THE CHAMPION AND THE MOSQUITO
Country: Italy
Everyone is on a bicycle in this a-typical show, riding across space and time on the river of the Twentieth Century. The characters are Guides of Time, all with balinese masks, who take the spectators by the hand accompanying them through the life and times of an extraordinary cycling champion, Fausto Coppi.
The Twentieth Century runs under their wheels... then the sprint of one Guide passes through the platoon carrying a new date. Then another, and another again. Moments in Coppi’s life and historical facts hit each other like poetically propelled news, from one station to another, tightening and dilating time, making everyone exist only in the present tense.
In the stations, the most memorable feats are played, such as the climb up the Galibier in the Tour de France and other victories and defeats, up to the final meeting between Fausto Coppi and the small African mosquito which stung him.
Everyone has their place in this epic ride!
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IMPORTANT: Audience members must bring their own bicycles. The performance will begin at St. Alexander Nevsky Square and conclude in the area in front of the Heating Plant.
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With the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia.
Where? Start: St. Alexander Nevsky Square; End: Toplocentrala Open-Air Theater, 5 Emil Bersinski Street
When? October 24, 2026 // 5:30 p.m.
Free entrance
The ACT Independent Theatre Festival 2026 is made possible with financial support from the Ministry of Culture and the Sofia Municipality, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia, the Austrian Cultural Forum, EFFEA, EAIPA, Toplocentrala, DERIDA Stage, I AM Studio, Theater O3, VIDENIE, BOBBINA Cultural Space, Studio Equipaж, NBU University Theater, and many others. We are part of 3XPER1ENCE.