Yuri Dachev .....Born 11 January 1963, Shumen, Bulgaria
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986 ........MA in Theatre and Drama Studies, Higher Institute of Theatre 1986 ........and Cinema, Sofia, Bulgaria

1988-90....Specialist in DG "Theatre", Committee for Culture"

1990-92 ...Specialist in the Theatre Department of the Ministry of Culture"

1988-93... Theatre critic, Editor, Journalist for different national dailies
1986 ........and weeklies ("1000 Dni",."Express",
"Standard", etc.),
1986 ........Bulgarian National
Radio and Bulgarian National TV

1993-94 ...Research Fellow, University of Florence, Italy Fields of Research:History of Theatre,History of 1993-94 ...the Performance, Theatre Critics

1994-99... Lectured Theatre Critics at the National Academy of Theatre and Cinema, Sofia, and History of 1993-94 ...Drama
and Theatre at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia

1994........ Wrote his first play "Righteous Take No Friday Breakfast"

since 1994 Repertory Director and Drama Consultant at the Little City Theatre "Off the Channel"

1996........ Wrote the play "Dog House" 1997 Tour of "Dog House" in Israel

1997........ Published the book "Hero of the Square", biography of the actress Stoyanka Mutafova

1997 ........Radio play "Weep Hall", broadcast on Bulgarian National Radio

1998-99....Member of the National Theatre Council, appointed by the Minister of Culture

1998........ Represented Bulgaria at the Congress of Playwrights from South-Eastern Europe, Nafplion, 1993-94 ...Greece

1998 ........Godfather for Bulgaria for the Bonner Biennale

1998         Script author for the Bulgarian National TV weekly broadcast "Eight and A Half" dedicated to 1993-94 ...the history and development of Bulgarian cinema

1999 ........Participated in the International Residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, UK

1999........ Author of the script of the film "Casual Cups", selection of the film for the Short Films Festival, 1993-94 ...Lille, France 1999 Wrote the play "Yesterday Kisses", produced in four Bulgarian theatres

2000-01  . Appointed Deputy Minister of Culture (in charge of Theatre, Cinema, Music and Dance)

2000-01    Participated in the European Meeting of the Funding Bodies for the Performing Arts, Lisbon, 1993-94 ...Portugal

2000 ........Godfather for Bulgaria for the Bonner Biennal

AWARDS

1993........ Best Theatre Critic for the 92/93 theatre season

1994........ Award of the Ministry of Culture at a national competition for the production of the play
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"Righteous Take No Friday Breakfast", Vratza Drama Theatre, Bulgaria

1996........ Best Play Award of the Union of Actors in Bulgaria for "Dog House"

1999........ Playwrighting award for "Yesterday Kisses" of Drumev Theatre Days "New Bulgarian Drama"

PLAYS

1994.........Righteous Take No Friday Breakfast

1996........ Dog House
1997........ Weep Hall

1999........ Yesterday Kisses
(coming
soon)