| 00:00-23:59 | 22  |
Artistic Walk: The story of Toplocentrala - How a dream came trueLocation: Start in front of Toplocentrala. You will need a smartphone, access to the internet and a pair of headphones. You canaAccess the audio via the QR codes which can be found around the Toplocentrala building.
Location: Start in front of Toplocentrala. You will need a smartphone, access to the internet and a pair of headphones. You canaAccess the audio via the QR codes which can be found around the Toplocentrala building.
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility This self-guided audio walk takes you around the Toplocentrala building and surrounding park, telling the story of how Toplocentrala came to be. Duration: 30 minutes Audio guides: Accessibility: You can take the walk at your own pace. See the Practical Information for details about accessibility at Toplocentrala. |
| 00:00-23:59 | 21  |
The Tower - Art installationLocation: Park alley, next to Toplocentrala
Location: Park alley, next to Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Duration: The installation is accessible at any time. Get in touchProduction contact : Christian Bakalov |
| 09:00-16:00 | 18  |
Daytime meeting spaceLocation: Foyer, Toplocentrala
Location: Foyer, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility The foyer at Toplocentrala will act as a space for you to meet up with old and new friends and take a break between or during sessions. You may want to grab a coffee or explore possible collaborations with international peers. It’s your space! |
| 09:00-15:30 | 18 |
Accreditation and information deskLocation: Foyer 1, Toplocentrala
Location: Foyer 1, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Collect your badges and ask any questions about the programme or how to get around Sofia. |
| 09:00-10:00 | 22 |
Burn In: Connecting bodyLocation: Hall 3, Toplocentrala
Location: Hall 3, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility With several impressions, IETM meetings can be intense for the mind and heart. Тo sustain your energy, good mood, freshness and curiosity, we’re offering this gentle physical session with our vehicle - the body - which unlike our mind is always here and now, ready to support your ‘burn in’ experience. Maximum number of participants: 30 Just turn up - first come, first served. |
| 09:30-11:30 | 21 |
Sensory Theatre - PortalLocation: On the river towards the left side of the bridge, towards the mountains
Location: On the river towards the left side of the bridge, towards the mountains
Address: Ivan Vazov District, 3 Petko Karavelov Blvd., Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility This site specific performance will be located on a steep slope heading down to the river and is not accessible for people with limited mobility. The performance requires good walking shoes and comfortable clothes to enjoy the experience. The sensory experience requires silence, touch from the facilitator and contact with the water. It's a unique individual experience. IF WATER IS A DOOR, A PORTAL… (and this may be true more literally than we can imagine yet…) …then what lies on the other side - and have we already passed through? Indeed - who is the ‘water’? Is it possible for the answers to these questions to be available not to THINKERS and their rational minds, but to EXPERIENCERS through their senses and intuition? And if so, would you become one of them? PORTAL is an immersive sensory performance created by SENSORY THEATRE SOFIA, in a site-specific context of the river and the water park next to TOPLOCENTRALA. Duration: 30 min. Entrance is permitted every 10 minutes at the following time: 9:00 Genre: Sensory theatre, site specific theatre Get in touchProduction contact : Zlatina Toleva, PR Manager Global Vision Circle tel:(+359)0885 617 207 Status: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available to purchase on the spot, in Foyer 1 at Toplocentrala. There will be a printed schedule and you can book your preferred time slot for June 12, 13 or 14, from 15:00 until 18:00. It’s a personal experience, so you can enter individually at your allocated time. The performance is limited to 20 people a day. Important: After you register at the Toplocentrala reception and receive a ticket with the exact entry time of your performance , please arrive at the location 10 minutes before to be able to enjoy the performance. |
| 10:00-19:00 | 21 |
Planetarium - Understanding dark matterLocation: Planetarium, Toplocentrala
Location: Planetarium, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility This immersive movie experience about space takes place every 20 minutes. Duration: up to 25 min Credits: Planetarium Andromeda Get in touchContact: Sofia Planetarium How to book?You can purchase your tickets on the spot at the reception - no pre-booking required. |
| 10:00-10:50 | 19  |
Sense of Place, Sense of Time [Friday keynote]Location: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Location: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Apart from very small groups of indigenous people, the rest of the world population has lineage connected to colonisation, settling and migration. Contemporary cultures result from translocal flows of people, technology, capital, media and ideas. They are shaped by hybridisation and cultural exchange, and yet identity-based political tribalism seems to be gaining ground globally. Society at large is experiencing burnout symptoms, such as social unrest and polarisation, prolonged economic downturns, environmental degradation, political instability, loss of cultural vitality and cohesion. How can artists continue to make work when feeling the effects of this turbulence, and what role can institutions play in supporting them? Through a number of historic and contemporary examples the lecture will trace how artists have reflected and responded to political and social challenges, and look into cultural policies and management models that could break a crisis cycle. Speaker This session will be captioned and broadcasted online on Howlround.tv. Access the livestream on the day here. |
| 14:45-15:45 | 20  |
General AssemblyLocation: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Location: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility The General Assembly is the key moment of the year to discuss, discover and dispute IETM's decisions, celebrate its achievements and contribute to its future developments. This is also the moment where IETM members have the opportunity to come together and vote on new members for the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee. Take an active part in the decisions surrounding your network! Non-members are welcome to participate, but only members can vote. Hosted by the members of the IETM Board. This session will have live captions in English |
| 16:00-17:00 | 20 |
Talks & ListensMeeting Point: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Meeting Point: Hall 1, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility An interactive discussion where IETM members have an opportunity to share their feedback about the meeting and express their views on the role of art in society and the strategies that will help our sector survive and thrive. We will meet in Hall 1 at Toplocentrala and split off into individual rooms. Moderated by the members of the IETM Advisory Committee. |
| 17:30-18:30 | 21 |
HaHaHaImpro - ImprovLocation: Amphitheatre, Toplocentrala
Location: Amphitheatre, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility HaHaHa ImPro Theatre is the first Bulgarian improv theatre. Since 2009, they have played over 400 shows of short improv forms and more than 150 long form performances. During the years, they have played across most of the territory of Bulgaria and performed in Berlin, Paris, Luxemburg, Vienna and Brussels a couple of times. Since 2009, they have trained over 100 professional artists in improvising in the way we see and understand it. They are also professional actors who graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. What is Improv? Improv is exactly the same as scripted theatre, only it’s not scripted – it’s made up on the spot. The actors improvise the plot, dialogue and characters, and in essence direct themselves - all with no previous planning. So it’s not exactly like scripted theatre, but there are some similarities. Sometimes. Sometimes improv is purely comedy-based, other times it’s dramatic – sometimes it’s a mixed bag. No one knows what might happen. Improv is unique - when you see a performance, that’s it…there will never be another show exactly like it ever again. Improv is different every time. Improv is spontaneous, entertaining and fun. But like all great things, you have to experience it to fully appreciate it. Short Forms is the longest-running format performed by HaHaHa ImPro Theatre actors. In this format, the audience is immersed for an extremely short time in various funny situations. In it, audience participation is something you can expect. A performance consists of several games. The so-called games are mini scenes, each with different rules. Each time the show is completely different and can never be repeated. Duration: 1 hour Get in touchProduction contact : HAHAHA IMPROV How to book?Tickets for this event are free and require no pre-booking - just turn up! |
| 19:00-23:00 | 21 |
Planetarium - Amazing journey to the solar systemLocation: Planetarium, Toplocentrala
Location: Planetarium, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility This immersive movie experience about space takes place every hour between 19:00-23:00. Duration: up to 25 min Get in touchContact: Sofia Planetarium How to book?You can purchase your tickets on the spot at the reception - no pre-booking required. |
| 19:00-20:00 | 21 |
Alma Artis - PateLocation: Hall 2, Toplocentrala
Location: Hall 2, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Pastet (Pate) is a dance performance inspired by Franz Kafka's short story The Starving Man. He sees starvation as a metaphor for the individual's inability to connect with the world around him and the effort to learn to live with this inability. Artists and choreographers explore the body as a punching bag to exert constant control and maintain status. The consequences of the things we ‘swallow’ as creators, the compromises we make as humans. Compromises like ‘pate’ in us. Duration: 55 min Price: 20 лв. / €10 Credits: Association: ALMA ARTIS, Bulgaria With the support of: New Bulgarian University, ‘Stoyan Kambarev’ Foundation, Toplocentrala, Nadezhda Koseva and KINOKLAS, the Yakimov family. Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through URBO APP. The discount is automatically applied through the affiliate link below. |
| 19:30-20:45 | 21 |
I AM Studio - Ashes To Ashes by Harold PinterLocation: I AM Studio
Location: I AM Studio
Address: Sofia, 149 Georgi S. Rakovski St. | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Ashes To Ashes welcomes us in the most private space of a man and a woman. We are so close to them that we may feel a little confused. But it is also so attractive! He loves her more than life itself. He has taken away her freedom. The audience is in a labyrinth of painfully strong love that alternates with episodes of brutal terror. Then the reality blurs and dance appears to take us out of that sad place and bring us some joy. Is there an exit to the Light? There always is! Duration: 1h15m Price: 20 лв. / €10 Credits: Director: Savina Barzeva With original music by neverdance Translation: Galina Tomova-Stankeva Production of Theater OZ Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through I AM Studio ticketing platform or on spot. The performance is limited to 17 seats. |
| 19:30-20:30 | 21 |
Derida Stage - Pas BougerLocation: Derida Stage
Location: Derida Stage
Address: 32 Tsar Samuil St., 1000 Sofia Center, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility In the work, character A is in constant search, moving in a straight line, and character B is contemplating motionless. Despite the diametrically opposed states of presence and concepts that follow, A and B manage to meet and unite around a deep and superficial, painful and ironic, essential and meaningless question: How to live? Aesthetics of the play determine the stage realisation of Pas Bouger. The team fully follows the minimalist structure, seeking maximum economy in developing the movement, music and visual environment. The French reading of the play is hypnotically incorporated into the sound environment, and the subtitles in Bulgarian add additional value to the experience. The overall harmony of the interaction of text, movement, sound and visual environment provokes associativity and contributes to a complete emotional catharsis. Duration: 1 hour Credits The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. Visual dance performance by Derida Stage based on the play by Emmanuel Darley. Translation: Natasha Kolevska-Kurteva Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through ePayGO ticketing platform through the link below. The discount of 20% will be applied when enter a promo code WELCOME24 |
| 19:30-21:00 | 21 |
Ivan Vazov National Theatre - HYPOTHETICALLYLocation: Ivan Vavoz National Theatre
Location: Ivan Vavoz National Theatre
Address: 5 DYAKON IGNATIY ST., SOFIA 1000 | Event Map | Venue Accessibility A performance that is not to affirm, but to happen. A performance about the performance itself. We are silent, or we speak concretely and conceitedly, but we do not strive for excessive illustrations. A performance that soothes, but at the same time raises anxiety. We discuss things that we have heard about but have not seen. The performers demonstrate their commitment and challenge the issues with pleasure. We present details, but the essential part may be missing. We also think about what might be missed. We use words to flesh out hypotheses and the body as a container of content made up of problems and memory. Judgments that creep into specific images in specific circumstances can be proved or rejected. Hypothetically, anything can happen. It is tempting to control processes, but the likelihood of succeeding is slim and doubtful. We live together only to realise that collectives are gatherings of alienated individuals. We don't want art to end. Duration: 1h30m Credits: Idea, choreography and direction: Galina Borissova Get in touchProduction contact : Galina Borisova How to book?The tickets will be available for purchase shortly. |
| 19:30-21:10 | 21 |
Yalta Art Room - Leonce and Lena by Georg BüchnerLocation: Yalta Art Room
Location: Yalta Art Room
Address: Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 20, Sofia, Bulgaria | Event Map | Venue Accessibility This version of Leonce and Lena is based on the incapability to hold out the ‘paradox’ of power – to rule over somebody in order to serve him. What becomes of power when it is uncontested – and absolute? What happens with language? How can one break the link between ‘saying’ and ‘doing’? Can one name things that aren’t there – and other people to oblige? This version of Leonce and Lena is based more on violence and its frivolity, rather than an attempt to satirise the people ‘in charge’. The original performance unfolds in an underground bar – a closed, claustrophobic even, space, unsettling for the audience – in order to portray Buechner’s concept of rulers, ruling over an extremely small territory – but, on the other hand, believing they have full power over whatever they imagine. Duration: 1h40m. Credits: Performers: Dimitar Krumov, Simona Zdravkova, Ivan Nikolov, Galya Kostadinova, Vasil Duev-Taig, Denitza Darinova Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through ePayGo ticketing platform. The seats are limited to 25 people. |
| 21:00-22:00 | 21 |
Ivo Dimchev - IN HELL WITH JESUSLocation: Toplocentrala, Hall 1
Location: Toplocentrala, Hall 1
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Provocative concert with the unique artist Ivo Dimchev. Duration: 1 hour Credits: Ivo Dimchev Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through the ticketing platform. |
| 21:00-23:00 | 21 |
Arte Urbana Collectif - The Long Way to the StarsLocation: Toplocentrala, Hall 2
Location: Toplocentrala, Hall 2
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility The Long Way to the Stars introduces us to the latest scientific theories about the origins of the Solar System and life in the Universe. In a funny, inventive and accessible manner, it immerses us in scientific ideas and makes us think about where we are going and what needs to be done if we are to survive as a species. With presidential elections coming up, a popular television talk show invites the favourite candidate, astrophysicist John L. Ivanov, to present his ambitious ideas on space exploration. But the host, Denes Nagy, isn’t afraid to ask the real questions. As the civil debate turns into a verbal boxing match, startling ideas about the future of humanity will be revealed. The brave team behind the project – Andrea Brunello, Director and Playwright of Jet Propulsion Theatre, Italy, Dr. Vladimir Bozhilov from the Department of Astronomy at the Faculty of Physics at Sofia University and Dimitar Uzunov, Director and Actor at Famille Mundi, Paris, and at Arte Urbana Collectif, Sofia – brings theatre and science together. Duration: 1 hour Price: 20Лв. / €10.5 Credits Director: Andrea Brunello THE LONG WAY TO THE STARS is a co-production of Arte Urbana Collective, Jet Propulsion Theatre and Democritus Forum. The project is part of the Cultural Programme of the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union. Get in touchStatus: Available for local versions and ready for touring How to book?Tickets are available for purchase through URBO APP. The discount is automatically applied through the affiliate link below. |
| 22:00-03:00 | 18 |
Closing partyLocation: Hall 1, Bar and Terrace, Toplocentrala
Location: Hall 1, Bar and Terrace, Toplocentrala
Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility A celebration to mark the closing of what we hope will have been a stimulating plenary meeting in Sofia. |
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