Ignorance

An original monodrama by Albena Stavreva — winner of the ASKEER Award 2023 for best monodrama and nominated for the IKAR Award 2023 for leading female role. "And you think I'm telling you about things I've seen, but no. These are simple miracles, these are invisibilities, and if I could see them, they would turn into visions." With a jar of jam and an old suitcase, Gichka Kukuto — the village priest's foundling — sits alone in the church bell tower. Her stories are madly funny, and in them is mirrored the absurd, lost world of a small village. They are at the same time sorrowful, because in a child's trusting eyes evil remains invisible even when it stands face to face. A tale of the loneliness of the different one, of a life lived wildly on the edge of reason, and of unconditional love — one life full of wonders and memories, gathered in a matchbox. Running time 1 h 30 min; performed with English subtitles.