The Flight of the Mole

by Polina Hristova

 

 

Watch the trailer

Text

 

Polina Hristova

 

 

Poems by

 

Veselka Kuncheva

 

 

Director

 

Veselka Kuncheva

 

 

Scenography and puppets

 

Marieta Golomehova

 

 

Music

 

Milen Apostolov

 

 

Choreography by

 

Nadezhda Dicheva

 

 

Photographer

 

Alexander Bogdan Thompson

 

 

Mono performance by

 

Polina Hristova

 

 

Produced by

 

Theatre company “Puppet’s Lab”, Bulgaria, 2022

 

 

Duration

 

65 min

One winter morning the Mole realized that she had not come out of her hole for years. She didn’t know if he would survive outside. She didn’t remember what the world looked like. She filled another plate with memories and ate them. She got heartburn. Then she fell asleep and dreamed that she was flying.

“Flight of the Mole” is a loving explanation of the fears we create for ourselves. We raise them like little children, we feed them with our souls, with our dreams, with our longings. Until they grow and swallow us.

 

 

Festivals: 

 

  • Ei! Marionetas – International Puppetry Meeting of Gondomar, Gondomar, Portugal, 2023

 

  • International theatre festival VALISE, Lomza, Poland 2023

 

  • International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival “Pierrot”

 

  • International Puppet-Theatre Festival “Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2023

 

  • International Festival “Drumevi Theater Holidays”, Shumen, Bulgaria, 2023

 

  • International Festival of Monodrama “Solo Act”, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 2022

 

  • International Festival for Street and Puppet Theatre – PUPPET FAIR, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2022

 

 

 

 

Nominations and awards: 

 

  • award for best director of Veselka Kuncheva of the Festival “Drumevi theatre Holidays”, Shumen 2023;

 

  • award for best scenography of Marieta Golomehova of the “Drumevi Theatre Holidays” Festival, Shumen 2023;

 

  • award for best performance according to the alternative jury “Voice of the media” of the MTF “Solo Act”, Gabrovo 2022;

 

  • award “The art of the composer in the mono-performance” of the MTF “Solo Act”, Gabrovo 2022;

 

  • award to Polina Hristova for acting from the VALISE MTF, Lomza, Poland;

 

  • award to Veselka Kuncheva for directing from the VALISE International Film Festival, Lomza, Poland;

 

  • award to Milen Apostolov for best music of MKTF “Piero” 2023;

 

  • nomination for the IKAR award of the Union of Artists in Bulgaria for Polina Hristova in the category “Achievement in puppetry”, 2023;

 

  • nomination for the ASKEER award in the “Mono performance” category, 2022
Read more about "The Flight of the Mole" on our Press page