1. Full name of your theater.
2. Status of the theatre (state, municipal, private). Financed by?
3. When was the theater created / founded and by whom?
4. Name and surname of the theatre’s
5. How many stages are there in the theater? What is the capacity of the hall / halls in the theater?
6. How many people does your staff number? Please, list them as numbers in the following areas: artistic / technical / administrative.
7. Does the theater have its own puppet production workshops? Does the theatre have its own puppet master (if so, how many)?
8. Does the theater have a museum, exhibition space, an exhibition puppet collection? If so – since when, by whom was it created and who is the curator today?
9. First premiere of the theater. (Title, author, year of production, production team)
10. What is the number of repertoire titles that your theater presents as of the 2020/2021 season? (For dramatic puppet theaters – only puppet productions.)
11. List some of the important national and international awards for which the theater is a laureate?
12. Has the theatre participated in significant international creative exchanges or visits abroad? List some of the important countries and / or festivals that the theater has attended in recent years.
13. Does your theater organise festivals? (If yes, please provide their names)
14. Website, Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter profiles of the theater.
15. Theater logo (and the festival’s, if applicable) in high resolution.

• The full list of the theaters’ awards, as well as their international performances, creative exchanges and visits (described in the answers to questions 11 and 12) can be found on the website of the magazine kuklart.bg
• More information regarding the answers to question 13 about festivals can be found in the article by Desislava Dimitrova, dedicated to this topic, on page 27.

Blagoevgrad Municipal Puppet Theater

1. Blagoevgrad Municipal Puppet Theater.
2. The theater is funded by the Municipality of Blagoevgrad.
3. It was founded in 1975 by the actress Bistra Tuparova, who was its director between 1975-1978; she graduated in acting for puppet theater with the class of Prof. Atanas Ilkov.
4. The director of the theater is Marina Kungelova.
5. The theater has one stage with a hall of 120 seats.
6. The theater employs 23 people, of which 9 are artistic and creative staff, 11 – technical, and 3 – administrative.
7. The theater has an art studio, where only one artist works, and an equipped sewing studio.
8. The theater does not have its own exhibition space or museum.
9. The first performance of the theater is A New Year’s Performance – directed by

Bistra Tuparova, after which the Bulgarian Television began filming puppet

miniatures for Goodnight Children with sketches from the show.

10. There are 14 titles in the theater’s repertoire.
11. In 1988 the theater participated in the PIF International Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, and was awarded second prize for performance and second individual award for female role of the actress Bistra Dzhivdzhorska in the performance Rimchimchi the Bear, directed by Prof. Atanas Ilkov. In August 1993, at the International Puppet Festival, held as part of EXPO 93 (Seoul, South Korea), the theater presented the play The Best in the World, directed by Bianca Benkovska. In 1995, the theater won the prestigious award of the Puppet Academy for best female role of actress Stanka Velinova for the play Such a Fabulous Little Town, directed by Todor Valov. From 1995 to 1998, the theater was in the program of the Vienna Summer Festival every summer at the invitation of the cultural department of the Vienna municipality. In 1999 the theater participated in the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Theater Festival in Varna with the play Fairy Tale Machine, directed by Sunny Suninski, and received first prize for directing.
12. In 2018, the theater participated in an international puppet festival in Veria, Greece. In March, 8 – 12, 2019 it participated in the International Balkan Theater Festival in Bursa, Turkey.
13. Sunflower International Ecological Children’s Theater Festival. It was established in 2005, 6 editions were made and it was terminated in 2011 for financial reasons. Its idea was to promote and popularize the topic of ecology by writing plays on the topic as an extremely important aspect of our lives.
14. www.kuklenblagoewgrad.com ; FB – @kuklenblagoevgrad; Email: pptblg@abv.bg

State puppet Theatre-Burgas

1. State puppet Theatre-Burgas
2. State Theater with mixed funding – from the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Burgas.
3. The theater was established in 1954. In 1962 it became a state one by a decision of the Council of Ministers.
4. The director of the theater is Hristina Arsenova
5. The theater has one stage and a hall with a capacity of 194 seats.
6. The theater has a total of 32 employees. Artistic staff- 14 people, technical staff – 15, administrative staff – 3 people.
7. The theater has a carpentry studio. There is one artist-performer (puppet master) on staff.
8. The theater does not have a museum or an exhibition space.
9. The first performance of the theater is Grandpa and Turnip, season 1954/55.
10. The theater maintains 52 titles in its repertoire.
11. More significant national and international awards in recent years:

• Piero 2006 – As You Like It – best performance;
• IКAR 2019 award for The Fillyjonk Who Believed In Disasters, 2018 Icarus award for The Little Piece; 2010 Icarus award for Thrushbeard The King.
• Golden Spark International Puppet Festival 2018, Kragujevac, Serbia – The Little Piece – award for best theatrical duo; 2016, Kragujevac, Serbia – La Fontaine’s Fables – award for scenography and award for best actress;
• Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough International Puppet-Theatre Festival 2018 – award for best performance by the international jury, the Dutch and children’s jury for The Fillyjonk Who Believed In Disasters.

12.Participations:

           Festivals abroad:

• Cookart, St. Petersburg, Russia; Charleville-Mezieres, France; Ishara, Delhi, India; Children’s Festival, Washington, USA; World Shakespeare Festival, Santa Barbara, USA; Topic, Tolosa, Spain; The Puppet is a Human Too, Warsaw, Poland; Ryazan Festival, Ryazan, Russia; I.F., Zagreb, Croatia; Gulliver, Galati, Romania; Storytelling, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Titirimundi, Segovia, Spain; Theater, Street, Children, Bucharest, Romania; Shakespeare Festival, Istanbul, Turkey; Kragujevac, Banja Luka, Subotica, Srpska; Incheon, South Korea;

International creative exchanges:

• St Petersburg Marionette Theater. E. S. Demmeni, Saint Petersburg, Russia – over 30 years of cooperation;
• Teremok Regional Puppet Theater, Vologda, Russia.

All puppet festivals in Bulgaria

13. State puppet Theatre-Burgas is the organizer of The Days of Puppets International Open-air Puppet Festival.
14. www.burgaspuppets.com ; Facebook – State Puppet Theater, Burgas

State Puppet Theater Varna

1. State Puppet Theater Varna.
2. А State Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Varna.
3. The theater was established in 1952 by Georgi Saravanov.
4. The director of the theater is Vera Stoykova.
5. The theater has 2 stages: an indoor on – 130 seats and a summer stage – 150 seats.
6. The total number of employees is 47 people, of which artistic staff are 22 people, technical – 20 people, administrative – 5 people.
7. The theater has an art studio for making puppets and sets. It employs three puppeteers.
8. The theater has a Museum of Puppets – a permanent exhibition of theatrical puppets from selected performances, staged at the State Puppet Theater Varna over the years. The museum was opened in 1985 after the idea of ​​Veliko Burnev – a playwright in the theater, layout of the exhibition – Tsvetana Vekova, curator – Krassimira Hristova.
9. The first premiere of the theater was the play The Duckling by Nina Gernet, staged and set design by Georgi Saravanov on August 18, 1952.
10. The theater maintains 46 titles in its repertoire.
11. The State Puppet Theater Varna has been awarded several times with the Icarus National Award for excellence in the field of theater, including for the most successful management and marketing. The State Puppet Theater Varna has won the Golden Dolphin Grand Prix six times (1978, 1981, 1996, 2005, 2011, 2017) and the Special Prize (2002); it has repeatedly received the Varna Art Prize, most recently in 2020, and many collective and individual awards from the festivals in Yambol, Targovishte, Veliko Tarnovo, Banja Luka (Serbia).
12. The theater has participated in a number of festivals, including: Chilgok Musical Puppet Festival, South Korea; International Puppetry Days – Izmir, Turkey; Taiwan Dot Gow Children’s Art Festival – Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Little Orange Microtheater Festival Shenzhen and Chongqing – China; Sergei Obraztsov International Puppet Festival – Moscow, Russia; Gyeonggi Festival – South Korea; International Festival of Children’s Theaters – Banja Luka, Republika Srpska; I Teatri del Mondo International Children’s Theater Festival, Porto Sant Elpidio, Italy; as well as many Bulgarian international festivals included in the calendar of the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria.
13. The theater organizes the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival – the oldest puppet festival in Bulgaria, founded in 1972. http://vnpuppet.com/en/golden-dolphin/
14. http://vnpuppet.com/ – official site of the theater

https://www.facebook.com/DKTVarna

https://www.instagram.com/varna_puppet_theatre/

Vidin State Puppet Theater

1. Vidin State Puppet Theater.
2. A State Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture.
3. In 1965-1966, several artists from the drama theater laid the foundation for a small puppet stage, anticipating the need for this form. In 1975 a puppet ensemble was formed at the Tsvyat community center. On 13^th October 1975 a competition for puppeteer-actors is announced. On April 30, 1981 the theatre becomes a state one after a decision of the Council of Ministers.
4. The director of the theater is Pavlinka Trifonova
5. The theater has one stage with 145 seats.
6. The total number of employees is 23 people, including an artistic team of 10, technical – 7 and administrative – 6.
7. The theater does not have its own creative studio or puppet masters.
8. The theater does not have a museum or exhibition space.
9. One of the first titles is The Scarlet Flower based on Russian folk tales.
10. The theater has 20 performances in its repertoire.
11. I am sentimentally recalling the Kuklar Prize, which existed for a short time, but in its first edition our theater was awarded three prizes. We have won numerous national and international awards, including: Grand Prix from the International Children’s Festival, Subotica, Serbia; Bucharest International Children’s Festival, Romania; PIF International Puppet Festival, Zagreb, Croatia. We have been repeatedly awarded prizes for various productions from: Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough International Puppet-Theatre Festival, Plovdiv; National Puppet Theater Festival Mikhail Lakatnik, Yambol; International Festival for Street and Puppet Theater Sofia Puppet Fair, and others. Over the years, we have been nominated in various categories and are winners of the Icarus Award of UBA. Significant for our theater is the diploma of the Ministry of Culture for Excellence in Management and Marketing.
12. Over the years, our theater has implemented several projects under European programs: Cross-border cooperation Bulgaria-Romania; Bulgaria-Serbia cross-border cooperation; Interreg Bulgaria-Romania; Creative Europe in partnership with France and Italy. We actively maintain creative contacts with the border cultural institutions in Romania and Serbia. We have participated in all puppet theater festivals held in Bulgaria. The theater has repeatedly visited and participated in festivals in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Fr. Sakhalin, Russia and others.
13. Vidin State Puppet Theater does not organise puppet festivals.
14. https://dkt-vidin.com/ , https://www.facebook.com/puppets.vidin

Vratsa Drama and Puppet Theater

1. Vratsa Drama and Puppet Theater
2. State Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture.
3. In 1979, first at the Razvitie-1869 community center, and then as a puppet department at the Vratsa Drama Theater, Natasha Shamatova, together with Tsvetan Netsov and Kapka Ivanova (Penyashka) set the beginning of the professional puppet theater in Vratsa. Then Emil Penyashki and Anna Ahchiyska joined the team.
4. The director of the theater is Veselin Mezekliev.
5. The theater has one puppet stage with 80 seats hall.
6. The theater has 6 puppet actors, and there are is technical and administrative staff for puppet hall only. This staff is the same for the drama department of the theater.
7. The theater does not have its own creative studio or puppet masters.
8. The theater does not have a museum or exhibition space.
9. The first performance is Grandpa and Turnip, directed by Efrosina Nikolova, stage design by Todor Dekov. On June 1, 1986 the puppet department at the Vratsa Drama Theater became a state one. The director is Natasha Shamatova. The first premiere is of the play Little Puppet Stories, directed by Verginia Pavlova, music by Kirill Marichkov.
10. 10.The theater has 14 performances in its repertoire.
11. The theater has made numerous visits at home and abroad – Belgium, Japan, Croatia, South Korea, Austria, Germany and others.
12. The theater is the organizer of the National Festival of Small Theater Forms (a drama theater festival).
13. https://theatre.vratsa.eu/ ; https://www.facebook.com/Врачански-Театър

Gabrovo State Puppet Theater

1. Gabrovo State Puppet Theater.
2. State Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture.
3. The troupe was formed initially in 1956. The founder and longtime director is Nikolay Kolev. Since 1971, the theater has been nationalized as an independent stage institute in its own building in the center of Gabrovo.
4. Alfidin Ahmedov – Director of Gabrovo State Puppet Theater
5. The theater has two halls. Main hall with a capacity of 100 seats and a chamber hall with 45 seats.
6. The total number of employees in Gabrovo State Puppet Theater is 16 people. The artistic staff consists of 8 employees. Technical services are composed of 5 profiled specialists. The administrative unit consists of 3 people.
7. The theater does not have production studios or puppet masters.
8. Gabrovo State Puppet Theater does not have a museum exhibition of puppets.
9. In the 1962/1963 season the first performance in front of an audience was realized – Alonka and the Duckling by Gurovich and Garnett, the staging and scenography were done by the artistic director of the theater – Nikolay Kolev.
10. The theater has 10 performances in its repertoire.
11. Award-winning productions of Gabrovo State Puppet Theater from festivals in the period 2000 – 2020.

2009, Mikhail Lakatnik – Yambol – participation in the production of Garbage With a Future, directed by Teodora Popova; awards for directing for Teodora Popova and for scenography for Natalia Gocheva;

2005, The Magic Curtain – Targovishte, participation with the production of Patilantsi, directed by Prof. Rumen Rachev; Music Award – Peter Tsankov;

2001, Piero – St. Zagora, participation with the production of Aida, directed by Teodora Galabova; music award.

12. In 2019 with Snow White, directed by Temenuzhka Kolarova, award of the children’s jury of the Mikhail Lakatnik Yambol festival and in 2015 award for male role of Bogdan Bogdanov; for staging – The Goofy Wolf, directed by Ilian Ivanov at the Interlyalka, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
13. The Gabrovo Puppet Theater does not organize puppet festivals.
14. Site – www.gabrovopuppet.bg , facebook.com/DKTGabrovo

Dora Gabe Dobrich State Puppet Theater

1. Dora Gabe Dobrich State Puppet Theater
2. State Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture.
3. The theater was founded in 1952 by Mikhail Mihailov and Nikolai Novakov.
4. The director of the theater is Peter Petkov.
5. The theater has a main (large) stage with a hall of 180 seats and a chamber hall with 90 seats.
6. The theater employs 17 people. Art staff consists of 8 people, technical staff – 6 people and administrative staff – of 3.
7. Dora Gabe Dobrich State Puppet Theater has its own studio and a puppet master.
8. The theater does not have a museum exhibition of puppets.
9. The first premiere of the theater was Little Red Riding Hood in 1952, realized thanks to the drama theater actors Mikhail Mihailov and Nikolai Novakov. The main role is entrusted to Ruska Tsekova – artistic director of the Amateur Puppet Theater in the city.
10. The theater has 21 performances in its repertoire.
11. The theater is a laureate of the Golden Dolphin Varna International Puppet Festival, International Puppet Theatre festival Three Аre Тoo many, Тwo – Нot Еnough, Plovdiv, International Festival for Dramatic Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte, National Puppet Theater Festival Mikhail Lakatnik, Yambol.
12. The theater has not participated in international exchanges abroad.
13. The theater is not the organizer of puppet festivals.
14. Website http://kuklenteatardobrich.com/, Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/dktdoragabe.dobrich/, Email address dkt_dobrich@abv.bg

Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater, Pleven

1. Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater, Pleven.
2. State, funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Pleven.
3. The Puppet Theater in Pleven was established in 1959. Since 1998 it has been merged with the Ivan Radoev Drama Theater, which has changed its status to a dramatic puppet theater.
4. The director of the theater is Vassil Vassilev.
5. The theater has 5 stages: Alexander Gyurov Grand Stage – 420 seats; Pan Buryanin Chamber stage – 60 seats; Lobby Stage, 1st floor – 90 seats; Lobby Stage, 2nd floor – 60 seats; Art Club – 50 seats.
6. A total of 84 people work in the theater. Of these, 36 artistic, 13 administrative and 35 technical staff.
7. Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater, Pleven does not have its own studio or puppet master.
8. The theater does not have a museum exhibition of puppets.
9. The first premiere of the Pleven Puppet Theater is The Duckling by Nina Gernet, which took place on February 15, 1959 in the hall of the G. Dimitrov community center, director – Pavel Alexandrov, artist – Hristo Krastev.
10. The repertoire titles that the theater maintains as of the 2020/2021 season are 5.
11. In 1984, the theater won a collective award for the play Spring Carnival, directed by Rada Abrasheva at the Golden Dolphin Festival in Varna.

In 2012, at the International Festival of Children’s Theater in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the award for directing was won by Bonyo Lungov and Konstantin Karakostov for their author’s performance The Phone, along with a collective award given for acting achievement.

12. International participations of the theater over the years in Poland, Syria, Croatia, Russia.
13. The theater organizes, together with the Municipality of Pleven, the Colorful Rooster festival of puppetry for all ages, founded in 2018.
14. Website: https://www.theatre-pleven.bg/ , https://bg-bg.facebook.com/TheatrePleven

State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv

1. State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv.
2. The theater is a repertoire one, funded by the Ministry of Culture, and is actively supported by the Municipality of Plovdiv.
3. The theater was established in 1946 by Georgi Saravanov.
4. The director of the theater is Peter Vlaykov.
5. The theater has two stages – open-air and indoors. The capacity of the open-air stage is 90 seats, and of the indoors – 139 seats.
6. The theater employs 42 people, divided as follows: artistic staff -18, technical staff -14 and administrative staff – 10.
7. The theater has an art and tailoring studio, a carpentry and an iron workshop. A puppet master works in the theater.
8. The theater has an exhibition collection of puppets, which is currently stored in the Plovdiv Historical Museum until the opening of a permanent museum exhibition in the building of the theater.
9. The first premiere of the theater is The Biggest Prize after a Bulgarian folk tale. Dramatization by Todor Velkov. Date of premiere: January 7, 1947. The staging, sets and puppets were done by Georgi Saravanov.
10. The repertoire titles that the theater maintains in the 2020/2021 season are 59 performances for children, 8 performances for adolescents / adults or a total of 67 titles.
11. Some of the most significant awards are:

• In 1978 the theater received the Order of Cyril and Methodius – 1^st class
• UBA 2019, 2012 and 2013 Icarus awards for puppetry for the performances The Little Prince, On The Edge Of The Sky, Immured, as well as numerous individual awards and Icarus nominations.
• First prize at the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival, Varna in 1978, 1981, 1984 for the performances Kosse Bose, The Egg and Puk, as well as a special prize for a comprehensive performance in the section for adults for The Fiest of Blinding in 2011
• Plovdiv Award in 1969, 1989, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2020, including the Plovdiv Special Award. In 1996 the theater received the 1 class Plovdiv Award on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. In 2020, the longtime director of the State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv, Victor Boychev, received a Special Award for Outstanding Achievement and Overall Contribution.
• Awards from the International Festival of Puppet Theaters for Adults Piero, Stara Zagora, of which the Grand Prix for the play Immured in 2013 and a collective award for acting for the play Hamlet in 2001.
• Award for scenography and puppets for the performance Nose from the XXXIV International Festival of Puppet Theaters PIF, Zagreb, Croatia in 2001.
• Award for Best Performance and Scenography for Hamlet from the World Festival of Puppetry, Prague, Czech Republic in 2005.

12. In recent years, the State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv continues its active participation in international forums and tours with great success in Russia, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Croatia and others, including the International Festival of Puppet Theaters PIF, Zagreb, Croatia , 2nd Forum of Ancient Cities, Ryazan, Russia; Tomsk, Russia; Visiting Arlekin – Omsk, Russia; International Festival of Figurative Theater in Magdeburg, Germany; Euroscene International Festival in Leipzig, Germany; Kukart International Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia; World Puppetry Festival in Prague, Czech Republic; Terre de Paroles Festival, Rouen, Fécamp, France and many others.
13. The theater organizes the festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough –an International Puppet Theater Festival for chamber puppet shows for children and adults, established in 1977 and the module TheatAir – a festival for street performances, created in 2012 – http://pptheatre.com/en/page/festival
14. Website: www.pptheatre.com ; Facebook: Puppet Theater Plovdiv (State Puppet Theater Plovdiv); Instagram: plovdiv_puppet_theatre; Twitter: PuppetTheatrePl

Ruse State Puppet Theater

1. Ruse State Puppet Theater.
2. State, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.
3. The theater was established on February 15, 1960 and officially received the status of a state puppet theater. This is considered to be the beginning of the creative existence of the professional puppet theater in Ruse. Its first director and artistic director was Nikola Krastev.
4. The director of the theater is Temenuga Haralanova.
5. The theater has one stage and a hall with a capacity of 166 seats.
6. The staff of the theater is 27 people, as follows: artistic staff – 15, technical – 4 and administrative – 8.
7. The theater has its own production workshops for puppets. There are also 3 puppet masters.
8. The theater does not have a museum or exhibition space.
9. The first premiere of the theater was Jump-Jump’s Mishaps (Patilata na Skop-Podskok) by N. Krastev on March 13, 1960.
10. The theater’s repertoire includes 18 puppet shows and 2 family performances.
11. Among the most important national and international awards, which the theater is a laureate of are a Plaque from the Municipal Council and the Municipality of Ruse for creative achievements in the field of puppet and theater art in 2000; a plaque for puppet theater from F.I.T.O.D – Editia a XII-a 2009, Giurgiu, Romania. For its successful performance in 2013, the theater was awarded a diploma and a plaque Poltava, Ukraine, in the Theater Project Зоряний Шлях as well as a special award for veterans of the theater .; In 2015, the theater received an award for its participation in the International Festival of Puppet Theaters – Yerevan, Armenia. Every year the theater has toured aside from in Bulgaria, in Romania, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Denmark, Syria, Libya, Algeria, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Belgium, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina also.
12. Ruse Puppet Theater participates in: Racho and Deshka International Puppet Festival in Gabrovo and the IPTF Summer, Puppets and Friends in Veliko Tarnovo with the play The Three Little Pigs.
13. The theater is not the organizer of a puppet festival.
14. State Puppet Theater – Ruse, http://puppetruse.com/ ; fb. @puppetruse; instagram: puppet.theatre.ruse

Silistra Drama and Puppet Theater

1. Silistra Drama and Puppet Theater.
2. State, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.
3. The theatrical chronology in Silistra dates back to 1871. In 1973 the semi-professional puppet theater was established, and on 6^th June 1981 the state professional puppet theater Silistra was established. In 1998, the first experiment to establish a Dramatic Puppet Structure in the country by combining puppetry and drama theater was realised. This is how the new theatrical structure Sava Dobroplodni Drama and Puppet Theater in Silistra was created.
4. The director of the theater is Zlatina Staneva.
5. At present, the theater has one stage and a hall with a capacity of 160 seats.
6. The number of staff is 21 people. 8 are actors, 1 – composer, 2 – administrative staff, 10 – technical staff.
7. The theater has a separate studio for making sets and puppets. An artist-performer is also part of the staff.
8. The theater does not have a museum.
9. The first premiere of the theater was A White Tale by Valeri Petrov, 1981.
10. The repertoire titles that the theater maintains are 40.
11. Among some of the theater’s awards are: award for best performance – creativity and expressiveness of the Under Guguta’s Hat International Puppet Festival in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova in 2012 for the performance Tropalan the Boogeyman (Talasamat Tropolan) by Yanko Mitev ; Award for best performance, dramaturgy, scenography and female role in the performance The Girl From The 13th Floor by M. Ionescu in the adult section at the Gulliver International Animation Festival in Galati, Republic of Romania, 2014.
12. The theater has not participated in significant international creative exchanges or visits abroad.
13. At the moment, the theater is not the organizer of a festival.
14. www.puppetsilistra.com , https://www.facebook.com/dramaandpuppettheatresilistra

State Puppet Theater – Sliven

1. State Puppet Theater – Sliven.
2. State Cultural Institute. The budget of the theater is formed as a sum of the subsidy determined by the Ministry of Culture, according to the Methodology for determining the funds under Art. 23a, para 2 of the Law for protection and development of culture; from a subsidy from the Municipality of Sliven, according to a Mixed Financing Agreement; own revenues and donations.
3. The theater was founded in 1961 as an amateur puppet troupe, composed of puppetry teachers and lovers (Todor Proikov, Zdravka Mihaylova, Ivanka Kavrakova, Milka Mihaylova, etc.). Ten years later, on January 1, 1971, with a Decree of the Ministry of Culture, the theater acquired state status. Dimitar Panayotov was appointed its first director.
4. The director of the theater is Efimiya Pavlova.
5. The theater has one stage. The hall has 190 seats.
6. The total number of staff is 26 people. The artistic team consists of 10 people, the technical one – of 10 people and the administration – of 6.
7. The theater has a studio for making puppets. At the moment we do not have our own puppet master.
8. The theater does not have a museum.
9. The first premiere was in the 1968/1969 season – The Curious Elephant directed by Todor Proikov, set design by Ivan Savov, starring: Ivanka Kavrakova, Maria Valeva, Zdravka Stratieva, Dora Nencheva, Lilyana Proikova.

After its nationalization, the first premiere was in the 1970/1971 season with A Boy and Wind by Nadia Trendafilova, directed by Evdalina Uzunova, set design by Boris Ahchiiski, composer – Petar Ladjev, starring: Zdravka Mihailova, Maria Valeva, Ivan Gavrailov, Elena Mincheva, Dimitar Panayotov.

10. In the repertoire for the 2020/2021 season, the theater has 16 titles for children and 1 for adults.
11. Among some of the most significant awards the theater has won are:

• The award for collective acting from the 17th International Festival of Puppet Theaters for Children in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska – 2018, for the cast of the play The Dragon
• An award from the Ministry of Culture in Bulgaria, for high results in the field of theater management and creative activity in 2017.
• Icarus 2016 in the Puppet Performance category for the performance Zamza Family – co-production of the State Puppet Theater – Sliven, Sarafov NATFA and Sfumato Theater; an award in the Achievement in Puppet Art category of Petya Karadzhova for the scenography, puppets and costumes in the performance.
• Icarus Award 2014 for Achievement in Puppet Art of Svila Velichkova for the scenography of Long-nose the Dwarf State Puppet Theater – Sliven and Lafontaine’s Fables by Burgas State Puppet Theater.
• XIII LUT FEST, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012 – two awards for Best Acting of Efimia Pavlova and Maria Raicheva and an award for Best Aesthetic and Technical Decision of Svila Velichkova for the play The Love For Three Oranges

12. In recent years, the State Puppet Theater – Sliven has participated in festivals such as: International Festival of Puppet Theaters for Children in Banja Luka, R. Srpska; International Puppet Theater Festival in East Sarajevo; Kukart, St. Petersburg, Russia; Naj, naj, naj International Festival, Zagreb, Croatia; LUT FEST, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dreaming About Flight International Puppet Theatre Festival, Kurgan, Russia; Golden Lion International Theatre Festival , Lviv, Ukraine; Participation in the European ORALITIES cultural project, Evora, Portugal and Ravenna, Italy; The Golden Knight International Theater Forum, Moscow, Russia.
13. The theater is the organizer of the International Festival of Arts “The Magic of the Wind”, established in 2009.
14. www.puppets-sliven.eu | Fb: @slivenpuppets | IG: @ puppets.sliven

Pro Rodopi Art Center

1. Pro Rodopi Art Center
2. The Center for Arts is private, funded on a project basis.
3. Pro Rodopi was created in 2004 by Petar Todorov and Desislava Mincheva.
4. The director of the Pro Rodopi Art Center is Petar Todorov.
5. The center does not have its own stage, but has its own rehearsal studio.
6. Pro Rodopi employs 6 people: artistic staff – 2, technical – 2 and administrative – 2.
7. The center does not have its own workshops for making dolls.
8. Pro Rodopi does not have its own museum or exhibition space.
9. The first premiere of the theater was the play Anatomy of the Extreme in 2004. Concept and directing: Petar Todorov, choreography: Gregor Kamnikar, artist: Julian Tabakov, starring: Zlatina Todeva, Desislava Mincheva, Lyudmila Miteva.
10. The repertoire titles that the theater maintains are 5 – The Concert, Plums for Garbage, I, the Soul, Chick With a Trick, Yellow
11. Nominations for the Icarus Awards for performance for Chick with a Trick, and for acting achievement for Plums for Garbage;

Best performance by the international jury of the festival International Puppet Theatre festival “Three are too many, two – not enough” in Plovdiv (I, the Soul; Plums for Garbage),

Best Bulgarian performance by the Dutch jury at the festival “Three are too many, two – not enough”, Plovdiv (Chick with a Trick; I, the Soul; Plums for Garbage ), an award for scenography from the festival in Yambol;

Awards for acting from festivals in Plovdiv, Yambol, Targovishte, Sofia, Bacau, Romania, Korca, Albania; Zagreb, Croatia and others.

12. The Pro Rodopi Art Center has participated in festivals in Greece, Turkey, Albania, Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Morocco, USA, Peru, China, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Singapore, Australia and others.

More significant festivals outside Bulgaria: Titirijai, Tolosa, Spain; Fidena, Bochum, Germany ; Puppet Days, Izmir, Turkey; Ishara Puppets, Delhi, India and over 50 others on all continents.

13. Since 2012, the Pro Rodopi Art Center has been organizing the Adults Forbidden International Performing Arts Festival for Children and Youth Audiences.
14. prf@prac.biz , www.prac.biz

Puppet Theater NATFA

1. Puppet Theater NATFA.
2. The theater is part of the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts, a state-funded state university under the Ministry of Education and Science.
3. The theater was established as an educational puppet theater by Prof. Nikolina Georgieva and Prof. Atanas Ilkov in 1962.
4. The director of the theater is Valentina Germanova.
5. The theater has one stage with a capacity of 88 seats.
6. A total of 11 people work at the theater.
7. A total of 3 puppet artists and 1 puppet designer work at the NATFA Theater.
8. The theater does not have a museum or exhibition space for puppets.
9. The first premiere of the theater was in 1966: The Light Blue Peter by Urban Gyula, directed by Atanas Ilkov, scenography by Milka Nacheva and Lubo Tsakev, music by Jules Levy.
10. In the 2020/2021 season, the NATFA Theater has 4 performances in its repertoire.
11. Over the years, the various classes that have graduated from the NATFA Theater have won dozens of awards from student festivals in Poland, Serbia, Hungary and others.
12. As part of NATFA, students have the opportunity to study under the Erasmus program.
13. NATFA Theater does not organize puppet festivals, but the NATFA Student Council organizes a 48-hour theater and cinema marathon every year, in which young actors from the puppet disciplines at the Theater Academy in Sofia also take part.
14. NATFA Theater: http://en.natfiz.bg/za-ukt/

Sofia Puppet Theater

1. The theater is municipal. Funded by the Sofia Municipality.
2. The Sofia Puppet Theater was founded in 1946 by actress Mara Penkova with personal funds. This is officially the first puppet theater in Bulgaria. Only two years later, the government voted for its subsidy and the troupe received the status of the first state professional puppet theater in Bulgaria.
3. The director of the theater is Ivan Raykov.
4. The Sofia Puppet Theater has two buildings and two stages, respectively.

As to  capacity, there are 254 seats in the hall on 14 Gen. Gurko  Str. and 134 seats in the hall on 17 Yanko Sakazov Blvd., six of which for spectators with special needs.

5. A total of 79 people are part of the Sofia Puppet Theater: artistic staff – 27 people; technical and assistance staff – 42, and administrative – 10
6. The Sofia Puppet Theater has art studios for making dolls and sets – carpentry, hardware and tailoring. A professional puppet designer works at the theater. All artists in the art studios have higher education in scenography or fine arts.
7. No, the Sofia Puppet Theater does not have its own museum. On various occasions, single exhibitions of puppets, photos and other materials from the theater’s archives are organized.
8. The first premiere of the Sofia Puppet Theater was Tatuncho and the Dragon, by Mara Penkova, on April 21, 1946.
9. The repertoire includes 33 titles for children, families, babies and adults.
10. For its 75-year history, the Sofia Puppet Theater has won a number of awards and distinctions, including:

• Cyril and Methodius Order, 1st class, for the theater’s success in puppetry
• Award by the Ministry of Culture For High Achievements In Management And Marketing Among Puppet Theaters
• More than 10 awards in various categories (drama, directing, scenography, acting, music) from the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival in Varna, so far the Sofia Puppet Theater has been awarded the Grand Prize of the festival three times
• More than 15 awards from the Union of Artists in Bulgaria in various categories; the theater has been awarded four times with the highest Icarus award for puppetry.
• Awards from many international festivals in various categories – acting, directing, scenography, music.

12. Sofia Puppet Theater has participated in numerous festivals, including:

• Participation in the World Puppet Theater Festival in Charleville Mezieres, France
• A joint project with the PUK Theater in Tokyo, Japan is a co-production The Story Of A Seagull And The Gang Of Tomcats with a mixed cast of the two theaters
• Scottish International Puppet Theater Festival in Edinburgh, UK
• International Puppet Festival in Mexico City, Mexico
• International Children’s Theater Festival, Shanghai, China
• International Festival of European Regions in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
• Gyeonggi International Puppet Theater Festival in Suwon, South Korea
• Seven participations in the International Puppet Theater Festival PIF, Zagreb, Croatia
• Participation in the International Wallis Festival in Lomza, Poland, and many, many others. Full information can be found on the theater’s website.

13. The Sofia Puppet Theater organizes the Puppet Fair International Puppet Theater Festival, established in 2002. http://www.sofiapuppet.com/en/puppet-fair-2020-postponed_44_73
14. http://www.sofiapuppet.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sofiapuppet

https://www.instagram.com/sofiapuppettheatre/

State Puppet Theater – Stara Zagora

1. State Puppet Theater – Stara Zagora.
2. The theater is state-funded, financed by the Ministry of Culture.
3. The theater was established in 1957.
4. The director of the theater is Darin Marinov.
5. The theater has two stages – a main one with a capacity of 200 seats and a summer stage with 150 seats.
6. The theater employs 40 people, including artistic staff of 23 people, technical staff of 9 people and administrative staff of 8 people.
7. The theater has production studios and has one puppet master and one artist.
8. The theater does not have a museum, but plans to create one. During international events the theatre has designed exhibition spaces in the Art Gallery of Stara Zagora and in the Zachary Knyazheski Regional Library in Stara Zagora, where an exhibition collection of dolls is presented. Curators of the exhibitions were Vasil Rokomanov, Silva Bachvarova, Nikolay Demerov.
9. The first premiere of the theater is Winnie the Pooh from 1957. Its author is Dimitar Stoychev, director – Petar Alexandrov, scenography – Boris Ahchiiski, music – Ivan Dimov.
10. The number of repertoire titles that the theater supports in the 2020/2021 season is 40 (36 for children and 4 for adults).
11. The Puppet Theater in Stara Zagora has won a number of awards and nominations.

ICARUS 2020 NATIONAL AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Four nominations for Icarus 2020 National Awards for: Scenography – Marieta Golomehova for The Last Man; for Masterful Technical Realization – The Last Man, based on George Orwell’s novel 1984, directed by Veselka Kuncheva; for original music – Hristo Namliev and Militsa Gladnishka for The Last Man and for Individual achievements in puppetry – Milen Apostolov for music in To Put It Mildly by Valeri Petrov, directed by Tsveti Penyashki, State Puppet Theater – Stara Zagora

Icarus for Puppetry

2017 for Gelsomino in the Land of Liars by Gianni Rodari, directed by Elitsa Petkova;

2015 for Fear by Ina Bozhidarova and Veselka Kuncheva;

2015 for masterful technical implementation in Fear;

2015 for original music by Hristo Namliev in Fear.

Award of the Ministry of Culture in 2019, 2016, 2007

Award of the State Puppet Theater – Stara Zagora for high results in the field of theater management and creative activity.

Stara Zagora Award in 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2007, 2005

For high achievements in the artistic life of Stara Zagora.

Sivina Award for Young Actor in 2017, 2012, 2011; Award from LUT FEST 2015; Favorite13 Award 2015; Awards from the festival Three are too many, two – not enough 2014, 2009, 2007; Award from the Magic Curtain Festival, 2013; Awards from the Piero Festival 2009, 2005, 2001; Awards from the Golden Dolphin Festival 2017, 2008, 1999; Awards from the Mikhail Lakatnik Festival; 2010 Award from Stobi for the co-production Oedipus. The Feast of Blindness of the State Puppet Theaters of Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and Burgas – a collective award for best acting troupe at the 9th International Festival of Antique Drama Stobi 2010, Veles, Macedonia.

13. State Puppet Theater – Stara Zagora is the organizer and host of the International Puppet Theater for Adults Festival “Piero”, established in 2000: https://en.pierrot-bg.com/festival
14. Website: https://en.pierrot-bg.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/puppettheatrestarazagora

Instagram – StatePuppetTheatreStaraZagora

Targovishte State Puppet Theater

1. Targovishte State Puppet Theater
2. The theater is state-run, funded by the Ministry of Culture.
3. The beginning of the puppet-theater art in Targovishte is set with the premiere of an amateur cast at the Napredak Exemplary National community centre. Under the direction of Vichka Kerelezova, several enthusiasts prepared the play The Magic Galosh, which premiered on February 15, 1961. Since 1968 The City Public Council has subsidized the theater, which is becoming semi-professional and most of the puppeteers are on staff at the community center. In fact, this is the first Municipal Theater in Targovishte with Dimcho Nikolov as its first director. The staff includes Sofia Ivanova, Stoyanka Nikolova, Dimitrinka Koseva, Petranka Titkova, Todor Titkov, Pavel Vlasakiev, Ruska Borisova, Nadia Ivanova, Nedelcho Dimov. On October 1, 1975, the puppet theater was recognized as a state one. This is legalized by Decision N.49 of 13.02.1975 of the Council of Ministers. Ivo Harizanov has been appointed the first director.
4. The director of the theater is Rusan Stamenov.
5. The theater has one stage and 136 seats.
6. The theater has 16 people in its artistic staff, 7 – in the technical staff and 3 in the administrative staff.
7. The theater has its own studio. The puppet master is Rumen Ivanov.
8. The theater does not have its own museum space.
9. The first premiere was on February 15, 1961 with the production of The Magic Galosh.
10. The repertoire titles that are played in the theater are 28.
11. The high artistic level of theatrical production has won not only the hearts of the audience, but also the recognition of theatrical specialists at theater forums and festivals in Sofia, Shumen, Silistra, Plovdiv, Yambol and others. Many awards from Poland, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Belgium have also been received. Among some of the most significant since 2015 are:

• 2015 – Icarus award in the category Individual Achievement in Puppetry by Vasil Rokomanov and Silvia Bachvarova for The Princess and the Torn Shoes;
• 2015 – Mikhail Lakatnik International Puppet Festival, Yambol – Award for scenography and dolls for The Princess and the Torn Shoes;
• 2016 – International Festival for Dramatic Performances for Children „The Magic Curtain“ – Award for ingenious visual solutions for Little Baba Yaga;
• 2019 – International Festival for Dramatic Performances for Children „The Magic Curtain“- Second Prize for The Happy Prince.

12. In 1979, the first overseas tour took place in Opole, Poland with the play Kosse Bose. Apart from Interlyalka in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Targovishte State Puppet Theatre also takes part in many other festivals abroad. Among them are the PIF International Puppet Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, the Orteke International Festival of Puppet Theaters in Kazakhstan, the Golden Spark in Kragujevac, Serbia, the International Festival in Bursa, Turkey and others.
13. The theater is not the organizer of puppet festivals.
14. Website, Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter profiles of the theater.

www.puppettargovishte.org

https://www.facebook.com/puppet.tshte

Ivan Dimov Haskovo Drama and Puppet Theater

1. Ivan Dimov Drama and Puppet Theater
2. State, funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Haskovo.
3. The theater was established in 1921 as the Rhodope National Theater by Lubomir Bobchevski and Vessela Grozeva.
4. The director of the theater is Steliyan Nikolov.
5. The theater has a large stage with 300 seats and a chamber one with 100 seats.
6. The theater has 36 employees, of which artistic staff – 9; technically – 22; administration – 5.
7. The theater does not have studios for puppets or puppet masters.
8. The theater does not have a museum, exhibition space or exhibition collection of puppets.
9. The first premiere of the theater was the play The Golden Fleece by Przybiszewski in 1921 with a production team of Lyubomir Bobchevski and Vessela Grozeva.
10. The number of repertoire titles is 20.
11. The theater is a laureate of the Mikhail Lakatnik International Puppet Theatre Festival, Yambol.
12. The theater has participated in festivals in Romania and Russia.
13. The theater is the organizer of the Theater, I love you Festival founded in 2006. The festival is national, annual, held in June for one week. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture, Haskovo Municipality, sponsors and own revenues of the theater. Its mission is to promote theatrical art through performances by leading theaters and theatrical troupes in Bulgaria. The idea is to have a wide range of different genres and dramaturgy so that the Haskovo audience, which does not have the opportunity to travel and watch the various performances in the country, can see them. From 2019, an award for a supporting role is given.
14. www.dkth.bg ; Facebook: Ivan Dimov Theater – Haskovo; Instagram: theater.haskovo; dkth@abv.bg

Vasil Drumev Shumen Drama and Puppet Theater

1. Vasil Drumev Drama and Puppet Theater
2. State Repertory Theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Shumen
3. The Puppet Theater in the town of Shumen was established in 1955 at the Dobri Voynikov Community Center with the support of prominent public and creative people such as Georgi Trifonov, arch. Ivan Tsonev, Stefan Stanchev, Dimitrichka Tsoneva, Vichka Kerelezova, Stoyan Kerelezov, Alexander Kumbiliev, Stefan Stoyanov, Stoycho Stoychev and others. The management of the troupe is on a voluntary basis. The first artistic director is Raisa Nelyubova. The first puppet play staged by the Shumen actors was Alenka and the Duckling. From 1^st January 1964 by order of the Committee for Art and Culture the theater became semi-professional and settled in the building of Todor Petkov Community Centre. The creative team is selected through a competition. Director is Nikola Krastev, artist – Gennady Tabakov, music director – Georgi Milanov.

With Decision N.404 of 30^th December 1970 of the Committee for Economic Coordination at the Council of Ministers, from 1^st January 1971 the theater became a state institute. The director is Stefka Bazakova. In 1993 the theater was renamed to the Patilancho Puppet Theater at the suggestion of the new director, architect Ivan Tsonev. The institute is housed in the Vasil Kolarov House-Museum – Shumen. From 1^st January 2000 with the 204 Decree of the Council of Ministers, 11^th November 1999 the Patilancho Shumen Puppet Theater was merged with the Vasil Drumev Drama Theater and became a puppet department at the Drama and Puppet Theater in the city. The main artistic director is Rada Spasova, who united the two institutes. The director of the puppet department is Todor Valov.

4. Director of the theater Dimitar Dimitrov
5. The theater has three stages – main, chamber and Patilancho halls. The main stage has a capacity of 500 seats, the other two –of 50; a total of 600 seats. Puppet shows are played on all three stages.
6. The staff numbers a total of 61 people, of which the administration is 8 people, artistic and creative staff – 20 people, technical staff – 33 people.
7. The theater does not have its own puppet master.
8. The theater does not have a separate room for a museum. The lobbies are used for various events – exhibitions, press conferences and cultural meetings.
9. The first puppet play staged by the Shumen actors was Alenka and the Duckling.
10. The theater has 8 puppet titles in its repertoire.
11. In 2010, the Council of the European Scientific and Cultural Community awarded the honorary Golden Book award for high professionalism and contribution to Bulgarian culture to Vasil Drumev Drama and Puppet Theater. The theater has won numerous awards, the last of which for the children’s play Breakfast for a Princess by Yanko Mitev, directed by Sabi Sabev – received the Award for Educational Theater at the 21st edition of the Mikhail Lakatnik National Puppet Theater Festival – Yambol, 2019

The production Roshlio and the Chimneys by Kina Kadreva participated in the XIX edition of the International Festival for Dramatic Performances for Children „The Magic Curtain“ in May 2018 and in the VIII Puppet Theater without Borders International Festival in Moscow , May 2018; In 2018 we participated in the Phuket Harmony World Puppet Festival with the show Colorful Magic by Rumen Nikolov. The show Breakfast for a Princess by Yanko Mitev participated in the XX International Festival for Dramatic Performances for Children „The Magic Curtain“, held in May 2019. The performance Teasing, Teasing (Zadyavki, Nadigravki) participated at the invitation of the Third Golden Ring Interregional Theater Puppet Festival in Vladimir, Russia, May 2019.

12. The theater does not organize a puppet festival. It hosts a festival for New Bulgarian Drama.
13. https://www.theatreshumen.com/ , FB Theater Vasil Drumev – Shumen

Puppet Theater “Georgi Mitev – Joro” – Yambol

1. Puppet Theater “Georgi Mitev – Joro” Yambol.
2. State theater, funded by the Ministry of Culture and co-financed by the Municipality of Yambol.
3. It was established in 1957 by a group of enthusiasts – teachers and community center activists.
4. The director of the theater is Elena Doycheva.
5. The theater has one stage. The capacity of the hall is 240 seats.
6. The theater has staff of 23 people as follows: artistic staff – 10; technical staff – 10; administrative staff – 3.
7. The theater has no production studios and no puppet master.
8. The theater does not have a museum or exhibition space.
9. The first premiere of the theater was in 1957 –The Naughty Lilyanka by Leda Mileva with interludes by V. Zharov, director – Georgi Vazharov, artistic design – Stoyan Boychev and Tsvetan Gerov, music – Atanas Palikov.
10. The number of repertoire titles that the theater maintains as of the 2020/2021 season is 37.
11. Among some of the most important international awards that the theater has won: 1988 – World Puppet Festival, Japan, XV Congress of UNIMA Nagoya, Iida and Tokyo – the play Ginyol.

2000 – “Three are too many, two – not enough”, Plovdiv – A Tale of Purity. The Grand Prize of the International Jury and the Transitional Statuette of the Netherlands Foundation for Eastern European Art.

2006 – The production Colors was nominated for the national theater Icarus award of UBA . “Three are too many, two – not enough”, Plovdiv – The Grand Prize and the prize of the children’s jury for the author’s performance “The Orb” by Rumen Gavanozov.

2013 – Mikhail Lakatnik National Puppet Theater Festival – the Acting Man Grand Prize for the courage to return the playing and vital puppets to the stage with the production Rumeto and the Old Lion

2017 – Puppet Theater “Georgi Mitev – Joro” – Yambol was awarded the Grand Prize of the Municipality of Yambol – Golden Diana,  for significant contribution to the development of the city.

Puppet Theater “Georgi Mitev – Joro” – Yambol has twice won the John Atanasov Grand Prize of the Tundzha Municipality  – gold, for significant contribution to the field of theater.

2019 – KUKART International Festival for Puppet and Synthetic Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia – The Cat with / in Boots. The theater is a Laureate of the 25th anniversary edition of the festival.

12. The theater has many participations abroad, including the country’s presentation at the World Arts Festival in Rio Loco,Toulouse, France,in 2008, with the production of Sleeping Beauty; In 2012 Puppet Theater “Georgi Mitev – Joro” – Yambol participated in the celebrations of Slavic writing and culture in the city of Bolgrad, Odessa region; it was the first puppet theater invited by the Bulgarian community in Ukraine. Its guest performances were the productions Sleeping Beauty and Lion King. 2014 – International Days of Puppet Theater, Izmir, Republic of Turkey – with Rumeto and the Old Lion; 2016 and 2017 – International Puppet Theater Days, Izmir, Republic of Turkey – with Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and Frog; 2017 – KUKART International Festival of Puppetry and Synthetic Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia – Thumbelina. XVI International Festival of Children’s Theaters, Banja Luka , Serbia –Thumbelina ; 2019 – International Festival of Professional Puppet Theaters, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Frog; and KUKART International Festival of Puppetry and Synthetic Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia – The Cat with / in Boots.
13. The theater is the organizer of the “Mikhail Lakatnik” National Puppet Theater Festival established in 1971. In 2002 the festival received the status of a National Puppet Theater Festival.
14. Website – www.yambolpuppet.com , Facebook page – Puppet Theater Yambol and KT “Georgi Mitev-Joro”, Instagram and Twitter profiles of the theater.