Oh My God

About the performance

"A lonely man at a bar table turns to the other visitors. It turns out that the bar belongs to Judas and the man is Christ. Or so He claims. Why? What does He want to accomplish if it is really Him? The play "Oh My God" is a call for humanity and love in times when God's word is misused and instead of being a source of life, it is used to justify destruction. The team of the show invites you to a warm, sincere conversation about the deepest topic that seeks answers in the heart and mind of every person. A conversation with a smile and a tear, with irony and compassion." 

"The encounter of the mysterious visitor with the others present in the bar (the audience) seems to occur on that thin line between drunken babbling and true revelation. However, very soon the sensation of the latter prevails, perhaps because everyone desires that fate-defining and enlightening conversation with God to be possible - whether in the chamber hall of the National Theatre or anywhere else... The splendid text by Thea Denoljubova was created especially for Hristo Mutafchiev with much love and enjoyment of the intellectual play, with which the author redefines numerous biblical concepts and events, giving them human dimensions. At the center of this cosmogony is the free human individual." - Irina Gigova, Sega.bg 

Thea Denoljubova graduated in Art Direction and Advertising from the European Institute of Design in Milan. Her poetry book Put Me on Pause (2010) won the "Petya Dubarova" poetry competition and was later published in Italian bookstores. Two years later, her novel Boyan was released and showcased in major cities, including Brussels, London, and Rome. She has been a speaker at TED conferences and also the recipient of various literary awards, including a nomination for the "Flight in Art" award from the Stoyan Kambarev Foundation and the Varna Award for outstanding achievements in poetic art. In November 2023, her debut theatrical production, Oh My God (Ivan Vazov National Theatre, directed by Stoyan Radev, a monodrama performed by Hristo Mutafchiev), premiered to critical acclaim. The play has been nominated for the 2024 Icarus Award for Playwriting, the 2024 ASKEER Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Drama, and received a special prize for new Bulgarian dramatic text at the 2024 Solo Act International Monodrama Festival. It also earned a dramaturgy award from the Drumevi Theatrical Festivities.

Duration: 1h 30 min, no intermission

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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