Immured
Editor: Veselka Kuncheva
Based on the poem “The Dead Head Spoke To Me” by Maria Stankova
Author and Director: Veselka Kuncheva
Puppets, Stage and Costume design: Marieta Golomehova
Original music: Hristo Namliev
Choreography: Stefan Vitanov
Ethnology consultant: Veselka Toncheva
Cast: Hristo Takov / Stoyan Doychev, Tatiana Etimova / Polina Hristova, Rossen Russev, Jivko Jouranov, Alexander Karamanov, Mihaela Andonova, Natalia Vasileva
“There should be a bridge across any water, and man should walk all over it, coming, and going, and doing what they have to do.”
Maria Stankova
“In order the bridge to stay imperishable and everlasting a sacrifice should be laid in its foundations. The builder Manol immures the love of his life – Neda. What are the limits of a creator’s selfishness? What is he ready to do in order to eternalize its creation?
Which is the border that one should never cross? Does this border exists at all? Man is mortal, while the creation is immortal. Is it a sin to take the first in the sake of the second?
God had created man and had given him a soul. Manol had created a bridge and had immured in it a soul. The soul of his beloved one. For the bridge to stay. Forever!”
Veselka Kuncheva
Produced by State Puppet Theatre Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2012
Duration: 60 min
Awards:
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
Grand Prix for best performance at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierot”, Bulgaria, 2013
Award “Ikar” of Union of Bulgarian Actors for best puppet performance, 2013
Award “Ikar” of Union of Bulgarian Actors for best original music, 2013
Nomination “Ikar” of Union of Bulgarian Actors for best stage design, 2013
Award “Plovdiv” for best performance, 2013
Photos by Ivan Donchev
