BAY GANYO

“Bay Ganyo” by Aleko Konstantinov

“Bay Ganyo is a character whose traits, to a greater or lesser degree, are carried within every Bulgarian. Each of us. And we reveal them to different extents, depending on the situation and the circumstances we find ourselves in. He is pragmatic. Thanks to that pragmatism, our nation has survived. He is vital. Vitality is the quality that has preserved us as an ethnic group. He is enterprising. Thanks to their resourcefulness, Bulgarians succeed around the world. At the same time, he is also brazen. That is repellent. Greedy, unscrupulous, thirsty for power. It is precisely these traits of Bulgarian politicians that have kept us in the swamp for so many years — from Aleko to the present day.”

— Valentin Tanev

Playwright and director — Valentin Tanev
Scenography and costumes — Zhanneta Ivanova
Music — Mikhail Shishkov Jr.

Cast: Adrian Filipov, Valentin Vasilev, Vasil Vitanov, Genadii Nikolov, Diana Handjieva, Marian Dulchev, Marieta Kalapova, Maria Rushanova, Mariyan Stefanov, Mikhail Ludin, Nina Goranovski, Petyo Krastev, and Sergey Konstantinov

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