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TOPLOCENTRALA, 5, Emil Bersinski str., Sofia 1408
The Toplocentrala project is a joint initiative between a group of artists from the independent art scene and Sofia Municipality, which was launched in 2014 with the main idea to transform the former heat plant of the National Palace of Culture, built in 1981, into a Centre for Contemporary Arts of modern European type.
PROGRAMME
Oct. 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Hall 2
A theatrical collage based on the novel *The Pianist* by Elfriede Jelinek
Theater – Studio Persona
*Pianissimo* doesn’t just tell a story—it provokes, unsettles, and confronts the audience with their own fears, limitations, and repressed impulses.
Oct. 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Hall 1
Blurring the boundaries between player and spectator, the performance thrusts its audience into a surreal, interactive space where each choice becomes choreography, and each action shapes the narrative.
The performance is an interactive immersive experience and is standing-room only, with a limited number of seats available if needed.
BODIES OF POWER | NOMINATION FOR IKAR 2026
dance performance
Oct. 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Hall 2
The words are part of the latest performance by Iva Sveshtarova and Vili Prager, which leads us to think about power through the body – a body in whose memory it pulsates, not as an idea, but as a muscle, a habit, a breath. From an instrument of violence, the two choreographers transform the body into a territory of vulnerability, and power into new, seemingly harmless forms. It becomes theater – grandiose, merciless, absurd. In Bodies of Power, bodies are props, the choir is the people, and the stage is life.
Taking the stage are two choreographers, performers, and life partners: Stanislav Genadiev and Violeta Vitanova. Each brings their own logic of movement, inner rhythm, and imagined reality. *Co-Surface* explores the coexistence of these two worlds.