The legend comes to life once again – not as the familiar Gothic tale, but as a contemporary clash between darkness and light within the human soul.
"Dracula" is a performance about the power of desire, about the temptation to dominate and to be dominated, about the fine line between love and obsession.
On stage unfolds a mysterious and at the same time sensual universe, where every encounter is a duel, every kiss a danger, and every secret can turn into a weapon. Dracula reveals not a monster, but an archetype in which our fears and desires are reflected – magnetic, contradictory, both predator and prey.
Director Stayko Murdzhev’s production does not repeat familiar clichés, but reimagines the myth through the theme of obsession. It presents it as a clash between desire and reason, between fear and temptation.
The audience is drawn into a constant tension – between beauty and horror, between attraction and repulsion. The stage transforms into a labyrinth of light and shadow, where nothing is as it seems.
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- Номинация „ДЕБЮТ“ – Александър Кендеров за ролята на Джонатан Харкър
- Номинация „АВТОРСКА МУЗИКА“ – Петър Дундаков за музиката на спектакъла
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Reviews:
The production delicately reveals how temptation speaks in the language of care, how reason can be just as domineering, how love—supposedly redemptive—crosses the invisible threshold into obsession. And long after the end, what remains is not the image of a monster, but a question: at what moments do we ourselves call power “love” in order to submit to it more easily?
Jaklin Dobreva, scenart.eu
"Director Stayko Murdjev turns the stage into an arena of struggle—nightmares and madness set against reason’s attempt to tame them, to assimilate them, and to bring them into the light."
Zornitsa Kamenova, “Balkan Theatre Festival 2025” Bulletin
"The absent boundary between the living and the non-living, the masculine and the feminine, flesh and spirit, becomes an exploration of the human desire to rule—and to become victims of power."
Lachezar Yordanov, “Balkan Theatre Festival 2025” Bulletin
"The production of “Dracula” is a contemporary parable of emancipation. Koyna Ruseva is an actress who does not shy away from the extremes of the stage—on the contrary, she seeks them out and delights in challenging her own acting nature."
Maria Ibrishimova, “Balkan Theatre Festival 2025” Bulletin
"The performance did not merely bring a myth to life—it confronted us with the mirror of our own nature. Bold, modern, and daringly interpreted with striking visual scope, director Stayko Murdjev’s production becomes a painful recognition: an encounter with the shadows we usually keep hidden."
Silvia Domozetska
"After the performance “Dracula,” I experienced an explosion of stage energy—of that magic in which spirit, body, and force merge into one. The air is charged with initiative and creative drive, as if every gesture, every word, every play of light and shadow had been refined with professionalism and passion. The actors do not merely perform—they live their roles. Every movement speaks of strength and commitment; every scene pulses with emotion and spirit. The audience is not left a mere witness, but becomes a participant in a shared experience—a flight of imagination and will. This is not just theatre—it is an event that energizes, inspires, and proves that when art meets dedication, the result is pure energy."
Iva Chernogorska
"The actors and director Stayko Murdjev succeed in making a subtle dissection of human nature—one that is somehow always drawn to the beauty of darkness, that inexplicably yields to the seductive charm of death, of the toxic. That very toxicity which leads to the destruction of our souls, and against which all of us struggle at different stages and in different spheres of our lives."
Rene Karabash
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Opening: 06.10.2025 година
