The Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre ( bg, Драматичен театър ”Стоян Бъчваров”, ''Dramatichen teatar ”Stoyan Bachvarov”'') is a

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Varna, Bulgaria Varna ( bg, Варна, ) is the third-largest city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region. Situated strategically in the Gulf of Varna, the city has been a m ...

, founded in 1921 as the Municipal Professional Theatre. It occupies a historic building in the centre of the city designed by

Nikola Lazarov Nikola Ivanov Lazarov ( bg, Никола Иванов Лазаров) (1 April 1870 – 14 June 1942) was a Bulgarian architect. Lazarov was born in the sub-Balkan town of Karlovo, then part of the Ottoman Empire (today in central Bulgaria). His ...

and built between 26 March 1912 and 5 June 1932. The building was finished by the architects Dabko Dabkov and Jelyazko Bogdanov. It is named after the prominent theatre actor

Stoyan Bachvarov Stoyan ( Bulgarian): Стоян is a Bulgarian name derived from the verb ''Stoya'' (Стоя, to stand). The variant Stoian also appears in Romanian, and in northern Greece as Stogiannis (Greek: Στογιάννης). Given name *Stoyan Stoyano ...

. The theatre has a main auditorium, a branch stage and a small auditorium.

External links

Official website
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