DERIDA STAGE
DERIDA STAGE, 32 Tzar Samuil St.
A space for contemporary dance, alternative cinema, and theater. The Derida Stage has traveled to many places over the years before settling in the center of Sofia. Its activities combine the production and staging of performances with a residency program for choreographers and educational initiatives. Derida Stage is part of the largest dance network, the European Dance Development Network.
PROGRAMME
Oliver and Bernadette are in love. Then the Quietude Act changes everything. Overnight, every citizen is limited to 140 words a day - spoken, written or signed. Every word becomes precious while they try to decide what to say to each other, what to keep for themselves, and what to save for the world outside.
Performance of the play “Carousel” by the students of the “ACATAMUS” Private High School of Performing Arts. A story about friendship, loneliness, and genuine encounters beyond the screens and the roles we play every day.
PERSONA—the mask we wear before the world. The play is about what remains hidden beneath it.
PERSONA BY INGMAR BERGMAN—making its debut on the Bulgarian theater stage.
theatrical-musical performance
Oct. 21 | 7:00 p.m.
Four vagabonds live at an abandoned train station where no trains ever stop. But one day, an international train pulls in, and a down-and-out magician steps off. It turns out, however, that he has discovered the secret of “magical disappearance,” and together with the vagrants, he manages to pull off the most spectacular trick in the world.