"I thank the Municipality of Vratsa and all those who made possible the realization of the festival," he added.

On the stage, the foreign groups were represented by Christian Itzo from Italy, who was also the head of the workshop during the forum. He is in Vratsa for the fourth time. In an emotional speech, the theater said that whenever he is here, he feels at home, and every time he returns to Vratsa he knows that he will meet many good old and new friends.

Bulgaria was represented on the stage by the director of the Julius Theater School Velislava Arnaudova, who is also an official observer.

"It is a great honor and pleasure for me to be a representative and observer on the Bulgarian side of this incredible festival. I am very glad to be here again. Chu again we have the opportunity to make this amazing theatrical holiday happen. For me, this is one of the best amateur theater festivals that ever happens, although I don't like that word. I think that everything happens extremely professionally. I hope we have fun. To be a celebration of beauty, art and youth, "she said.

"It is a great honor and pleasure for me to be a representative and observer on the Bulgarian side of this incredible festival. I am very glad to be here again. Chu again we have the opportunity to make this amazing theatrical holiday happen. For me , this is one of the best amateur theater festivals that ever happens, although I don't like that word. I think that everything happens extremely professionally. I hope we have fun. To be a celebration of beauty, art and youth, "she said.

The first festival performance was the fiery play "The Fire Creator Dionysius", which the theater group TEMP, directed by Georgi Vrabchev, played in front of the proud silent gaze of Hristo Botev.

The program of the festival of the youth amateur theater in Vratsa includes performances by groups from Belarus, Georgia, Iran, Italy, Romania, Poland, Ukraine and Bulgaria. On the Bulgarian side, formations from Burgas, Pernik, Ruse, Sofia and Vratsa will be presented.

Performances based on works by Bulgakov, Chekhov, Gogol, Giuliano Scabia, Guy de Maupassant, Stefan Tsanev and others will be presented to the theatrical audience in Vratsa.