From the very beginning of its existence humanity loves to tell and listen to fairytales. About the good, the scary, the beautiful, the extraordinary… Mankind stepped over the threshold of civilization when our imagination started developing and when we expressed in words, dancing, music and gestures the questions, and sometimes...

Dear Children, Dear Participants and Guests, I welcome you to the 19th Edition of the International Theatre Festival for Children “The Magic Curtain”. I feel confident to declare that this Festival belongs to the significant factors in the cultural life of our city, an event that adds to the spirituality,...

14.30 h. Drama Theatre, chamber hall Rhodopa Drama Theatre “Nikolay Haytov” – Smolyan READING ALL SUMMER LONG Based on Gianni Rodari, Astrid Lindgren, Yordan Radichkov Screenplay and Director – Elza Laleva Set design and Puppets – Martina Variyska Music design – Margarita Ilieva Actors – Bozhana Manovska, Dessy Mincheva, Boris Hadzhiyski You will meet the...

18 MAY – FRIDAY 11.00 h. Drama Theatre, main stage Drama Theatre – Targovishte I WANT TO PLAY Screenplay – Ivan Nedyalkov Director – Ivan Nedyalkov Set design –  Galina Abadzhimarinova Music – Ivan Nedyalkov Actors – Siyana Yaneva, Margarita Markova, Nikola Shopov, Yordan Lyubomirov, Goritsa Radeva The place where the clowns find...

16.00 h. Drama Theatre, main stage State Puppet Theatre – Sliven THE DRAGON Based on Evgeniy Schwarz Director – Biserka Kolevska Set design – Svila Velichkova Music – Nelko Kolarov Actors – Boris Georgiev, Vangel Apostolov, Georgi Yanev, Delyan Kyosev, Lyubomir Zhelev, Maria Dzhoykeva, Anna-Valeria Gostanian  The play is about an imaginary...

14.30 h. Drama Theatre, chamber hall Small Theatre “Theorikon” , Moscow, Russia AS A MAN HAPPINESS WAS (a play based on Tolstoy’s fairy tales) Screenplay and director: Oleg Labosin Actors: Artem Kabidov and Oleg Labosin  Lev Tolstoy wrote 629 works for childrenThe play “As a Man Happiness Was…” is based on...

17 MAY – THURSDAY 11.00 h. Drama Theatre, main stage Public Theatre “Jordan H.K. Dzinot” , Veles, FYROM THE WIZZARD OF OZ Based on the novel of L. Frank Baum Screenplay  – Katerina Momeva Director – Aleksander Ivanovski Set design – Filip Korunovski Costume design – Katerina Chuknieva Actors – Dragana Bosnik, Vasil Zafirchev, Talija Nastova,...

16.00 h. Drama Theatre, main stage Theatre and Music Center – Razgrad NESTINARI (WALKING ON EMBERS) Screenplay –  Dimitar Marinov Director – Dimitar Dimitrov Music set – Dimitar Dimitrov Set and Costume design – Dimitar Dimitrov Choreographer – Stefania Georgieva Vocal pedagogue – Shukran Shukri Actors – Boryana Yordanova, Mariyana Brankovanova, Veselin Borisov, Evgeni Stefanov, Tihomir Blagoev, Violeta Zhelyazkova Mystical impression...

14.30 h. Community center „Napredak“, dance hall State Puppet Theatre – Varna MIRACLE COOKS Original performance of Diana Tsolevska, Galin Ginev, Vera Stoykova, Stoyan Stoyanov Set and costume design – Adriana Dobreva Actors – Diana Tsolevska, Galin Ginev, Vera Stoykova, Stoyan Stoyanov Four miracle cooks with great imagination and fanciful minds take...

11.00 h. Drama Theatre, main stage State Puppet Theatre – Ruse KARLSSON AND LITTLE BROTHER Based on the novel of Astrid Lindgren Screenplay and Director –  Valentin Vladimirov Set design –  Valentina Germanova Music – Stanimir Ivanov Actors – Silvia Neykova, Yolanda Mihaylova, Huben Nurev, Lyuben Rusenski The play “Karlsson and Little Brother” deals with the issue of...