Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is a performance that leads the audience through the spheres of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise — not merely as a spatial journey, but as a dramatic inner journey of the human spirit. The production embodies Dante’s philosophical legacy, in which human beings confront their own fate, moral choices, and the possibility of spiritual exaltation.
The levels of sin and virtue, the idea of divine justice, and the soul’s striving toward perfection accompany us, continually posing questions about the meaning of existence. Dante’s encounters with the condemned souls and the blessed become stage images of human weakness, suffering, and hope, while the figure of Beatrice shines as a symbol of divine love and spiritual enlightenment.
Lilia Abadzhieva’s production unfolds the philosophical depth of the work — reflections on free will, human responsibility, the place of knowledge, and the truth about the life of the spirit. Through Dante’s poetics and metaphysical visions, the performance turns the life of the spirit into a spectacular experience.
Divine Comedy is a path toward overcoming chaos, inner enlightenment, and discovering the divine order in the world.
Divine Comedy is not merely a dramatization of a literary masterpiece, but a spiritual journey in which theater becomes a bridge between humanity and eternity.
Team
- Dramatization: Lilia Abadzhieva
- Director: Lilia Abadzhieva
- Set Design: Vasil Abadzhiev
- Costumes: Vasil Abadzhiev
- Camera, Editing, Video Processing: Ivan Abadzhiev
- Musical Score: Lilia Abadzhieva
- Assistant Director: Albena Babeva
Cast
Kalin Vrachanski - guest, Toncho Tokmakchiev - guest, Alexandra Mihaylova, Antonia Veleva, Borislav Vylov (Ei Bo), Vanesa Peyankova, Veselin Burborkov, Kalin Pacherazki, Natali Nikova, Petar Andreev, Svetlyo Ivanov, Stefan Maradzhiev, Aleksandar Pritup, and students from the class of Lilia Abadzhieva.