AUTHORS Zdrava Kamenova, Gergana Dimitrova
DIRECTION, SCENIC DESIGN Bernhard Eusterschulte
RESEARCH, DRAMATURGY Gergana Dimitrova
MUSIC Julian Stoichkov
PUPPETS Antje Töpfer
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Karina Ilieva
SCENIC DESIGN ASSISTANT Tanya Nedelcheva
GERMAN TRANSLATION Alexander Zitzmann
ENGLISH TRANSLATION Alexander Gyurovsky
STARRING Snezhina Petrova, Manuela Sarkisyan, Veronique Kinnen/Nevena Kaludova, Nathan Cooper
DURATION 75 minutes
In Bulgarian, German and English with Czech and English surtitles.
37 Matches is a play that walks on the edge of the crime story genre. It is also a play about social inequalities in Western societies, which are increasingly exacerbating the tensions between people. These dynamics threaten to explode our connective social fabric. It is no coincidence that the title refers to Andersen's ‘The Little Match Girl’.
The play will take us directly into the life of Elena, who is a caregiver and at this very moment goes to see yet another client. Everything seems as usual, even better than. The agency offers good conditions, the house is nice, and the family seems kind. However, she starts feeling pressured from all sides. Her own family needs the money she earns in Germany, and the clients are proving to be less than trouble-free. Gradually, things become entangled in a most unexpected plot, devised and in fact thoroughly explored by Zdrava Kamenova and Gergana Dimitrova, in their eighth play together. The two conducted a series of interviews with caregivers and people from agencies, and the final part of the play was completed during their fall residency at VT Events and TAM, Veliko Tarnovo.
The Realisation of Bulgarian-German Theatre Production project is supported by Sofia Municipality, Sofia Cultural Programme.
It is realised with the support of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Association of Independent Dance and Theatrе Professionals with funds from the The Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art, the Office for Culture of the City of Stuttgart, Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart (FTTS).
With the partnership of the “Toplocentrala” Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts (Sofia) and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria.
The play is supported by the National Culture Fund, One Year Grant and Creative Initiatives programmes.
