Entertainment

A solo performance by renowned local actress Snejina Petrova is not to be missed. This co-production of TART Production, The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Rampa, Stuttgart and the Luxembourg National Theatre focuses on a young woman’s clash with the post-Socialist reality.

Conception: Eusterschulthe/Nidermuller; Director: Johanna Niederemuller; Playwriter: Аndreas Wagner/Luxembourg National Theater (TNL); Set design: Eusterschulthe 

In Bulgarian, tickets 12/8 leva

26, 27, 29, 30, 31 May

The Red House for Culture and Debate
15 Lyuben Karavelov St, Sofia
phone: 988 8188

For a chance to see graphic works of the Belgian Expressionist painter (1860-194), dubbed the precursor of expressionist and surrealist art, go to the EI Bank Art Gallery. The selection of works, courtesy of the KBC Group Collection comprises the famous “The Entry of Christ into Brussels” and three dozens more.

up to 8 February 2009 at 2 Slavyanska St, entrance from Benkovski St.

The first Rotary Charity Scottish Bulgarian Burns Party to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns will take place on 27 February at the Metropolitan hotel, Sofia. All Rotary clubs in Bulgaria will be sent an invitation. All the proceeds from this event will be used to help disabled orphans at five orphanages where we will provide speech therapy, counselling, medical help etc.
Any support you can give will be much appreciated.

New British, French, Asian, Russian, Italian and a Bulgarian film, as well as the best from the off-Hollywood US production, documentaries and series on Barcelona and tango - all in the remaining two weeks of the annual Kinopanorama event. Venues include NDK, Lumiere Cinema, House of Cinema, Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Centre and Odeon. For the programme in English, go to programata.bg

How do you wind off on Fridays? The Czech Centre has an idea for this weekend’s start - a jazz gig. The band comprises a female vocalist and four more musicians playing the clarinet, the piano, banjo and tuba and the setting is superb - a brightly coloured and dimly lit space in the centre of town.  Friday, 14 November, 9pm, Violet Salon, Czech Cultural Centre, 100 Rakovski St

If on the northern Black Sea shore, don’t miss this unusual exhibition in the town of Shabla. Participants include Reiner Ausserer, Stephan Soble, Gerhard Flora, Philipp Oberthaler, Karine Fauchard, Agnes Wächter, Michael Weidhofer, Andrea Witzmann, Nick Oberthaler, and Lazar Lyutakov. What does an Obraztsov dom mean and what do these artists have to do with it? Check it out.

16-22 August, Maritza 22 St, Shabla

The Merry Poppins, a band from Austria are playing at the International Bansko Jazz Festival next week. Hailing from Salzburg, the six musicians do a mixture of 50s cabaret and reggae, Balkans pop, hip-hop and jazz. Having sewed up the show at the EURO 08 opening, the band are staging two gigs in Bansko.

10 Aug 2008   5 pm        Royal Towers Hotel
11 Aug 2008   9,30 pm    Main stage, town square

For those of you interested in local art, the exhibit currently on display at the National Art Gallery, the former king’s palace, could catch you by surprise. Artist Dimitar “Neron” Kazakov (1933-1992), one of the few authors popular outside Bulgaria, is famous for his oil paintings, sketches and wood carvings besides his bitter irony and strong personality. However, at the end of his career he had to swap oils for clay due to his health condition. Hence a large collection of ceramics which he did in the summer of 1989 and later donated to a gallery in Lovech, northern Bulgaria. It’s the first time these works have been exhibited in Sofia.
Until 3 August at 1 Alexander Battenberg Sq.
Ani

The Descendance Aboriginal and Torres Straight Dance Theatre have postponed their shows in Bulgaria. The events scheduled for Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna on 20-22 June will not take place, the organisers say. No new dates have been specified either. VAGABOND reported on the Descendance tour in Bulgaria in its May issue.

Ani Ivanova

Dig deep house? Then tune in to Miguel Migs in Sofia’s Yalta Club. The house DJ from San Francisco, California, will play on 27 June. For more information, log on to: www.yaltaclub.com.

Yekaterina