With the musical-poetic spectacle “After Freedom,” Burgas will celebrate 150 years since the April Uprising. The event will take place on April 30th at 7:00 PM in the hall of the Drama Theatre “Adriana Budevska.”

The spectacle uses texts by Ivan Vazov, Hristo Botev, Geo Milev, Peyo Yavorov, Dimcho Debelyanov, Nikola Vaptsarov, Elisaveta Bagryana, Radoy Ralin, Dimitar Bezhanyski, and Georgi Gospodinov. The director is Teodor Karakachanov. The actors participating are Teodor Karakachanov, Velina Georgieva, Georg Kiryakov, Hristo Tenchev, Ivan Goranov, musician - Deyan Krushovski, and the poems will be recreated with dance movements performed by Valeria Obretenova. The multimedia, which will complement the overall concept of the event, is the work of Dimitar Dimitrov – Animiter.

“After Freedom” is a collage about memory and choice - a space where the voices of the past meet the person today. This is not a story about the won freedom. This is an attempt to understand how one lives with it. Freedom is not just a historical act. It is a process that continues - quietly, daily, within the person.

Once it was clearly defined - enemy, struggle, risk. Today it often hides in more inconspicuous choices. In whether you will speak. Whether you will take responsibility. Whether you will stay awake. The spectacle traces a tension - between action and habit, between voice and noise, between shadow and image. In a world of constant connectivity and a constant flow of information, freedom does not disappear, but it can easily be drowned out. Not through prohibitions, but through distraction. Not through force, but through convenience. And somewhere in this noise, another voice begins to appear. Calm. Confident. Ordered. Mechanical. A voice that begins to speak for us. To shape our thoughts. To offer our words. And then the question becomes quieter, but more difficult: do we still choose ourselves, or do we simply recognize the choices that have already been made for us?

The event is supported by the “Culture” fund of Burgas Municipality and is held with free admission.