About Diana Dobreva
Diana Dobreva
Biography
One of the leading stage directors and actresses of Bulgaria, she has many performances and films, in her home country and abroad, which were presented in Sofia, Paris, London, Vienna, Rome, Zurich, Berlin, Rotterdam, Avignon, Monaco, Strasbourg, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Warszawa, Linz, Bratislava, Skopje, Prishtina, Budva, Ohrid, Adana, Antalya, etc.
Diana Dobreva has many national and international awards for theatre and cinema.
Since 2017 Diana Dobreva is the main theatrical director of "Ivan Vazov" National Theatre, Sofia (Bulgaria).
An Insight
Documentary about Diana Dobreva
aired on Bulgarian National Television (BNT), written and directed by Nikolai Vasilev
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Education
- MA degree in Acting for Theatre and Cinema and Theatre Directing from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
- MA degree in French Philology from Sofia University
- History of Art from The Sorbonne, Paris
Director in Theatre
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Truman Capote
"Nikolai Massalitinov" Drama Theatre (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
The Son
by Florian Zeller
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
The Unknown Child
by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Sofia Puppet Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
The House of Bernarda Alba
by Federico Garcia Lorca
"Teatr – Teatr" Perm Academic Theater (Perm, Russia)
Odysseus
by Alexander Sekulov, after Homer
"Nikolai Massalitinov" Drama Theatre (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
(Part of the Official Programe of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019)
The Father
by Florian Zeller
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Debelyanov and the Angels
by Alexander Sekulov
"Nikolai Massalitinov" Drama Theatre (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Caligula
by Albert Camus
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Salome
by Oscar Wilde
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Wolves
by Alexander Sekulov, after Peter Delchev
"Nikolai Massalitinov" Drama Theatre (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
The Maids
by Jean Genet
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
"Shqiptar Shkup" National Albanian Theatre (Skopje, North Macedonia)
The House of Anger
by Federico Garcia Lorca
"Vazrajdane" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Playing the Victim
by The Presnyakov Brothers
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Yerma
by Federico Garcia Lorca
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
The Emigrants
by Sławomir Mrożek
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Casanova and Medea
European Tour
Théâtre de l’Épée de Bois (Paris, France)
The Decameron
by Angel Elenkov, after Giovanni Boccaccio
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Medea
by Diana Dobreva, after Euripides
"Le Petit Louvre" Theatre (Avignon, France)
Casanova and Medea European Tour
Théâtre du Chêne noir (Avignon, France)
Théâtre des Salins (Martigues, France)
Théâtre Durance (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France)
Théâtre du Fort Antoine (Monaco-Ville, Monaco)
ITF "Alba Iulia" (Alba Iulia, Romania)
Casanova
by Diana Dobreva, after Giacomo Casanova
"Salza i Smiah" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
"Nikolai Haytov" Rhodopean Drama Teatre (Smolyan, Bulgaria)
Medea
by Diana Dobreva, after Euripides
"Sfumato" Theatre Laboratory (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Director in Cinema
The Forgotten
by Diana Dobreva, short film
co-production France/Bulgaria; Arcadia/Balkanstage
Represented at the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival
Theatre Awards
Best Director of the Year
IKAR Award (Union of Bulgarian Actors) for The Son
Best Director of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for The Father and Debelyanov and the Angels
Best Performance of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for Debelyanov and the Angels
Best Director of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for Wolves
Best Director
"Vratza 2017" National Theatre Festival Award for The Maids
Best Performance of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for The House of Anger
Best Director
"Vratza 2015" National Theatre Festival Award for The House of Anger
Best Performance
International Theatre Festival SKUPI (Skopje, North Macedonia) "Grand Prix" Award for Yerma
Best Performance
Festival d’Avignon 2011 (Avignon, France) "Coup de cœur" Award for Medea
Best Performance
Festival d’Avignon 2010 (Avignon, France) "Coup de cœur" Nomination for Casanova
Best Costume Design of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for Macbeth
Best Performance
IKAR Nomination (Union of Bulgarian Actors) for Macbeth
Best Debut Performance of the Year
Askeer Theatre Award ("A'Askeer" Foundation) for Medea
Best Debut Performance
IKAR Nomination (Union of Bulgarian Actors) for Medea
Award of The Ministry of Bulgarian Culture
For high creative success and the development of Bulgarian Culture for Medea
Movie Awards
Best Actress/Leading role
Award of Bulgarian National Film Center & Filmmakers Union (Sofia, Bulgaria) for the movies Warden of the Dead and Monkeys in Winter
Best Actress/Leading role
"Golden Rose" Award from XXVII Bulgarian Feature Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria) for the movies Monkeys in Winter and Warden of the Dead
Actress in Cinema
Love.net
as Joana
Directed by Ilian Djevelekov
Miramar Film/Nova TV
Small Talk
as Maya
Directed by Vladimir Kraev
Art Pic/Cadance/Bulgarian National Film Center/Bulgarian National Television
La fine del mare
as Nilofar
Directed by Nora Hoppe
(Germany/France/Italy)
Flying Moon Filmproduktion/Unlimited/Revolver Film
Warden of the Dead
as Maria
Directed by Ilian Simeonov
Camera/Bulgarian National Film Center/Bulgarian National Television
Monkeys in Winter
as Lucrecia
Directed by Milena Andonova
(Bulgaria/Germany)
Proventus Film House/Tatfilm
Actress in Theatre
Salome
by Oscar Wilde, directed by Diana Dobreva
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
The Maids
by Jean Genet, directed by Diana Dobreva
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Yerma
by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Diana Dobreva
"Bulgarian Army" Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Medea
by Diana Dobreva, after Euripides
"Le Petit Louvre" Theatre (Avignon, France)
Medea
by Diana Dobreva, after Euripides
"Sfumato" Theatre Laboratory (Sofia, Bulgaria)
"Yvan" – part II of The Valley of the Shadow of Death
after The Brothers Karamazov by F.M.Dostoevsky, directed by Ivan Dobchev
"Sfumato" Theatre Laboratory (Sofia, Bulgaria)
"Alyosha" - part I of The Valley of the Shadow of Death
after The Brothers Karamazov by F.M.Dostoevsky, directed by Margarita Mladenova
"Sfumato" Theatre Laboratory (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Heidi is Everywhere
by Nicolas Ehni, directed by Claude Brozzoni
Théâtre Bonlieu (Annecy, France)
Oxygen
after Paul Claudel, directed by Kasiel Noa Asher
"Ivan Vazov" National Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Blood Wedding
by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Krum Philipov
"Nikola Vaptsarov" Drama Theatre (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)
Maestro Hunger
by Franz Kafka, directed by Ivan Dobchev
"Zad kanala" Drama Theatre (Sofia, Bulgaria)
The Black Fleece
written and directed by Ivan Dobchev and Margarite Mladenova
"Sfumato" Theatre Laboratory (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Festivals
- Theatre EPEE DE BOIS, Paris, France
- Theatre CHENE NOIR, Avignon, France
- Theatre LE PETIT LOUVRE, Avignon, France
- Theatre LES SALINS, Scene Nationale de Martigues, France
- Theatre DURANCE, Chateau – Arnoux-Saint Auban, France
- ANNECY NATIONAL STAGE, France
- NATIONAL THEATRE, Skopje, Macedonia
- NATIONAL THEATRE, Prishtina, Kosovo
- International Theatre Festival FORT ANTOINE, Monaco
- International Theatre Festival PREMIERES, Strasbourg, France
- International Theatre Festival AVIGNON, France
- International Theatre Festival DEVLET TIYATROLARI, Antalya, Turkey
- International Theatre Festival THEATRE CITY FESTIVAL, Budva, Montenegro
- International Theatre Festival SABANCI, Adana, Turkey
- International Theatre Festival OHRID SUMMER, Ohrid, Macedonia
- International Theatre Festival POVESTI, Alba Iulia, Romania
- International Theatre Festival SKUPIFEST, Skopje, Macedonia
- International Theatre Festival VARNA SUMMER, Varna, Bulgaria
- International Theatre Festival BUTRINTI, Albania
- International Theatre Festival VRATZA, Vratza, Bulgaria
- International Theatre Festival STAGE ON THE CROSSROAD, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- International Theatre Festival APOLONIA, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- CANNES Film Festival
- KARLOVY VARY International Film Festival
- ROTTERDAM Film Festival
- SOFIA International Film Festival
- TAIPEI Film Festival
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