I, Sisyphus
Cinematographer: Vesselin Hristov
Editor: Veselka Kuncheva
Cinematographer: Vesselin Hristov, Georgy Marinov, Stefan Vrachev
Editor: Veselka Kuncheva
Inspired by the work “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus
Author and Director: Veselka Kuncheva
Puppets and Stage design: Marieta Golomehova
Original music: Hristo Namliev
Choreography: Maria Dimitrova
Light design: Theater “Azaryan” and Veselin Hristov
Voice over: Leonid Yovchev
Cast: Stoyan Doychev
“In “I, Sisyphus” we explore the journey of man’s eternal return to himself. Ever since Antiquity, philosophers have pondered the absurdity of human behavior. Whichever road one may take, whoever else one tries to become, whatever escape-routes one might venture, he always continues to return to himself. Human life is a repetition of one and the same action. Spiraling, same, predictable. And this constant action makes us meditate not on the meaning, but on the meaninglessness of human life.”
Veselka Kuncheva
Produced by Theater Company “Puppet’s Lab” with the support of Theater “Azaryan” and Sofia Culture Program, Bulgaria, 2013
Duration: 60 min
Nominations and Awards:
Award for body expression and animation at the International Puppet Festival in Timisoara, Romania, 2019.
Award for plastic personation of Sisyphus at the 1st International Puppet Festival “Crossroads”, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2019
Gran Prix for best performance at the International festival “Bgmot”, Bulgaria, 2014
Nomination “Ikar” of Union of Bulgarian Actors for best puppet performance, 2014
Award for best original music at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013
Award for best stage design at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013
Award for best actor at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013 for Sisyphus to Hristo Takov
Award for experimental and new forms at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013
Award of the young critics at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013 for Sisyphus to Hristo Takov
Nomination for best performance at the International theater festival “Atelier”, Romania, 2016
Nomination for the award of the jury at the International theater festival “Atelier”, Romania, 2016
Nomination for best director at the International theater festival “Atelier”, Romania, 2016
Nomination for best stage design at the International theater festival “Atelier”, Romania, 2016
Nomination for best choreography at the International theater festival “Atelier”, Romania, 2016
Gran Prix for best performance at the International festival “Puppet is a human, too”, Poland, 2016
Award for best actor at the International puppet festival, Lleida, Spain, 2016 for Sisyphus to Stoyan Doychev
Participation in festivals:
International theatre festival “Varna Summer”, Varna, Bulgaria
International theatre monodrama festival, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
International puppet festival for adults “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
International puppet festival “Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
International theatre monodrama festival “To the stars”, Varna, Bulgaria
International puppet festival “Recidives”, Dives- sur- Mer, France
International theatre festival, Konja, Turkey
International puppet festival, Lleida, Spain
International puppet festival, Seville, Spain
International puppet festival “UNIMA”, San Sebastian, Spain
International puppet festival, Magdeburg, Germany
International theatre festival “Atelier”, Baia Mare, Romania
International street and puppet festival “Puppet fair”, Sofia, Bulgaria
International puppetry festival “BTK fest”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
International puppet festival “Puppet is a human, too”, Warsaw, Poland
International puppet festival, Murcia, Spain
International theatre festival “Fadjr”, Tehran, Iran
International puppet festival, Saint-Brieuc, France
International puppet festival “Puppet Metamorphoses”, Białystok, Poland
International theatre festival “PUF”, Pula, Croatia
International puppet festival, Kwidzyn, Poland
International festival of puppet theatres “Dnipro Puppet Fest”, Dnipro, Ukraine
International theatre festival “UNIDRAM“, Potsdam, Germany
International puppet theatre festival, Minsk, Belarus
International theatre festival, Lodz, Poland
A puppet theatre festival in Stockholm ‘’Pop up Puppets”, Stockholm, Sweden
International puppet festival ‘’Micro Festival’’, Dordrecht, Netherlands
International puppet festival “Boze Wolf”, Aarschot, Belgium
International puppet and object theatre festival, Klaipeda, Lithuania
International Visual Theatre Festival “NuQ Treff”, Tallinn, Estonia
International Puppet Festival “Crossroads”, Novosibirsk, Russia
Puppet Festival “Colourful Cock”, Pleven, Bulgaria
International Festival “Euromarionete”, Arad, Romania
International Puppet Festival, Timisoara, Romania
International Shadow and Puppet Art Festival, Beijing, China
International Theatre Festival “Hände Hoch”, Cottbus, Germany
International Puppet Festival “WEITBLICK”, Brunswick, Germany
International Theatre Festival “Festival of Wonder”, Silkeborg, Denmark
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Photos by Ivan Donchev, Gergana Damianova and other photographers from festival participations