An Honest Musketeer Tale
Author: Valeri Petrov
Director: Iva Nikolova
Set and Costume Design: Desislava Grozdanova
Music: Angel Beshev
Voice: Lyubomir Neykov
Stage Combat: Mihail Boykov
Cast: Georgi Nyagolov, Boyan Mladenov, Nikola Mutafov, Anatoli Lazarov, Yordan Rasin, Kaloyan Karaginev, Georgi Zlatarev, Donka Avramova–Bocheva, Lili Shomova, Monika Petkova, Svetlozara Marinova, Nia Lyubenova, Debora Grigorova, Kaloyan Hristov, Michael Naydenov, Ivan Stoychev, Rasate Apostolov
Not merely a story about musketeers, but a declaration of love for the theatre.
Valeri Petrov transforms Dumas’s classic tale into a “playground” for words, rhymes, and stunts.
Everything on stage happens “just for show,” yet with complete sincerity. We return to the pure form of playful theatre, where horses exist only in the actors’ imaginations and the enemy is merely a product of fantasy.
Everything depends on how far the actors’ ingenuity can take them.
Our musketeers are not unattainable superheroes, but perfectly ordinary people—vulnerable, sensitive, very witty, and sometimes a little naïve. They are not preoccupied with existential questions, and nothing human is foreign to them.
“One for all, all for one” is not an empty phrase, but the bond between four distinct and unique characters who, if they were not that way, would never have stood the test of time for a century and a half.
An exploration of the concept of “honor” in a world full of intrigue, presented with lightness and without preaching.
Good always finds a way to triumph—even through a smile.
Why should I see An Honest Musketeer Tale by Valeri Petrov?
- Because it offers entertainment for audiences of all ages.
- Because it restores our joy in pure, unadulterated theatrical action.
- Because it teaches us not to take ourselves too seriously.
An Honest Musketeer Tale is a celebration of imagination, where the most powerful weapon is not the sword, but the witty word!
— Iva Nikolova, director