Theater Laboratory of Veselka Kuncheva and Marieta Golomehova
Marieta Golomehova
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
Stage design, puppets and costumes of the stage production “The last man” in The State Puppet Theatre, Stara Zagora
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the Tango Opera “Maria de Buenos Aires” in State Opera Plovdiv, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2018
Leader of the International Director’s Masterclass “Metamorphoses”, Magdeburg
Stage design and costumes in an International Creative Laboratory “1984” in State Puppet Theatre, Stara Zagora
Stage design and costumes in an International Creative Laboratory “Animal Farm” in State Puppet Theatre, Stara Zagora and Pace School of Performing Art – New York, USA
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the stage production “The Nose” in Theatre 199 “Valentin Stoychev”, Sofia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2017
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the stage production “Rage as a life” in State Puppet Theatre, Stara Zagora, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2016
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the show “Queen of Spades”, State Puppet Theater Plovdiv, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design of workshop on texts by F. Dostoevsky, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2015
Curator of the exhibition “Anatomy of a doll” gallery “Rayko Alexiev”
Participation in 20th International Festival for Contemporary Art “Process – Space”
Participation in International Sympozium “ Lomea, Russe
Stage design and costumes of the stage production “Escapes” in Theater “Azaryan”, Sofia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2014
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the performance “Momo”, director Veselka Kuncheva, Theater of Youth “Nikolay Binev”
Stage design, puppets and costumes in the performance “ Fear” in State Puppet Theatre Stara Zagora
Stage design of 8th International Art Laboratory – Atelier “Fear” in State Puppet Theatre, Stara Zagora
2013
Stage design and puppets in the performance “I, Sisyphus” – independent project of production company ” Puppet’s Lab”, Sofia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2012
Stage design and puppets in the performance „Immured” in the State Puppet Theater, Plovdiv, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance „Breath” in the Theatre of Youth, Subotica, Serbia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2011
Stage design and puppets in the musical “On the edge of the sky” in the State Puppet Theater, Plovdiv, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2010
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” in the Youth Theater, Banja Luka, Bosnia, directors: Predrag Beloshevich and Biserka Kolevska
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Snow Queen” in The Baj Pomorski Theater, Poland, director: Kamil Jishka
2009
Stage design and costumes in the performance “Forever Yours” – independent Theatrical Production, Sofia, Bulgaria – produced by Contrast Films, with the financial support of the Cultural Programme of Sofia Municipality, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Beloved Beauty” (Krasa Nenaglyadnaya) – Youth Theater, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, director: Kamil Jishka
Stage design and puppets in the performance “In the Dark” – Theatre of Youth, Subotica, Serbia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2008
Interior design of the hotel “Koukouriak”, Bansko
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Beauty and the Beast” – State Puppet Theater, Varna, director: Vera Stoykova
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Big Quixotic Jungle”, Sofia Puppet Theater, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2007
Production designer and costume designer of the Bluba Lu’s music video – Hold Back
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Lady Fantast” in the State Puppet Theatre, Vidin, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Beyond the Border” – Bobita Puppet Theater, Pecs, Hungary, directors: Jeni Pashova and Petar Pashov
2006
Stage design and puppets in the performance “King Marko” – Youth Theater, Kragujevac, Serbia, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Dreams” – State Puppet Theater, Vidin, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Riquet With the Tuft”, Sofia Puppet Theater, director: Jeni Pashova
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” in Sofia Puppet Theatre, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2005
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Old Wives’ Tales” in State Puppet Theatre, Vidin, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Thumbelina” – State Puppet Theater, Varna, director: Vera Stoykova
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Tempest” – State Puppet Theater, Varna, director: Petar Pashov
2004
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Karlsson”, State Puppet Theater, Vidin, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design in the performance “Idiot” – State Puppet Theater, Pazardjik, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2003
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Charlie”, State Puppet Theater, Vidin, director: Veselka Kuncheva
2002
Stage design and puppets in the performance “The Little Zaches Called Cinnabar”, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann, in State Puppet Theatre, Plovdiv, director: Veselka Kuncheva
Stage design and puppets in the performance “Above the Gods” – State Puppet Theater, Stara Zagora, director: Miroslav Stoilov
PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS:
2015
Exhibition Nationality Galery Ruse
Exibition gallery “ Rayko Aleksiev”
2014
Exhibition “Replica” in the French castle – gallery “Brison”.
2011
Prague Quadrennial, Czech Republic
2007
Prague Quadrennial, Czech Republic
2006
Theater “Puk” – Tokyo, Japan
2005
International Festival – Roeselare, Belgium
International Exhibition – Subotica, Serbia
2004
International Puppet Festival “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
2003
Theater “De Marionettes”– Paris, France
Prague Quadrennial, Czech Republic
International Puppet Festival “Three are Too Many, two are not enough”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
International Puppet Festival, Charleville, France
2002
International Puppet Festival “The Golden Dolphin”, Varna, Bulgaria
CREATIVE LENGTH OF SERVICE:
2008-2015
Freelancer
2006 – 2008
Stage designer in State Puppet Theater, Vidin
2003 – 2004
Stage designer in State Puppet Theater, Stara Zagora
2003 – 2008
Stage designer in a professional director’s workshop in the State Puppet Theater, Stara Zagora
1997 – 2000
Actress in Drama Theater “R. Stoyanov”, Gabrovo
1995 – 1997
Actress in Drama Theater “A. Budevska”, Bourgas
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2019
Nomination for best costumes Academy “Askeer” for the performance “The Nose”
2017
Nomination for best stage design Academy “Askeer” for the performance “The last temptation”
Award for best stage design at the 17th International Puppet Festival “The Golden Dolphin”, Varna, 2017
2015
Award for best stage design “Fear” at the 9th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, director Veselka Kuncheva
Nomination for best stage design Academy “Askeer” for the performance “Momo”
Nomination for best costumes Academy “Askeer” for the performance “Momo”
Nomination UAB “Ikar”2014 for best stage design for the performances “Momo”- Drama Puppet Theatre “Nikolay Binev” – director Veselka Kuncheva and “Fear”- director Veselka Kuncheva ,Puppet Teatre St. Zagora
2014
National Award for best stage design of the Union of Bulgarian Artists
Nomination UAB “Ikar” for best puppet performance for the performance “I, Sisyphus”
2013
Award for stage design for the trilogy “Balkan legends” (“Breath” – “Immurement”- “I Sisyphus”) at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Award for best performance for the performance “Immured” at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Award for Experimental and new forms for the performance “I, Sisyphus” at the 8th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierrot”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Award for stage design in the performance “In the Dark” at the first International Festival “Cynosure”, Poltava, Ukraine
Award UAB “Ikar” for best puppet performance for the performance “Immured”
Nomination UAB “Ikar”2013 for stage design for the performance “Immured”
Award “Plovdiv” for the performance ” Immured”
Award “Ivana Mirkov Vlachich” at the 63th festival of Serbian professional theatres for the best visual identity for the performance “Breath”
2012
Award for stage design in the performance “Breath” at the 43th festival of Serbian professional puppet theatres
Award of UNIMA jury for stage design and light design in the performance “Breath” at the 43th festival of Serbian professional puppet theatres
Grand Prix for “In the Dark” at the first International Festival of Puppet Art, Podgorica
Award for stage design in the performance “In the Dark” at the first International Festival of Puppet Art Podgorica
Award for stage design in the performance “Breath” at the 14th International Puppet Festival “Golden Flash”
Second prize for best performance of 14th international puppet festival “Golden Flash” for performance “Breath”
Award for best stage design in the performance “The wolf and the seven kids museum of fairy tales” at the 19th festival Subotica for children
Award for best stage design at the 13th International Puppet Festival of Professional Theatres “Lut festival” for the performance “The wolf and the seven kids in Museum of fairy tales”
Grand Prix for of the show the performance “The wolf and the seven kids in
Museum of fairy tales” at the 13th International Festival of Professional Theatres “Lut Festival”, Eastern Sarajevo
Award UAB “Ikar”2012 for best puppet performance for the performance “On the edge of the sky“
2011
Grand Prix for “In the Dark” at the 6th National Festival of the Professional Theaters, Vojvodina, Serbia
Special award “Ivan Mirkov Vlachich” for stage design in the performance “In the Dark” at the 6th National Festival of the Professional Theaters, Vojvodina, Serbia
Grand Prix for the performance “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” from the Puppet Artists Union, Serbia
Award for stage design about “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” from the Puppet Artists Union, Serbia
2010
Award for Stage Design in the performance “In the Dark” at the International Festival in Banja Luka, Bosnia
Award for creative search in the visual performance “In the Dark” at the International Puppet Festival “Three are too many, two are not enough”
Grand Prix for the performance “In the Dark” at the 20th International Puppet Festival “Golden Spark”, Kragujevac, Serbia
Award for Stage Design in the performance “In the Dark” at the 20th International Puppet Festival “Golden Spark”, Kragujevac, Serbia
Special UNIMA award for the performance “In the Dark” at the 20th International Puppet Festival “Golden Spark”, Kragujevac, Serbia
Award for best performance of 2010 from the Unit of the Puppet Artists in Serbia for the performance “In the Dark”
Award for Stage Design in the performance “In the Dark” from the Unit of the Puppet Artists in Serbia for the performance “In the Dark”
Award for best creative team for the performance “In the Dark” at the 12th International Puppet Festival “Golden Spark, Kragujevac, Serbia
2009
Award for best performance of “The Big Quixotic Jungle” at the 6th International Puppet Festival for Adults “Pierrot”
2008
Grand Prix for the performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” at the 7th International Festival, Bania Luka, Bosnia
Award for Stage Design in the performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” at the 7th International Festival, Bania Luka, Bosnia
Award for puppets in the performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” at the 7th International Festival, Bania Luka, Bosnia
Award for Stage Design in the performances “The Big Quixotic Jungle” and “Beauty and the Beast” at the 14th International Puppet Festival “The Golden Dolphin”, Varna
Grand Prix for the performance “The Big Quixotic Jungle” at the 14th International Puppet Festival “The Golden Dolphin”, Varna
Award for Stage Design in the performance “The King Marko” at the 21st International Festival Walizka, Lomza, Poland
2007
Award for best team about the stage performance “King Marko” at the Annual Fair of the Puppet Art – Novi Sad, Serbia
Award for stage design about the performance “King Marko” at the Annual Fair of the Puppet Art – Novi Sad, Serbia
Award for stage design about the performance “King Marko” at the “Golden Spark” Festival – Kragujevac, Serbia
Award for puppets about the stage performance “King Marko” at the “Golden Spark” Festival – Kragujevac, Serbia
Grand Prix about the stage performance “King Marko” at the “Golden Spark” Festival – Kragujevac, Serbia
Award from the Bulgarian Artist Union about the stage performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” for achievements in the puppet art
2006
Award for stage design about the performance “Thumbelina” at the International Puppet Festival “Three are too many, two are not enough”, Plovdiv
Award for stage design about the performance “Pinocchio – Forbidden for Children” at the International Festival “Golden Curtain”, Targovishte
2005
Award for puppets in the stage performance “Thumbelina” at the International Puppet Festival “The Golden Dolphin”, Varna
2003
Nomination from the Bulgarian Artist Union about the stage design in the performance “The Little Zaches Called Cinnabar”
Award from the Bulgarian Artist Union about the stage performance “The Little Zaches Called Cinnabar”
EDUCATION:
1999 – 2001 NATFA “Кr. Sarafov” – Sofia
Subject: Stage Design for Drama and Puppet Theater