Deyan Donkov

About

He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov" in 1997 in the class of Prof. Krikor Azaryan. He made his debut in the role of Solony in "Three Sisters" by A.P. Chekhov at the "Sofia" Theatre. He has performed on the stages of the Small City Theatre "Zad Kanala", the Theatrical Workshop "Sfumato", the "Vazrazhdane" Theatre, the "Tears and Laughter" Theatre, and the State Satirical Theatre in productions including: "The Useless Efforts of Love" by William Shakespeare, "Love in Madagascar" by Peter Turini, "A Love of Juan" based on Dostoevsky and Pushkin, "Dangerous Liaisons" by Choderlos de Laclos, "The Brothers Karamazov" based on Dostoevsky, "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, and "Platonov" by A.P. Chekhov. He has significant and successful roles on the stage of the "Bulgarian Army" Theatre in "Suburbia" by Eric Boghosian, "Barrel of Gunpowder" by Deyan Dukovski, "It's All About Fleas" by Boyan Papazov, "Troilus and Cressida" by William Shakespeare, and "Meteor" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Since 2003, he has been part of the troupe of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", where his more significant roles include: Belyaev in "A Month in the Country" by Ivan Turgenev, Othello in "Othello" and Kent in "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, Don Juan in the eponymous play by Molière, the Bogomil in "Beethoven 21" by Konstantin Iliev, Ivanov in "Ivanov" and Lopakhin in "The Cherry Orchard" by A.P. Chekhov, Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand, Jean in "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg, Boril in "The Trial of the Bogomils" by Stefan Tsanev, Hector Husseybay in "Heartbreak House" by Bernard Shaw, McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, Caligula in "Caligula" by Albert Camus, Richard in "The Lover" by Harold Pinter, and Dmitry Karamazov in "The Brothers Karamazov". He is the recipient of numerous awards, including: ASKEER 2011 for the role of Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac"; ASKEER 2010 for the role of Lopakhin in "The Cherry Orchard"; ASKEER 2007 for Best Male Role for Don Juan in the eponymous play by Molière, directed by Alexander Morfov; ASKEER 2004 for Supporting Role for Belyaev in "A Month in the Country"; IKAR 2003 for Best Male Role for Platonov; IKAR 2001 for Male Role for Lazar in "It's All About Fleas"; and ASKEER 1999 for Rising Star for Valmont in "Dangerous Liaisons". He has a nomination for the IKAR 2023 award for Leading Male Role for the role of Orpheus in the play "Orpheus" by Jernej Lorenzi. This season on the stage of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", you can see Deyan Donkov in the plays "The Glemba Family", "The Last Hour of Marilyn Monroe", "Hedda Gabler", "Caligula", "Orpheus", and "The Bell".

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