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INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

ALTER EGO 2022

INFO KIT FOR PARTICIPANTS

DATES: 01.09.2022 - 31.10.2022�SOFIA, BULGARIA

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5TH OF AUGUST

FOLLOW THE FESTIVAL: https://www.facebook.com/theatreforumalter

“EUPHORIA” HOYOUNG IM, KOREA

“CONTINUUM”, THEATRE S, POLAND

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ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Alter Ego Theatre Festival is one of the biggest alternative festivals in Sofia, Bulgaria - a place that gathers artists, dancers, theatre directors, and critics from all over the world.

We invite volunteers who will work in the organization of the festival with the following profiles:

  • ARTIST (actors, musicians, theatre directors, stage designers);
  • COORDINATOR (translation, logistic, organization)
  • TECHNICAL SUPPORT (cameraman; sound engineer; online streaming, editing)
  • MARKETING AND ADVERTISING (public relations, copywriter and graphic designer).

During the festival all participants will take part in many cultural activities such as para-theatrical games, performances, online streaming, workshops, integration activities, and discussions.

APPLY: https://forms.gle/RyEta9EDotScp66FA

“FREAKS”, PAUL KEATON, FRANCE

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FINANCIAL CONDITIONS:

Transport, accommodation, food and pocket money are covered by the organization.

Please provide us with the travel plan and preferences of participant involvement no later than 2 weeks prior to the project!

Arrival: 01.09.2022�

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TRANSPORT

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

Contribution to the travel costs of participants from their place of origin to the venue of the activity and return.

In addition, if applicable, travel costs for Advance Planning Visits.

LOCAL TRANSPORT:

  • bikes;
  • public buses;
  • scooters.

WE ARE SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT!

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TRANSPORT

COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT

Travel expenses will be covered after collecting all the travel documents in good condition. Participants have to use the most sustainable ways of transportation and submit the ORIGINAL INVOICES for plane tickets, BOARDING PASSES, and train and bus TICKETS.

Private cars, taxis, and first-class tickets will not be reimbursed.

Reimbursements will be done in Euros, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and receipt/invoice.

NOTE !!! Make copies (better to scan or take photographs) of your tickets and invoices before coming to Bulgaria and send us all your travel documents to this email address: theatrestudio.4xC@gmail.com, as soon as you buy them.

If you buy any ticket or any travel cost without authorization from the organization, it will not be refunded.

For reimbursement of the money, you have to bring us:

• Official Invoices �• E-tickets�• Proof of payment (if you pay in cash you have to bring us the receipt, but if you pay online you have to bring us the bank statement)� • Original boarding passes

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ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is organised and covered by the organisation.

WHAT TO BRING:

  • warm clothes and shoes, umbrella or raincoat;
  • comfortable shoes and clothes for workshops, exercises and outdoor activities;
  • formal wear for the official opening and closing ceremony of the festival;
  • towel and cosmetics;
  • small amounts of traditional food and drinks, so you will feel cozy if you feel nostalgic for home <3

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FOOD

On weekdays, meals will take place in the restaurant of Sofia University with a system of vouchers. Each participant will receive their vouchers for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the beginning of the week.

On weekends and free days, participants will receive vouchers for shopping in food stores.

Please, send your dietary preferences

by email:

theatrestudio.4xc@gmail.com

two weeks before the start of the project.

WEEKLY FOOD TIMETABLE

BREAKFAST 09-10:00

LUNCH 13-14:00

DINNER 18-19:00

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MEDICAL INSURANCE

Please note that you need to be in possession of valid EHIC card before arriving to your host country

You may be obliged to register to the national health system (if you are not from any European union country)

Primary cover You will be enrolled as a primary insured plan member:

a) When your home and/or hosting country is outside of the EU;

b) When you are not entitled for cover under your national social security scheme;

c) When you are not entitled to a free of charge EHIC card. If you are a primary insured plan member, Cigna will reimburse your eligible expenses as from the first Euro. What if I’m not eligible for an EHIC card? Please verify whether you are eligible for a free of charge EHIC card before you leave for your mobility. In case you are not eligible for a free EHIC card (e.g. because of your age), please contact clientservice2@cigna.com. Upon receipt of a formal written communication from your social security office / national system stating the reason why you are not eligible for an EHIC card, your category will be changed from complementary to primary

Your e-membership card Download your e-membership card from your personal webpages or the online app and keep it close to hand as it’s the key to contacting Cigna.

Your e-membership card is not a proof of cover. If you need proof of insurance before the start of your cover period (e.g. visa requirement), please contact clientservice2@cigna.com.

You can download the app for free from the Apple App Store℠ for iOS and from

Google Play™ for Android.

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WORKING SPACE

ADDRESS: Theatre-laboratory Alma Alter, Tzar Osvoboditel 15, Sofia University

Transport:

  • Metro Line: M1, M3, M4
  • Bus: 280, 94, 204, 213, 84
  • Trolleybus: 1, 2, 4, 11, 9

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LEISURE TIME

Sofia is a young and modern city, full of life. We would like to share with you some of our favourite places to spend our leisure time.

SUPA STAR is the first soup bar in Bulgaria that opened back in 2009. It represents a new concept of a fast food place which offers a variety of home made soups to go or stay.

8 Tsar Ivan Shishman Str.

MADE IN BLUE is a conceptual restaurant. They use fresh & seasonal ingredients and prepare their food from scratch. A place for people who love melancholy art & the blue house is full of it.

6 Yuri Venelin Str

BAR PETAK (“FRIDAY”) a.k.a. everyone’s favorite “bar of the week’ is situated in a hidden place in the heart of the city. Outside area, large party-hard ground floor, and a smaller chill zone on the second floor – this is where you could meet the coolest people in town from Monday till Sunday.

21 Gurko Str

CINEMA OUTSIDE THE BOX SPORT ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY PERFORMING ARTS

DOM NA KINOTO

www.domnakinoto.com

ODEON

http://bnf.bg/bg/odeon/program

G8 CINEMA

https://g8cinema.com

SPORT PALACE

For swimming lovers, indoor pool.

VASIL LEVSKI STADIUM

Boxing, dancing, gimnastic, crossfit classes.

BORISOVA GARDEN

Running, walking, cycling.

* All the locations are walking distance from the theatre

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

https://photosynthesis.bg/

SOFIA CITY ART GALLERY

https://sghg.bg/

GOETHE INSTITUTE

https://www.goethe.de/ins/bg/bg/index.html

IVO DIMCHEV

https://ivodimchev.com/

ANTISTATIC

https://antistaticfestival.org

ATOM THEATRE

https://atomtheatre.info/

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CONTACTS

NIKOLAY GEORGIEV

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Nikolay Georgiev is our teacher. He created the beginning of the Bulgarian avant-garde theatre. He is the founder of 4xC Theater-Studio and Theatre-Laboratory Alma Alter. He is the Art Director of The International Theatre Festival “Alter Ego” and the Chairman of the international jury.

We call him ‘Gospodine’.

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E-MAIL: theatrestudio.4xC@gmail.com