Last Step

The members of a scattered family gather again on the border between life and death, at the limit between reality and dreaming, to tell each other everything that has been kept silent over the years. And to try to receive and give forgiveness. Now for the first time they voice painful secrets, cruel truths, bleeding memories. They all belong to the breed of survivors. They have found a way to get up and continue after the brutal twists of life that have left them with scars until their graves. But it is time for reckoning. And they once again go through their darkest sins, through unfulfilled loves and unhealed emotional wounds in the hope of finding HOPE. The play is based on the debut novel "Last Step" by Yordan Slaveykov, which has been reissued several times, published by IC "Zhanet 45". It was awarded the "Silver Pegasus" for best novel in the prose category at the "Southern Spring" competition in Haskovo, 2016, as well as the "Pencho's Oak" award, presented by Prof. Svetlozar Igov. It was also nominated for the Literary Club "The Pen" award at NDK. In 2025, "Last Step" is scheduled to be published in German by Mauke Publishing House and in Spanish by La tortuga Bülgara. Yordan Slaveykov is represented by Sofia Literary Agency. Yordan Slaveykov is a Bulgarian actor, director, writer, and pedagogue. He graduated in theater directing from NATFIZ in 2006 in the class of Professor Krikor Azaryan. He specialized in acting in Moscow at the International Summer Theater School in 2008. He is co-author and co-director, together with Dimitar Kasabov, of the play "The Spider," for which he was nominated for an "Askeer" award for dramaturgy. His monodrama "Victoria" has been translated into Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, and English. "Victoria" was staged in the Republic of North Macedonia in 2021. He is the director of the Bulgarian production based on the play and was awarded the directing prize at the 'International Festival of Monospectacles SoloAct 2024, Gabrovo. The play has a nomination for the IKAR award in the "Dramaturgical Text" category. He is the director of the documentary production "Embryos" (I AM STUDIO), which is based on his idea and text. Among his other productions are "Oscar and the Pink Lady" (DKT Vratsa), "The Glass Menagerie," and "Constellations" (TR Sfumato), "Prashka" (I AM STUDIO), etc. He has staged productions in Ukraine and Belarus. The play is not suitable for persons under 16 years of age and is not recommended for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy. IKAR Award 2026 for Supporting Male Role to VESELIN MEZEKLIEV Nomination for IKAR Award 2026 for Supporting Female Role to VERA TABAKOVA Nomination for IKAR Award 2026 for Dramaturgical Text to YORDAN SLAVEYKOV