29./30.04.2023
Registration for participation via ZOOM until 26 April 2023: mail@soyfer.at
DAY ONE /29.04/
12:30 – 13:30 – OPENING OF THE EVENT
Opening of the event. A close meeting between guests and organizers. Discussion of the program and the panels. Talks of future projects, and potential partnerships
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
13:30 – 14:00 – Break
14:00 – 16:00 – AFTERNOON Matinée
Presentations of the participating institutions: Boian Ivanov (“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse), Sc.Dir.Dr. Herbert Arlt (Jura Soyfer Society, Vienna), Ass.Prof.in Dr.in Dilek Altinkaya Nergis (Ege University, Izmir; Jura Soyfer Society, Vienna), Jakub Kavin (TheaterArche, Vienna), Univ.Prof.in Dr.in Penka Angelova (International Elias Canetti Society, Ruse)
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
Presentation of the project “What now” by Jakub Kavin
(Canetti House, Ruse)
16:00 – 16:30 – Break
16:30 – 17:00 – „Jura Soyfer’s Dystopias“
Univ.Prof.in Dr.in Penka Angelova, Director of the International Elias Canetti Society
(Canetti House, Ruse)
17:00 – 17:30 – LECTURE PLUS DISCUSSION – CRUM GERGITSOV, DRAMATIST
Western European model of theatre thinking – contemporary performances of the “Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse. The play “Vineta – the Sunken City“ by Jura Soyfer on the stage of “Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse
(Canetti House, Ruse)
17:30 – 18:30 – Break
18:30 – 19:00 – Jura Soyfer Installation
Art-installation by Sc.Dir.Dr. Herbert Arlt, presented at Leipzig bookfair
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Lobby)
19:00 -21:00 – „Astoria“ by Jura Soyfer
A coproduction between “Transit” Theatrical Association and Municipal Drama Theatre „Apostol Karamitev“ – Dimitrovgrad, directed by Valeria Mineva
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall )
21:00 – Cocktail
DAY TWO /30.04/
11:00 – 12:30 – Discussion meeting – Jura Soyfer’s Works and Changes in Europe
With the participation of the guests, the Director and actors of “Astoria” and audience members
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
12:30 – 14:00 – Break /Lunch/
14:00 – 15:00 – DISCUSSION – „Opportunities and Prospects for the Implementation of International Theatre Projects in State and Municipal Theatres“
Moderator – Yavor Gardev, Director
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
15:00 – 16:30 – ONLINE DISCUSSION
Soyfer Theater Projects (Online): Ass.Prof.in Dr.in Rania Elwardy (University of Cairo), Univ.Prof.Dr. Knut Ove Arntzen (University of Bergen), Reinhard Fehling (University of Dortmund), Roberto Aguirre (Director, Teatro de Repertorio, Buenos Aires), Tony Britten (London)
Moderator: Herbert Arlt
(Jura Soyfer Society, “Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
16:30 – 17:00 – Break
17:00 – 18:30 – “The End of the World” by Jura Soyfer – stage play
Projection and discussion with the Director Jakub Kavin
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
18:30 – 19:00 – Break
19:00 – 21:00 – “The End of the World” – Opera
Presentation: Univ.-Prof. MMag. Dr. Hartmut Krones (University of Vienna)
Text in German: Jura Soyfer, Composition: Wilhelm Zobl
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
21:00 – Official closing
(“Sava Ognyanov” Drama Theatre Ruse, Chamber Hall)
