NBU theatre has been operating for a lot of years . It was initially called The Slug Theatre. Each season The Slug Theatre performed in adifferent places in the city in search for its perfect place and audience. In February 2010 NBU theatre was officially opened. It accommodated the wandering practice of Slug Theatre and is the newest theatre in Sofia. The hall is multi-functional, offering facilities for theatre performances, film broadcasts, concerts, lectures, debates, etc. It comprises of 120 seats, arranged in tiers.
The university theatre involves students engaged in the “Theatre” program, as well as students from other programs in the field of arts, humanities and computer technologies. The student theatre has performed lots of good plays which were hailed by the theatre critics, praised by the media and received plenty of awards.
Thе play “Seagull, Seagulls….The Seagull!” approbates the face of the University Theatre of New Bulgarian University as a place for creating and displaying alternative theatre products.
It has the power to conjure and educate the public perceptions into building up a habit of watching theatre as an independent form of art.
Thus with a kiss I die
The theme of death is seen as a continuous process, not as a final act – as an action that continues to circulate in the stage space and shapes the inevitable context of love, conflict and loss. In physical theatre, death manifests itself through a change in kinetic patterns, through an interruption or transformation of the energy flow, which allows it to be perceived not as a static end, but as part of the cyclicality of stage movement.
In this performance, the actors function as a common organism, in which individual impulses and bodily decisions fit into a suprapersonal structure. Thus, the spectacle arises not as a collection of separate performances, but as a common process of breathing and movement.
Length of production: 61 minutes
Venue: HaDivadlo
Performance dates: 16.4. 13:15; 16.4. 17:30
Production language: Bulgarian, English subtitles
