Theatre Laboratory Sfumato

Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev (to the right) in Odessa. Photo: Chris Torch

Sfumato was created in 1989 by Bulgarian theatre directors Ivan Dobchev and Margarita Mladenova, right after the fall of the communist regime in Eastern Europe. They defined it as a territory for theatrical research.

Process and long term rehearsals are at the centre of their method and the creative process approaches the poetics of a text or an author through a series of performances.

Theatre Laboratory Sfumato was one of the co-organisers of Black/North SEAS. Read more about their role as organisers.