| HRISTO BOYTCHEV 1950
- Born in North Bulgaria
1974 - Graduated from The Higher Institute of Engineering, Rousse, Bulgaria,
majoring machine engineering
1976 - 1985 - works as a technical manager and a manager of a factory
1984 - Premiere of his first play "That Thing"
1985 - 1989 - studies drama in the National Academy for Theatrical and
Film Art
1989 - Named Playwright of the Year with 40 productions of his plays
on the theatrical stages throughout Bulgaria.
1990 - Premiere of the first film based on his screenplay "That
Thing"
1990 - Began participating on a regular basis as a political satirist
in one of the most famous TV shows in Bulgaria.
1996 - Won the state subsidy for shooting the film "The Colonel Bird"
after his script
1996 - An author and a host in his own TV show
1996 - Ran for President of the Republic of Bulgaria. The allotted TV
time was used for a mocking political happening (30 successive days in
prime time).Won approximately 2% of the votes.
1997 - Awarded the British Council International Playwriting Awards for
Best Play in the Intentional Playwriting Competition for the play "The
Colonel Bird". The play was selected from a pool of 400 plays from all
over the world. The prize was bestowed on him in the Royal National Theatre
in London by Harold Pinter. As of now the play has been staged more than
30 times in 25 countries worldwide.
1998 - Signed a contract with "MOVIMENTO" - France as a script writer
of the film production "The Colonel Bird".
1999 - FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON, "The Colonel Bird" was presented in the program
of the festival with 15 performances by"Theatre de la Commune d'Aubervilliers",
Paris,
1999 - Awarded the prestigious Italian theatre award Premio "Enrico
Maria Salerno" per la drammaturgia Europea, 5 Edizione
2000 - BONNER BIENNALE - 2000 - "The Colonel Bird" was presented in the
program of the festival by the "Pleven" theatre.
| Hristo Boytchev is the author
of about 10 plays which have been staged more than a hundred
times in 30 countries throughout Europe, America, Asia and Australia. His latest plays
are "The Colonel and The Birds" - a female version of "The Colonel
Bird", "The Titanic Orchestra" and "District Hospital". |
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