All Involved

Title: All Involved

Genre: Tragicomedy

Director: Vladislav Stoimenov

Text: Kristina Clemente and Marc Angelett

Translation: Neva Micheva

Composer: Kalin Nikolov

Scenography and costumes: Vanina Tsandeva

Starring: Silvia Petkova, Maya Tinkova, Martin Rakov, and Alexander Evgeniev

Producers: Production House "Thunder and Crash"

"All Involved" is a tragicomedy that is being staged for the first time on a Bulgarian stage. Based on a Catalan text, translated by Neva Micheva, the performance takes us to a seemingly unexpected place for drama – a bakery.

At the center of the action stands the charismatic and provocative baker Toni Roca, around whom three completely strangers gather. They come to knead bread, but gradually it becomes clear that they are involved in a process that far exceeds the culinary. As the dough rises, fears, desires, and hidden motives begin to surface among them.

Kneading bread becomes a symbol of the human need for meaning, belonging, and faith – in authority, in method, in each other. The words start as an everyday conversation but gradually reveal the cracks beneath the surface until the truths come to light.

The finale gathers in one place the illusions and disappointments of the characters, leaving the audience alone with the feeling that nothing happens by chance – even when we believe we are just making bread.