On 28 January, we staged the performance The End of the Song for a second time at I AM STUDIO, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The performance The End of the Song is inspired by real stories collected from random people who lived during Socialist times in Bulgaria. The performance is the result of a five-day creative process aimed at exploring historical memory through the memories of passers-by and random respondents. Using a variety of techniques, from theatrical games, coding associative memory and creating visual puzzles, to conducting interviews and field research, participants created a theatrical “snapshot” of the collective memory of life in the late years of Socialism. The result of the Theater Laboratory helped young people to get better acquainted with the recent past of Bulgaria, as well as modern democratic values and aroused their civic curiosity and creative thinking.
Director and training instructor: Neda Sokolovska
Assistant: Georgi Naldzhiev
The performance is part of the Price of Freedom and Democracy project, funded under the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union.