, Plovdiv
2008, Bulgaria, with The Little Parrot Rony
The Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival 2008, Varna, with Beauty and the Beast, Little Ida's Flowers and The Cave and the Shadows
7th International Festival of Children's Theatres, Banja Luka
2008, RS, with A Story About the Singing Three
2007
International Tourist Fair in Stuttgart
, with Folklore Fantasies and with The Cave and the Shadows showed within the Days of Modern Bulgarian Culture
International Exhibition Bulgarian Business in Russia, Moscow, with Folklore Fantasies
17th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tenerife
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
15th International Theatre Festival Varna Summer, Varna, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
8th International Festival of Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte
, Bulgaria, with Folklore Fantasies
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
Pierrot International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults, Stara Zagora
2007, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
2006
Titirimundi International Puppet Theatre Festival, Segovia, Spain, with A Story About the Singing Tree
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with Thumbelina
International Tourist Fair WTM in London
, UK, with Folklore Fantasies
International Tourist Fair Philoxenia in Thessalonica, Greece, with Folklore Fantasies
2005
15th International Puppet Festival in Barcelona
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai
, China, with Thumbelina
6th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei
, Taiwan, with Thumbelina
2004
5th Asian International Puppet Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, with Folklore Fantasies
2003
Titirimundi International Puppet Festival, Segovia
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies and The Light Blue Peter
Puppet Festival, Tolosa
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies and The Light Blue Peter
Tour in Portugal
Pierrot International Puppet Festival in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, with Alice
2001
2nd Festival of the Black Sea Region Theatres in Trabzon
, Turkey, with Play of Lights and Shadows
2000
Tolosa, Spain
International Puppet Festival in Switzerland
, with Aladdin
1st Festival of the Black Sea Region Theatres in Trobzon, Turkey, with The Sad Pince
1998
La Strada 3rd International Festival of Unconventional Art in Sibiu
, Romania, with Play of Lights and Shadows
7th International Puppet Theatre Festival in Teheran, Iran, with Star Boy
4th International Puppet Festival in Bucharest
, Romania, with Play of Lights and Shadows
1997
La Strada International Festival of Unconventional Art in Sibiu
, Romania, with Four Tales of a Dragon
International Days of the Puppet Theatre on the Island of Hydra, Greece, with Play of Lights and Shadows
5th Balkan Festival of Puppet Theatres, Nis
, Yugoslavia, with The New Adventures of Booboo and Portraits
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa
, Spain, with The New Adventures of Booboo
1996
International Festival of Children’s Theatre Oton Tomanich in Subotica
, Yugoslavia, with Play of Lights and Shadows
17th World UNIMA
Congress in Budapest
, Hungary, with Play of Lights and Shadows
Tolosa, Spain
Japan
, with Star Boy and The Dog that Could Not Bark
1995
1st International Puppet Theatre Festival in Athens
, Greece, with Play of Lights and Shadows
1994
5th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Teheran, Iran, with Play of Lights and Shadows and Yellow Boy
12th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa, Spain, with Play of Lights and Shadows and puppet exhibition
1993
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Athens, Greece, with Yellow Boy and Four Tales of a Dragon
1992
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Dordrecht
as well as in Papendrecht
and Breda
, the Netherlands, with Yellow Boy
15th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Bielsko Biala, Poland, with Cinderella
Japan, with Star Boy and Boubou
1990
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Dordrecht as well as in Mepel and Breda, the Netherlands, with The Most Beautiful War and Yellow Boy
1989
Japan, with Star Boy
Odessa
, USSR, with Star Boy
1988
First International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Mexico
, with Star Boy
1987
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa, Spain, with Booboo
1986
First International Puppet Festival organized by the 21st Century Association in Osaka
, Japan, with Booboo
1985
Festival of Puppet Theatres in Bochum
, Germany, with Motley World
1983
Vienna
, Austria, with Booboo and The Duckling
Magdeburg, GDR, Yordan Todorov’s visit on the 25th anniversary of the theatre
1982
International Festival of the Arts for Children in Šibenik
, Dalmatia, with Booboo
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Lugano
, Switzerland, with Booboo and Miniatures
International Festival in Magdeburg
, GDR
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Mistelbach
, Austria, with Booboo
1981
Turkey, with Booboo and The Duckling
India
, with Booboo, The Duckling, The Naughty Boy and Miniatures
1980
13th World Congress of UNIMA
in Washington
, the USA, with Chimi
Cienfuegos
, Santa Clara
, Camagüey
and Havana
, Cuba, with Chimi and Wave Your Magic Wand
Holidays of Morning Star in London
, UK, with Puppet from Puppet Village
Part of the cultural program of EXPO, Montreal
, Canada, with Chimi, The Carnival of Animals and Wave Your Magic Wand
1978
Prague
, Pilsen, Bratislava
, Brno
, Kosice
and other towns of Czechoslovakia, with The Golden Bird and The Carnival of Animals
Cieszęcin
, Poland, with The Happiest Man
1977
PIF International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Zagreb
, Yugoslavia, with Sleeping Beauty
1976
Leningrad
, USSR, with Maximka and Miniatures
Magdeburg, GDR as guest of the National Festival of Theatres, with The Carnival of Animals
International Festival in Charleville-Mézières
, France, with Miniatures
1975
Montreal
, Canada, as part of the cultural program of EXPO 75, with The Carnival of Animals
1974
International Festival of Arts in Budapest, Hungary, with Miniatures
1973
Białystok and Czezecin, Poland, with Queen of Spades and The Land Where You Can Do Whatever You Like
1970
Białystok and Warsaw
, with Miniatures and The Merry Roosters
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Algeria, with Miniatures and The Merry Roosters
1969
World UNIMA
Congress in Prague, Czech Republic
1958
International Festival of Puppetry Art, Bucharest
, Romania with Dazzling Beauty
The theatre has its own building in the centre of the town, representing a valuable architectural monument, which is ingeniously adapted to the needs of modern cultural institution. An auditorium with 200 seats, a rehearsal stage, dressing rooms, administration rooms, studios and a Museum of Puppets - the only one of that kind on the Balkans.
The repertoire of the theatre offers performances for spectators of all age, starting from classical and modern plays for children, entertaining and vanguard performances for adults to educative productions for students.
Varna Puppet Theatre has been the host of the prestigious International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin. It is held every three years at the beginning of October in the town Varna and it has turned into a centre of the best achievements of puppet theatres in the world.
History
In 1951, the community of Varna invited Georgi Saravanov, famous puppeteer, stage designer and director who had laid the foundations of the marionette theatre in Plovdiv (1948) to establish a puppet theatre in our city. He responded to the invitation, came to Varna and established a group of beginning actors, part of which have graduated from a musical school.In August 1952, the puppet performance The Duckling by Nina Gernett and Tamara Gurevich was played in the old hall of the Varna Commune theatre with marionettes that Saravanov made by himself. His unique puppets from the first performances may be seen at the Museum of Puppets to the theatre.
The interest and the joy exhibited by the young spectators displayed the need for puppet art in Varna's cultural life. Immediately after the success of The Duckling, the theatre became a cultural institute to the city's people council.
GEORGI SARAVANOV
(1920–2000)
Founder, manager, director and stage designer of Varna Puppet Theatre from 1952 to 1958. He staged the performances: The Duckling, The Two Bears, The Golden Fish, Cinderella, The Dragon and the Golden Apple, The Devil's Mill, The Scarlet Flower, Aladdin's Magic Lamp, The Pearl Tears Girl, Life-giving Water and Ivan - the Peasant Son, Darling Beauty, etc. Georgi Saravanov has been working at Varna Puppet Theatre for six season, creating a number of performances after Bulgarian and Russian fairy-tales as well as from the world classical tales. He kept deploying his aesthetic platform in them. His preference for the marionette set in motion to the highest degree required an exceptional puppeteering technique from the actors. This circumstance contributed to further achievement of notable puppeteering mastery by the actors' team of Varna.
Let's remember the founders' names: Yordanka Saravanova, Petya Mandadzhiyska, Olga Peneva, Ruska Tsekova, Stefan Krumov, Avgustina Boeva, Anton Kutikov, Boris Zhelev, Vyara Mihaylova-Popova, Veselin Dionisiev, Dimitar Popov, Konstantin Kotsev, Nedka Pinteva, Neli Dzhedzheva-Mihova, Nastya Mihaylova, Roza Bozadzhieva, Stefan Voykov, Dimitar Bogdanov, etc.
The first building allocated for theatre was situated at Vladislav Varnenchik boulevard, behind the Post Station. There were soup kitchens and a cereals warehouse there but the first puppeteers undertook with love and enthusiasm the reconstruction of the dark and inconvenient hall to transform it... into theatre! Almost with no money. Georgi Saravanov even granted his laureate prize... Everybody was dedicatedly doing everything that should be done - creative, administrative, organizational and technical work. Because they believed that they were giving birth to something good, nice and necessary to children.
The first premiere in the new hall - The Golden Fish after Al. S. Puskine, in late December 1953.
Five years later, followed the first international event for the theatre - participation in the World Puppet Art Festival in Bucharest, Romania in May 1958.
Following years were a time of team's continual extension and improvement
On 12 July 1985, the theatre was accommodated in a new building in the city centre – a valuable architectural monument that was originally adapted to the needs of a modern cultural institute. Professor Nikolina Georgieva's performance Carnival of Animals was played at the official inauguration.
Managers and artistic directors of the theatre following the founder Georgi Saravanov
MIHAIL MATEEV:Manager and playwright of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1958 to 1968.
YORDAN TODOROV
Manager and artistic director of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1958 to 1968. His activity resulted in the professional development of all theatre units. In 1970, he became the initiator and promoter of a puppet theatre festival that was transformed into an international festival in 1972 - The Golden Dolphin. He was author of the plays: Maximka, Goldie Golden Girl, Tale of Sleepy Girl, Pie the Parrot, The Raven, etc. He wrote the scripts for Little Ani, Toshko Afrikanski, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Happy Prince, Queen of Spades. Prize for dramaturgy (Pie the Parrot) at the 7th International Puppet Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Play The Golden Dolphin.
ZLATI ZLATEV
Manager and director of Varna State Puppet Theatre from 1991 to 2006.
He staged more than 50 performances at the theatre: The Merry Roosters, Maximka, The Nightingale and the Rose, Love, Love…, The Happiest Man, The Little Prince, Queen of Spades, Long Live Louis XVI, Booboo's New Adventures, Kosse Bosse, a Button for Sleep and others. A number of Bulgarian theatre companies have performed his shows in England, Algeria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Holland, the Czech Republic, Japan, Cuba, etc.
Zlati Zlatev has been awarded the Cyril and Methodius order, The Golden Badge of the Bulgarian Actors' Union, prizes at a number of festivals and national reviews, The yearly Award of the Ministry of Culture for 2000.
Awards
2010Annual national prizes ICARUS 2010 of the Union of Bulgarian Actors for excellence and high achievements in the theatrical field
2009
Varna Prize for the actor Boyan Stoyanov
2008
Varna Prize for the actress Diana Tsolevska
14th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
- Prize for development of the theatre's means of expression - for The Cave and the Shadows;
- Best technical team prize - for SPT - Varna
7th International Festival of Children's Theatres - Banja Luka 2008, RS
- Award for artistry to Emiliya Petkova and Evgeniya Vasileva in "A Story About the Singing Three"
- Award for directing to Slavcho Malenov for the performance "A Story About the Singing Three"
2007
5th International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults Pierrot, Stara Zagora
Award for Experimental and New Forms for The Cave and the Shadows
Varna 2007 Award – collective,for the artistic team having realized the performance The Cave and the Shadows
8th International Festival of Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte
Award for the acting ensemble for the performance Folklore Fantasies
2006
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv
Award for Thumbelina by the international jury for best vision of a children’s performance
2005
6th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Thumbelina
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai, China
The big prize for the performance Thumbelina
13th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize The Golden Dolphin for an overall performance – for A Story About the Singing Tree;
Original music prize – to Vladimir Dzhambazov for the music in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Prize for directing – to Slavcho Malenov for the performance A Story About the Singing Tree
Scenography prizes – to Vasil Rokomanov for the décor in A Story About the Singing Tree and to Marieta Golomehova – for the puppets in the performance Thumbelina;
Male role prize – to Krasimir Dobrev for his role in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Female role prize – to Evgeniya Vasileva for her role in Thumbelina;
Best technical team prize – to SPT, Varna
2004
5th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Folklore Fantasies
2003
Puppet Festival, Tolosa, Spain
Audience’s prize for Folklore Fantasies
Pierrot IPF, Stara Zagora
Prize for Svila Velichkova’s scenography in Alice
2002
Varna Prize - collective
for the performance Folklore Fantasies
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for overall work in the field of puppet art
2000
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for high creative achievements in the field of directing, for theatre management and for a very good organization and carrying out the IPF The Golden Dolphin
1999
Varna Prize
to the actor Sasho Alexandrov for overall performance and in occasion of his 50th anniversary.
11th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
Prize to Vera Stoykova for her role in Cosse Bosse, to Sunny Suninski for the production of Aladdin
1998
Festival of Chamber Performances, Vratsa
Staging prize to Sunny Suninski and female role prize to Diana Tsolevska in the performance Portraits;
Varna Prize - collective
for the production of the performance Portraits
1997
Puppeteer Prize
for the performance The Mad Kite:to Kiryakos Argiropulos for staging, to Petya Stoykova for scenography and for acting mastership to Vera Stoykova and Zhivko Zhekov
1996
10th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded for theatre company’s high professional overall performance
1995
Varna Prize – collectivefor theatre company’s overall performance
1994
Burborak Festival, Smolyan
Prize for the most vivid and unusual means of expression in the performance Birds.
Fifth International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Teheran, Iran.The big prize The Golden Mask for Play of Lights and Shadows and Yellow Boy
1988
Seventh International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance
The Golden Dolphin
Special Diploma for dramaturgy to Yordan Todorov (Pie the Parrot)
1985
Fourth National Competition of Puppet Theatres in Gabrovo
Acting awards to:Sasho Alexandrov, Ivan Petrov, Mariya Antonova and Zhivko Zhekov (As the French Say); Second Award for directing to Venelin Kyossev, Second award for stage design to Maya Petrov, Second award for music to Dimitar Boyadzhiev, acting awards to Diana Valcheva and Zhivko Zhekov (Star Boy); Children’s Jury award.
First Award of the Ministry of Education
for very good and systematic collaboration with the schools in raising children’s aesthetic awareness.
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
to Diana Valcheva for best female part in Star Boy
1984
Dolphin
Awards to the stage designer Angel Nedelchev and to the actor Venelin Kyossev (Motley World).
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Motley World.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to Petya Mandadzhiyska
1983
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Spring Carnival.
The Comedy Show Festival, Gabrovo
Award for the performance Toshko Africanski
1982
Varna Awardto the actor Venelin Kyossev
1981
Fourth International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded to the theatre company for the performance Booboo directed by Slavcho Malenov
1980
First Award of the Ministry of Education, the Komsomol and Bulgarian Actors' Union
to the performance Chimi
1979
Third National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Directing awards to Zlati Zlatev (Love, Love...) and to Slavcho Malenov (Chimi), stage design award to architect Ivan Tsonev.Acting awards to:Todor Dimitrov, Dimitar Zhekov, Mariya Boyanova, Galya Peeva, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Konstantin Boyanov
1978
Varna Prize
Third International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The special award of the festival is awarded to the theatre company for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays, its contribution to the development in puppetry as well as for staging of Rumeto and the Old Lion and The Happiest Man.Directing award to Zlati Zlatev, stage design award to Ivan Tsonev.Acting awards to Dimitar Zhekov, Yolanta Raykova, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Todor Dimitrov
1977
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour
for theatre’s 25th anniversary and for its overall contribution to Bulgarian culture.
PIF International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
First Award to the performance Sleeping Beauty.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1976
Award of the Children Centre for Literature and Arts, Sofia
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1975
Varna Prize
for the production of the performance The Golden Bird.
Second International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays.Awards to:the stage designer, architectIvan Tsonev and the director Zlati Zlatev for the performance The Golden Bird, the director Evdalina Saradzhalieva and the stage designer Maya Petrova for the performance Your Little Star; the actors Todor Dimitrov, Tsvetana Neshkova and Georgi Kotsev.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
for a high standard of artistic achievements in The Golden Bird
1974
Varna Prize
for high artistic achievements in the performance Queen of Spades directed by Zlati Zlatev and of the actress Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess).
Honorary medal by the governmental Sports and Youth Committeefor exceptional merits in the education of children and youth.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actress Sofia Nenova
1973
Second National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Awards to:the director Zlati Zlatev and the stage designer architectIvan Tsonev (Queen of Spades), the stage designer Lyubomir Tsakev (The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like), the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess) and Nedka Pinteva (for supporting in the same part) in Queen of Spades, Tsvetana Neshkova (Vladko) and Todor Dimitrov (the Traffic Warden) in the same show.The Best Children’s Performance collective prize was awarded to the performance The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like.The technical staff of the theatre was also awarded a collective prize.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to the actress Yordanka Kovacheva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary and 25-year long career on stage
1972
Varna Prize
for high standard of artistic achievement in the show The Nightingale and the Rose after Oscar Wilde, directed by Zlati Zlatev, stage designer Nikolay Izvarin.
First International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A golden medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian plays and for the show Maximka.Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Lilyana Angelova and the actors Dimitar Zhekov (Chernyo Chernev) and Dimitar Serafimov (Dr. Dalgokrakov).
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 2nd degree
to the actress Avgustina Boeva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actresses Petya Mandadzhiyska and Vyara Popova
1970
Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the performance The Merry Roosters.Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin and the actresses Sofia Nenova and Nedka Pinteva
1969
Puppet Theatre Festivities, Varna
Awards to the director Nikolina Georgieva and the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin (Miniatures), to the stage designer Danail Raykov (The Island of the Cannibals) and to the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (Mitko from The Island of the Cannibals) and Zlati Zlatev (the Rabbit from Miniatures).
Participation in festivals
20104th International Puppet Days, Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
, Turkey, with Folklore Fantasies
2nd International Review of the Fantastic Arts - MAF, Santander
Santander, Cantabria
The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
2009
Titirimundi International Puppet Theatre Festival 2009, Segovia
Segovia
Segovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated north of Madrid, 30 minutes by high speed train. The municipality counts some 55,500 inhabitants.-Etymology:...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
International Theatre Festival Varna Summer, Varna 2009, Bulgaria, with Beauty is Sleeping and Puss in Boots
International Theatre Festival On the Bank, Burgas, Bulgaria, with Beauty is Sleeping
2008
6th International Festival of Visual Arts August in Art, Varna, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
International Puppet Theatre Festival Puppet Fair, Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
2008, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
International Puppet Theatre Festival Three are to many - two not enough, Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
2008, Bulgaria, with The Little Parrot Rony
The Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival 2008, Varna, with Beauty and the Beast, Little Ida's Flowers and The Cave and the Shadows
7th International Festival of Children's Theatres, Banja Luka
Banja Luka
-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
2008, RS, with A Story About the Singing Three
2007
International Tourist Fair in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, with Folklore Fantasies and with The Cave and the Shadows showed within the Days of Modern Bulgarian Culture
International Exhibition Bulgarian Business in Russia, Moscow, with Folklore Fantasies
17th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
15th International Theatre Festival Varna Summer, Varna, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
8th International Festival of Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte
Targovishte
Targovishte is a city in Bulgaria, capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. The town is 335 km away to the north-east from the capital Sofia and about 125 km to the west from the city of Varna...
, Bulgaria, with Folklore Fantasies
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
Pierrot International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults, Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
2007, Bulgaria, with The Cave and the Shadows
2006
Titirimundi International Puppet Theatre Festival, Segovia, Spain, with A Story About the Singing Tree
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with Thumbelina
International Tourist Fair WTM in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK, with Folklore Fantasies
International Tourist Fair Philoxenia in Thessalonica, Greece, with Folklore Fantasies
2005
15th International Puppet Festival in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China, with Thumbelina
6th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan, with Thumbelina
2004
5th Asian International Puppet Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, with Folklore Fantasies
2003
Titirimundi International Puppet Festival, Segovia
Segovia
Segovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated north of Madrid, 30 minutes by high speed train. The municipality counts some 55,500 inhabitants.-Etymology:...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies and The Light Blue Peter
Puppet Festival, Tolosa
Tolosa, Spain
Tolosa is a town and municipality to the south of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is located in a valley of the river Oria and overlooked by Uzturre, a white cross-topped mountain.-Famous people from Tolosa:...
, Spain, with Folklore Fantasies and The Light Blue Peter
Tour in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Pierrot International Puppet Festival in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, with Alice
2001
2nd Festival of the Black Sea Region Theatres in Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
, Turkey, with Play of Lights and Shadows
2000
Tolosa, Spain
International Puppet Festival in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, with Aladdin
1st Festival of the Black Sea Region Theatres in Trobzon, Turkey, with The Sad Pince
1998
La Strada 3rd International Festival of Unconventional Art in Sibiu
Sibiu
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
, Romania, with Play of Lights and Shadows
7th International Puppet Theatre Festival in Teheran, Iran, with Star Boy
4th International Puppet Festival in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania, with Play of Lights and Shadows
1997
La Strada International Festival of Unconventional Art in Sibiu
Sibiu
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
, Romania, with Four Tales of a Dragon
International Days of the Puppet Theatre on the Island of Hydra, Greece, with Play of Lights and Shadows
5th Balkan Festival of Puppet Theatres, Nis
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
, Yugoslavia, with The New Adventures of Booboo and Portraits
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa
Tolosa, Spain
Tolosa is a town and municipality to the south of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is located in a valley of the river Oria and overlooked by Uzturre, a white cross-topped mountain.-Famous people from Tolosa:...
, Spain, with The New Adventures of Booboo
1996
International Festival of Children’s Theatre Oton Tomanich in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, Yugoslavia, with Play of Lights and Shadows
17th World UNIMA
UNIMA
UNIMA was founded in Prague in 1929 . In 1981, Jacques Felix moved UNIMA's headquarters to Charleville-Mézières, France...
Congress in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary, with Play of Lights and Shadows
Tolosa, Spain
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, with Star Boy and The Dog that Could Not Bark
1995
1st International Puppet Theatre Festival in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece, with Play of Lights and Shadows
1994
5th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Teheran, Iran, with Play of Lights and Shadows and Yellow Boy
12th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa, Spain, with Play of Lights and Shadows and puppet exhibition
1993
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Athens, Greece, with Yellow Boy and Four Tales of a Dragon
1992
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
as well as in Papendrecht
Papendrecht
Papendrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River...
and Breda
Breda
Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
, the Netherlands, with Yellow Boy
15th International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Bielsko Biala, Poland, with Cinderella
Japan, with Star Boy and Boubou
1990
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Dordrecht as well as in Mepel and Breda, the Netherlands, with The Most Beautiful War and Yellow Boy
1989
Japan, with Star Boy
Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, USSR, with Star Boy
1988
First International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, with Star Boy
1987
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Tolosa, Spain, with Booboo
1986
First International Puppet Festival organized by the 21st Century Association in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan, with Booboo
1985
Festival of Puppet Theatres in Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
, Germany, with Motley World
1983
Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria, with Booboo and The Duckling
Magdeburg, GDR, Yordan Todorov’s visit on the 25th anniversary of the theatre
1982
International Festival of the Arts for Children in Šibenik
Šibenik
Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...
, Dalmatia, with Booboo
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Switzerland, with Booboo and Miniatures
International Festival in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
, GDR
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Mistelbach
Mistelbach
For the town in Germany, see Mistelbach, Bavaria.Mistelbach an der Zaya is a town in the northeast of Austria in so called Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine Federal States. It is located roughly 40 km northeast of Austria's capital Vienna...
, Austria, with Booboo
1981
Turkey, with Booboo and The Duckling
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, with Booboo, The Duckling, The Naughty Boy and Miniatures
1980
13th World Congress of UNIMA
UNIMA
UNIMA was founded in Prague in 1929 . In 1981, Jacques Felix moved UNIMA's headquarters to Charleville-Mézières, France...
in Washington
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, the USA, with Chimi
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...
, Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Cuba
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country.- History :Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15th, 1689...
, Camagüey
Camagüey
Camagüey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city was moved inland in 1528.The new city was built with a confusing lay-out of winding alleys that made...
and Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba, with Chimi and Wave Your Magic Wand
Holidays of Morning Star in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK, with Puppet from Puppet Village
Part of the cultural program of EXPO, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada, with Chimi, The Carnival of Animals and Wave Your Magic Wand
1978
Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Pilsen, Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, Kosice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
and other towns of Czechoslovakia, with The Golden Bird and The Carnival of Animals
Cieszęcin
Cieszecin
Cieszęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieruszów, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wieruszów and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...
, Poland, with The Happiest Man
1977
PIF International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Yugoslavia, with Sleeping Beauty
1976
Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR, with Maximka and Miniatures
Magdeburg, GDR as guest of the National Festival of Theatres, with The Carnival of Animals
International Festival in Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.-History:...
, France, with Miniatures
1975
Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada, as part of the cultural program of EXPO 75, with The Carnival of Animals
1974
International Festival of Arts in Budapest, Hungary, with Miniatures
1973
Białystok and Czezecin, Poland, with Queen of Spades and The Land Where You Can Do Whatever You Like
1970
Białystok and Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, with Miniatures and The Merry Roosters
International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Algeria, with Miniatures and The Merry Roosters
1969
World UNIMA
UNIMA
UNIMA was founded in Prague in 1929 . In 1981, Jacques Felix moved UNIMA's headquarters to Charleville-Mézières, France...
Congress in Prague, Czech Republic
1958
International Festival of Puppetry Art, Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania with Dazzling Beauty