THE WINNERS OF THE 12TH EDITION OF THE "IVAN RADOEV" NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR BULGARIAN PLAYWRITING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND AWARDED ON 1 APRIL

A Grand Prize of BGN 2,000 and two encouragement awards of BGN 500, one of them for a puppet play, will be presented.

The competition began on 3 January 2023 and saw the participation of texts for dramatic and puppet theatre that have not been staged before it was held and have not taken part in other playwriting competitions. The organisers of the event are the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Pleven and the "Ivan Radoev" Drama and Puppet Theatre.

On the same day, the creative team of the Theatre will honour the 96th anniversary of the birth of the eminent Bulgarian poet and playwright Ivan Radoev with his play “Miracle”.

The production features Stanka Kalcheva – guest, Lenko Gurkov, Sergey Konstantinov, Georgi Enchev and Petyo Krastev. The director is Nadya Pancheva, the set design is by Yasmin Mandelli, and the composer is Hristo Namliev.