Born on 5 September 1932 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Graduated the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA), Sofia in 1955, specialty theatre directing under Professor Boyan Danovski. He postgraduated at the Vakhtangov Theatre under Evgeny Simonov and at the Moscow Satire Theatre under Valentin Pluchek in Moscow.
He has staged more than 100 plays by Bulgarian and foreign playwrights on the stages of the drama theatres in Varna, Ruse, Shumen, Sofia, Moscow, Silistra, Pazardzhik. He is a spouse of the artist Daria Vassilyanska.
Career
1955–1959 - stage director at the Vasil Drumev Dramatic Theatre in Shumen
1959–1962 - stage director at the Sava Ognianov Dramatic Theatre in Ruse
1962–1992 - stage director, artistic director of the Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre in Varna
Performances
The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1955–56
Le Baruffe Chiozzotte /The Chioggia Scuffles/, Carlo Goldoni, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1956
Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1958
Buonanotte Patrizia, Aldo De Benedetti, Drama Theatre, Shumen, 1958
The General and the Mad, Angel Vagenshtain, Drama Theatre, Ruse, 1961
De Pretore Vincenzo, Eduardo De Filippo, Drama Theatre, Ruse, 1959
Duel, Ivan Vazov, Drama Theatre Varna, 1962–63
Around the World in Eighty Days, Pavel Kohout, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1965–66
The Investigation /Die Ermittlung/, Peter Weiss, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1966–67
As You Like It, William Shakespeare, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1972–73
January Yordan Radichkov, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1974–75
The Roman Bath Stanislav Stratiev, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1974–75
The Good Soldier Švejk, Jaroslav Hašek, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1975–76
The Suede Jacket, Stanislav Stratiev, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow, 1977
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1978–79
The Suede Jacket, Stanislav Stratiev, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1978–79
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, after Ken Kesey, stage adaptation Dale Wasserman, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1979–80
Little Comedies, after Anton Chekhov /A Marriage Proposal, On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, Jubilee, A Swan Song/, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1979–80
Archangels Don’t Play Pinball, Dario Fo, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1981
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1981–82
The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1986–87
All House, Bed and Church, Dario Fo, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1986–87
The Holy Family, György Schwajda, 1988–89
The Last Tape /Krapp's Last Tape/, Samuel Beckett, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1991–92
The Basement, Murray Schisgal, State Puppet Theatre Varna, 1993
Nora /A Doll's House /, Henrik Ibsen, Art Club Sezam, Varna, 1995
A Miracle, Ivan Radoev, Drama Theatre, Pazardzhik, 1995
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee, Drama Theatre, Varna, 1996–97
L’enseineur ou Une ombre au tableau, Jean-Pierre Dopagne, Drama Theatre, Varna, 2003
