Radina Kardzhilova has inspired Decan Donellan for the placement of Medea

« I did not choose Radina to play Medea. I met Radina and then with Nick Ormerod it occurred to us that she would be brilliant in the role of Medea, and so we chose the play, » said the famous British director Donelan in the Internation of the National Theater. At the theater.

Donlan explains that in their work, the actor comes first, and the way they prefer to work is to get acquainted with a group of actors and then decide what the roles that would fit them, not the other way around. « I never choose a play because I want to » say something. « 

In Medea, the audience is on stage, inches from the action and the actors. « I think a good theatrical work puts the audience in a special situation. In addition, I think it is very important to understand that the theater acts emotionally, and through this spectacle we see people’s experiences while on stage, » Damn Donlan adds. For him, the connection between the actor and the audience is one of the most important things, and he is just the mediator.

The director says that in 1987 he watched a performance with Bulgarian actors for the first time and since then he has felt the strong theatrical tradition in Bulgaria. « One of the things that I sincerely hope to preserve and what makes the Bulgarian theater so special is the deep respect for the performing art – both by the artists and the audience, » Donlan said.

Together with Nick Orrod, they are the authors of over 50 performances, presented on more than 400 scenes around the world. Last year, the creative tande made his first production with actors from the troupe of the National Theater, and for the first time they staged a performance on the ancient Greek tragedy « Medea ».