PRO RODOPI ART CENTRE presents

I, THY SOUL
by Petar Todorov
a performance with a puppet for adults

Performed by Desislava Mincheva
Directed and Produced by Petar Todorov

Costume Design by Nikolina Kostova-Bogdanova
Puppet Design by Hanna Schwarz
Puppetmaster Petar Chekurov

Duration 60 min, no break
Supported by Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, Pro Rodopi Foundation and Art Office Foundation

Awards:
• 2nd Award for Petar Todorov new written play at ‘The Other One’ playwright competition, Sofia 1993;
• Best performance at XVII International Puppet festival ‘Two are not Enough, Three are too Many’, Plovdiv 2008 (an award by Main International Jury);
• Best Bulgarian performance at XVII International Puppet festival ‘Two are not Enough, Three are too Many’, Plovdiv 2008 (an award by Dutch Jury);
• Award for Desislava Mincheva for Exclusive Artistic achievment at ‘Puppet Fair’ International Theatre Festival, Sofia 2008
• Award for Best Female Acting to Desislava Mincheva at ‘Pierrot’ International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults, Stara zagora 2017

‘I, Thy Soul’ is a play written by Petar Todorov in 1993 after crucial lifesaving experience. It is a soliloquy of a Human Soul who has manage to escape out of the clumsy Human Body but eventually decided to go back and to give it a second chance.