Plums in Exchange for Cream

The performance is created from an original script by Petar Todorov, based on the Bulgarian folktale of the same title. The aim of the project is to “translate” the folk tale into the language modern children use to communicate with one another, so they can understand and come to love Bulgarian folklore. A hero travels from village to village, offering plums in exchange for cream, hoping to meet a good, hardworking girl to marry. This unusual and funny story from the past—yet one in which many contemporary viewers may recognize themselves with a smile—is brought to life through fireworks of laughter, dynamism, and self-irony. The stage is populated by a host of endlessly colorful characters, carrying the flavor of the Bulgarian national spirit and сродни to Radichkov’s heroes—there are no good or bad people, only flesh-and-blood human beings whom the creators of the performance understand and love, even when they criticize their flaws.

Direction: Petar Todorov Set Design: Hanna Schwarz Musical Arrangement: Desislava Mincheva Starring: Desislava Mincheva