EPTG 2022- Playback Theatre "Storycathers"

Storycatchers (Ловци на истории), Bulgaria

 Toplocentrala, Zala 2, 19.11.2022, 20:20, all EPTG program: https://eptg2020.eu/performances-2/  

The theater company „Storycatchers“ was established in 2018.

In addition to Playback theater, the company also works in the field of contemporary dance, socially engaged creative and educational initiatives, trainings, seminars, forums, at the national and international level.

The founders are artists with many years of professional experience, former members and co- founders of the first professional playback theater troupe in Bulgaria („Here and Now”). The artists from „Storycatchers“have been part of many international forums, workshops and trainings - both as participants and as trainers. They have over 200 playback performances in the country and abroad. Among their projects are: performances for refugees (in partnership with IOM, Association „Creators“, Goethe Institute), Playback seminar Karin Giesler, Switzerland and was supported by the NFC under the program „Mobility“. Among their most large-scale Playback projects are: „For Birds and People“ (social theater for cancer patients, their relatives and the medical professionals who care for them) and Turtle Island (social theater for people with mental disabilities and the elderly, accommodated in social homes and residences), financed by NFK, Program „Socially Engaged Arts“ (2020, 2021).

Among the main goals of „Storycatchers“ are: to create conditions for revealing and developing human potential by organizing cultural events, shows, trainings, performances, concerts, festivals and other creative and social initiatives; to work for increasing the emotional culture of children, youth and adults by involving them in various forms of creative activity; to support the development of local communities in Bulgaria and the provision of access to art for a wide range of people, including those in a disadvantaged position and at risk of social exclusion, etc. The main focus of the work in all projects is the high artistic content, the professional approach, the significant, current topics of the present day, social commitment and education.

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