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“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
Theater Company “Puppet’s Lab” with the support of Theater “Azaryan” and Sofia Culture Program, Bulgaria, 2013
60 min
Ivan Donchev, Gergana Damianova and other photographers from festival participations
Veselka Kuncheva
Marieta Golomehova
Hristo Namliev
Maria Dimitrova
Veselin Hristov
Leonid Yovchev
Hristo Takov / Stoyan Doychev / Stefan Dodurov
Special award for puppet design and technology – Novi Sad, Romania, 2024
Award for music – MTF “The Magic Curtain” – Turgovishte, Bulgaria
Award for body expression and animation International Puppet Festival – Timisoara, Romania, 2019.
Award for body expression and animation International Puppet Festival – 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
Novi Sad theatre festival – Novi Sad, Serbia
International theatre festival “The Magic curtain” – Turgovishte, Bulgaria
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