The Winter of the Red Lanterns

A tourist trip to Amsterdam by two friends — a writer and a publisher — unexpectedly forms a strange love triangle with a woman they meet there.

The Winter of the Red Lanterns is a tragicomic play about the unrecognizability of love and the hopelessness of three young people traveling between cities and possible identities. It is also a mystically ironic story that connects social upheavals with personal misalignments.

Team

• THE WINTER OF THE RED LANTERNS by Adam Rapp
• Director: Kris Sharkov
• Set and costume design: Vanina Tsandeva
• Music: Emiliyan Gatsov – Elbi
• Multimedia: Ralitsa Georgieva
• Translation: Radoslav Petkashev
• Cast: Petar Andreev, Kalin Pecharazki, Antonia Gyurudi

Awards and nominations

• Nomination for IKAR 2026 for "Debut" for Petar Andreev in the role of Matt in the production.
• Nomination for ASKEER 2026 for "Rising Star" for Petar Andreev in the role of Matt in the production.
• Nomination for ASKEER 2026 for "Direction" for Kris Sharkov.
• "Shumen Award for Culture" for 2025 in the "Theatre" category.