The Thessaloniki Conspirators

The Thessaloniki Attacks, carried out in April 1903, were the most shocking and bloodiest event in the history of the Macedonian liberation struggle before the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising. They were sparked by outrage that had reached the point of madness and by a desperate determination to seek, at any cost, a solution for the freedom of Macedonia and Adrianople.

“The Thessaloniki Conspirators” is a performance about the eternal rebellion of the young person—shaken by and unyielding toward the injustice in the world around them. It is a story about the clash between idealism and the meaning of self-sacrifice, told through the eyes of the only survivor of the Gemidzhii group and his existential protest.

This is the story of a generation driven by the power of the youthful spirit, which refuses to live on its knees and accepts death as communion.

At a time when extreme ideas are once again seducing and uniting young people, “The Thessaloniki Conspirators” poses the question: where does idealism end and the destruction of the human being begin?

Because freedom does not come with time, but through action, and the passage from the rebellion of reason to the submission of the soul is a long one—“paved with bones instead of cobblestones.”

“The Thessaloniki Conspirators” by Georgi Danailov

• Director: Maria Genova
• Set and Costume Design: David Ilchev
• Composer: Hristo Namliev
• 3D Mapping: Petko Tanchev
• Choreographer: Katya Bogdanova

Cast:

Dimo Aleksiev (guest), Detelin Kandev, Samuil Sreb​​rev, Samuil Goranov, Slavi Gergov, Boris Atanasov, Milen Ivanov, Stefan Metodiev, Viktor Terziyski, Alexandra Zlateva, Nikol Boycheva, Stefka Zlatkova, Dobrinka Toseva, Ignat Dalbokov, Dimitar Georgakiev, Kiril Milushev, and the ballet ensemble of the Konstantin Kisimov Music and Drama Theatre