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
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:
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
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�
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:
WE ARE SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT!
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
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is organised and covered by the organisation.
WHAT TO BRING:
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
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.
WORKING SPACE
ADDRESS: Theatre-laboratory Alma Alter, Tzar Osvoboditel 15, Sofia University
Transport:
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
For swimming lovers, indoor pool.
Boxing, dancing, gimnastic, crossfit classes.
Running, walking, cycling.
* All the locations are walking distance from the theatre
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
SOFIA CITY ART GALLERY
GOETHE INSTITUTE
https://www.goethe.de/ins/bg/bg/index.html
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’.