The Askeer theatre awards ceremony took place for the 31st time at the Bulgarian Army Theatre. The ceremony was dedicated to the 300th birth anniversary of Paisius of Hilendar and was mottoed “A lesson in the Bulgarian language”.
The Grand Prix for lifetime contribution was awarded to actress Tzvetana Maneva, while Meglena Karalambova received an honorary Askeer.
The award for best leading actress went to Maria Kavardzhikova for her role as Pilar in “A Spanish play” at Little City Theatre “Off the Channel”.
The best leading actor award was awarded to Malin Krastev for the same play.
Diana Dobreva grabbed the best director award for the play “Silk” staged at the Plovdiv theatre.
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The 51 st Sofia International Book Fair opens today at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The forum, which will be on until 15 December, is organized by the Bulgarian Book association. 160 publishing houses are taking part in the forum..
"Through his plays, Jean-Pierre Martinez strives to restore the prestige of comedy as a mirror held out to society" - the playwright's website states. Martinez is the author of 101 comedies performed all over the world, which are studied in French schools..
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