ACTRESS TATYANA LOLOVA IS THE WINNER OF THE IKAR 2021 AWARD FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEATER
The Board of Directors of the Union of Artists voted for the award of one of the most beloved Bulgarian actresses in early February. The award was to be announced along with the nominations in all categories on Saturday, March 27, at 10 a.m., during the official press conference. Due to the tragic news the honorary award will be presented posthumously.
Traditionally, the prestigious awards in the field of performing arts have been awarded since 1974 on Theater Day, but for the second year the awards ceremony will be postponed and it will not take place on March 27 due to the pandemic.
All nominated performances will be programmed within the 17th edition of the Sofia Theater Hall, which is part of the Calendar of Cultural Events of the Sofia Municipality for 2021, as well as the National Cultural Calendar.
The official award ceremony is scheduled for May 11, 2021 and will be traditionally held at the Ivan Vazov National Theater. Like every year, this ceremony will be broadcast by the Bulgarian National Television.
This year, according to the anti-epidemic measures, the press conference at which this year’s nominees were announced was broadcast via online streaming on the Facebook page of the IKAR Awards: https://www.facebook.com/icarusawards
The commission that determined the nominations in the main categories for the best achievements in the field of dramatic theater is composed of: Assoc. Prof. Asen Terziev – theater critic, Assoc. Prof. Maria Dimanova – set designer, Stilian Petrov – director, Denitsa Ezekieva – theater critic, Iva Todorova – actress and Slavcho Nikolov – composer.
The commission that determined the nominations for the best achievements in the field of puppetry is composed of: Nikola Vandov – theater critic, Maya Bezhanska – actress, Petya Karadjova – set designer.
NOMINEES:
DEBUT
BORYANA MANOILOVA for Yuzu in “Serotonin” based on the novel by Michel Welbeck, directed by Chris Sharkov, co-production of “Exodus Art” and Azaryan Theater, National Palace of Culture
NADEZDA KOLEVA for Nastenka in “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, consultant Margarita Mladenova, Sfumato Theater Workshop
POLYA YORDANOVA for Natasha in “Natasha’s Dream” by Yaroslava Pulinovich, directed by Ana Bateva, Racho Stoyanov Drama Theater – Gabrovo
LEADING MALE ROLE
VALERI YORDANOV for Ramadan Dervishov in “Karakondzhul” based on “Dervish Seed” by Nikolay Haitov, directed by Stoyan Radev, Ivan Vazov National Theater
SIMEON LYUTAKOV for Othello in “Othello” by William Shakespeare, directed by Plamen Markov, Drama Theater “Stoyan Bachvarov”, TMPC – Varna
TSVETAN ALEKSIEV for Vasil Vasilich Svetlovidov in “Swan Song” by Anton Chekhov, directed by Rostislav Georgiev, Sfumato Theater Workshop
LEADING FEMALE ROLE
BOYKA VELKOVA for Helena Rubinstein in “Empire of Beauty – Madame Rubinstein” by John Misto, directed by Boyka Velkova, Aleko Konstantinov Satirical Theater
IRINI JAMBONAS for Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by Edward Albee, directed by Stoyan Radev, Small City Theater “Behind the Canal”
SVETLANA YANCHEVA for Cassiopeia in “Garbage” by Elena Telbis, directed by Ivaylo Hristov, Theater 199 “Valentin Stoychev”
SUPPORTING MALE ROLE
ALEXANDER TONEV for Sancho Panza in “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes, directed by Margarita Mladenova, Drama and Puppet Theater “Konstantin Velichkov” – Pazardzhik
IVAN BARNEV for the Old Man in The Humiliated. Belarus ”by Andrey Kureychik, directed by Yavor Gardev, Drama and Puppet Theater“ Ivan Radoev ”- Pleven
NIKOLAI LUKANOV for Pato Dooley in “The Former Miss of the Small Town” by Martin McDonagh, directed by Vladimir Lyutskanov, Nikolai Binev Youth Theater
SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE
KRASIMIRA KUZMANOVA-KOKRAN for the Educational in “The Humiliated. Belarus ”by Andrey Kureychik, directed by Yavor Gardev, Drama and Puppet Theater“ Ivan Radoev ”- Pleven
PETYA VENELINOVA for The Crocodile in “Sumatoha” by Yordan Radichkov, directed by Nikolay Urumov, Sava Ognyanov Drama Theater – Ruse
RADENA VALKANOVA for her role in “Capital (by) a mistake” by Yodion von Horvat, directed by Ivan Panteleev, Ivan Vazov National Theater
DIRECTING
VASILENA RADEVA for “Body thrown at an angle to the horizon” based on the book “The Year of the Eight Chemistry” by Petya Nakova, production of “Panic Button Theater” in partnership with Concept Studio, Azaryan Theater, National Palace of Culture
DIANA DOBREVA for The Son by Florian Zeller, Ivan Vazov National Theater
STOYAN RADEV for “Karakondzhul” on “Dervish Seed” by Nikolay Haitov, National Theater “Ivan Vazov”
SCENOGRAPHY
ILIYANA KANCHEVA for “Serotonin” based on the novel by Michel Welbeck, directed by Chris Sharkov, co-production of “Exodus Art” and Azaryan Theater, National Palace of Culture
MIRA KALANOVA (scenography), MARINA RAYCHINOVA (costumes) for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capoti, directed by Diana Dobreva, Nikolay Masalitinov Drama Theater – Plovdiv
SVILA VELICHKOVA, VANINA TSANDEVA for “Homecoming” by Harold Pinter, directed by Yavor Gardev, Small City Theater “Behind the Canal”
AUTHOR’S MUSIC
DOBRIN VEKILOV-DONI for “The Canopy” by Sidoni-Gabriel Colette, directed by Stefan Spasov, Bulgarian Army Theater
MILEN APOSTOLOV for Plan B, author and director Mihail Milchev, M&B Productions Production House, City Mark Art Center
HRISTO NAMLIEV for “Orange Skin” by Maya Pelevich, directed by Petar Denchev, Vazrazhdane Theater
DRAMATURGIC TEXT selected by the Guild of Theater Scholars, Critics and Playwrights
“GARBAGE” by Elena Telbis
“THE SEA AFTER YOU” by Yana Borisova
“Landslide” by Vasil Balev
CRITICAL TEXT selected by the Guild of Theater Scholars, Critics and Playwrights
DIMITAR STAYKOV “Flames on the stage. Life and Art of Deyan Donkov ”, ed. Labor 2020
NIKOLA PETKOV “Theatrical weekdays from morning to evening” Sofia, Bet Print, 2020
RUMYANA NIKOLOVA “Model of functioning of the Bulgarian theater in the period 1944-1989”, ed. “P. Venedikov ”, 2020
ACHIEVEMENT IN PUPPET ART selected by the Guild of Artists in Puppetry by a Commission composed of: Maya Bezhanska – actress; Nikola Vandov – theater critic; Petya Karadzhova – set designer
IVAN GARBACHEV for the music in “The Puppy Who Couldn’t Bark” by Gianni Rodari, directed by Veselin Boydev, State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv
LYUBOMIR ZHELEV for his roles in “The Deer King” by Carlo Gotzi, directed by Biserka Kolevska, State Puppet Theater – Sliven
PETAR PASHOV for directing “Piano on the Moon” based on motifs by Valeri Petrov, Atelier 313 Theater
PUPPET PERFORMANCE selected by the Guild of Artists in Puppetry
“GARVIN THE MAGICIAN” by Yana Borisova, directed by Vezhen Velchovski, Municipal Puppet Theater – Blagoevgrad
“THE PUPPY THAT COULDN’T BARK” by Gianni Rodari, directed by Veselin Boydev, State Puppet Theater – Plovdiv
“PIANO ON THE MOON” based on motifs by Valeri Petrov, screenplay and direction by Petar Pashov, Atelier 313 Theater
VARIETY AND ATTRACTION ART selected by the Guild of Attraction and Performing Arts and the Guild of Variety Art
VILI KOZHUHAROVA for achievements in the field of rubber acrobatics
DESISLAVA DIMITROVA-SHEKHEREZADA
for her performance in the show “The Undisclosed Secrets of Bulgarian Magic”
CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND PERFORMANCE selectedby the Guild of Contemporary Performing Arts
BORIS DALCHEV, MIHAELA DOBREVA (SUPROMAT COLLECTIVE) AND TSVETA DOYCHEVA for “Vision” at the National Student Dormitory
DEYAN GEORGIEV for “Pure”, Ballet “Arabesque”, State Music and Ballet Center – Sofia
MARION DAROVA for Wo Man, DNA, National Palace of Culture
DUPLICATION selected by the Guild of actors working in dubbing
FOR WOMEN
GERGANA STOYANOVA for Eliza and Maria in “Vlad” and all women in “Orient Express”
ELISAVETA GOSPODINOVA for Ebru in “Black Rose” and Willie in “The Bee Maya”
YORDANKA ILOVA for Gul in “Vyatarnichav”
FOR MEN
IVAYLO VELCHEV for Oktay in Meryem
IVAN VELCHEV for Vlad, Cesar and Petre in “Vlad”
LYUBOMIR MLADENOV for Claude Trepani in “Lumberjacks”
ICAR AWARD 2021 in CIRCUS ART category
awarded to GIULIO MALEVOLTI for his contribution to the development of Bulgarian, European and world acrobatics
ACT-UNIMA AWARD for significant contribution to the development of Bulgarian puppetry is awarded to IVAN TEOFILOV
IKAR 2021 AWARD FOR HONOR AND DIGNITY AWARDED TO LYUBOMIR BACHVAROV
IKAR AWARD 2021 FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC, Broadcast to the Guild of Music Artists is awarded to MIHAIL BELCHEV
ICAR 2021 AWARD FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE BULGARIAN THEATER AWARDED BY ACTRESS TATYANA LOLOVA (posthumously)
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