Satirical Theatre


The Aleko Konstantinov State Satirical Theatre, commonly known as the Satirical Theatre, is a theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria, located on Georgi Rakovski Street, known as "Sofia Broadway". It was established in 1957 and named after writer Aleko Konstantinov, author of the satirical series Bay Ganyo. From 1974, the theatre put on a very successful production of Stanislav Stratiev's The Roman Bath, which was put on for more than ten years. In 2005 the theatre put on a production of Ana Vaseva's D.L..

Performance style

Satire is a performance style that uses comic exaggeration to ridicule human institutions, behaviour among other things Irony, parody and caricature are often used. Satirical theatre is often performed with the intentions of causing change as a sort of peaceful protest, however these plays are often mocking and use ridicule.