11:00 am “The Dwarf Long–Nose” – Puppet Theatre Sliven /Bulgaria/

AUTHOR: Based on Wilhelm Hauff

DRAMATIZATION: Yuri Dachev
DIRECTOR: Biserka Kolevska
SCENOGRAPHY: Svila Velichkova
MUSIC: Mihail Shishkov
CHOREOGRAPHY: Iovita Pencheva
CAST: Ivan Kordov, Ana – Maria Lalova, Evgenia Angelova, Elitsa Petkova, Atanas Mahnev

The Dwarf Long – Nose is a tale of the different people – not everybody is born beautiful but everyone has the right of attention, love and friendship. Wilm learns this in a very painful way. Enchanted by the witch because of his bad behavior towards her, he understands how awful is the life of an ugly dwarf he is transformed to. 
Going through the suffering, getting himself free of the magic it is reborn not only Wilm’s appearance but his soul too. During his numerous adventures, he finds out the friendship and the love.
The performance has been awarded on the National puppet- theatre festival “Mihail Lakatnik” Yambol 2013 and IPF –“Lut Fest” 2013, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

05 September 2014, 11.00 am
Duration of the performance: 60 min
Recommended age of the audience: 5 years and up
Language – Bulgarian

7:00 pm. „When Shlemiel Wnet to Warsaw” Puppet theatre Maribor /Slovenia/

AUTOR: ISAAC B. SINGER
DIRETOR: JELENA SITAR SCETKO
STAGE DESIGN AND PUPPETS: SVJETLAN JUNAKOVIC
MUSIC: IGOR CVETKO
CAST: MIHA BEZELJAK, AJA KOBE AND DANILO TRSTENJAK

“When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw” is an artful tale about a peculiar man and his dreams. At his homely hearth, Shlemiel ponders about the great wide world, particularly about famed Warsaw – the Big City. One faithful day, he makes up his mind and heads off there from his hometown Chelm. The destination is clear but something with the directions gone wrong and here he is in another Chelm. 
Chełm is a “chest” in which each and everyone can find their own piece of reality, and enjoy their own measure of laughter and astonishment. Shlemiel is an Everyman; his wife succeeds in getting under the skin of women; the children indulge in child-like curiosity, are joyous, and there are plentiful; the wise men are noble and possibly a tad to wise; the townsmen are nosy, smug or sympathetic, but most importantly, each has their own explanation for the events and goings-on. Finally, we cannot go past the realization that “the whole world is one big Chełm” and all of us its townsmen, for “the world is the same everywhere.

05 SEPTEMBER 2014, 7.00 pm
DURATION OF THE PERFORMANCE: 45 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGE OF THE AUDIENCE: 5 YEARS AND UP
LANGUAGE – SLOVENIAN AND ENGLISH