First time in Bulgaria, theatre for the visually impaired will be staged in Rousse

For the first time in Bulgaria, a unique theatre play for people with impaired vision will take place on the stage in the city of Rousse. The premiere of “Station Love” (“Gara Lyubov”), a play that will stimulate all senses other than sight, will be staged tomorrow, October 15th. The experimental show is a project by the “StandArt” association in Rousse and is supported by the National Culture Fund.

The action will take place among the autdience, but the creative team wants the positioning to be kept secret. The audience will experience the show through sounds, voices, touch, and fragrances.

“We regularly go to theatre performances, we always sit at the front rows, but, you know, we understand what is happening on stage only through the words. We don`t see the mimics, moves, and expressions and we can`t fully grasp what is being presented on stage” chair of the Union of the Blind in Rousse, Rosica Marinova, said.

¨We decided to offer a much more wholesome experience for the visually impaired or at least make an attempt at doing so,¨ Ivelin Pushev from the ¨StandArt¨ association said.

¨The challenge was to use many different tools from the conventional theatre and we discovered a whole new world for all of us, theatre people, as well as for the public that will come to experience the show. There is the sense of touch and of smell, a 4D experience.¨ stage director Ivaylo Nenov added.

The script for ¨Station Love¨ is written specifically for the play after a series of conversations with visually impaired people.

“Based on all these consultatons, we decided that the story will revolve around love and the place, where people's stories could most naturally intertwine is the railway station.” author Vanya Georgieva commented.

“Our current project combines drama actors with puppet theatre just like it unites sighted with visually impaired people, and I think this is the purpose of art – to unite people and make them look in the same direction.” actor Lyuben Rusenski said.

The actors expect sighted people at the premiere as well, but they will have to put on blindfalls that cover their eyes at the entrance.

„Our assistants will take them through the path to the station, so they can be put in the shoes of the visually impaired, feel their hardships, then share the expereince of the show together with them, and have a discussion at the end. The goal is to truly create a fragment of time in which there are no privileged people.” the stage director explained.

The creator of the original multichannel sound environment is composer Plamen ¨Mirona¨ Mirchev. The premiere will take place in the evening of White Cane Safety Day.

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