Jane keeps her world under control - strict routines, carefully crafted conversations, nothing left to chance. But when Ophelia appears - childlike, eerie, impossible - Jane’s fragile reality begins to crack. As her grip weakens, time fractures, roles blur, and the line between memory and illusion collapses. “Drowning Ophelia” dives into the brutal mechanics of trauma, which bypasses the conscious mind and embeds itself in the nervous system. We can rewrite memories, numb emotions, fake connections - but the body never lies. The nerves don’t forget. The skin keeps score. Our bodies remember.
A violent yet disarmingly authentic perspective on human frailty and how trauma defines our destiny.
Stage Design: Anastasia ‘Nana’ Dimitrova
Sound Design: Vera Arzumanyan
Lighting Design: Alex Iliev & Victoria Taneva
Music: Maria-Viktoria Mitova
Photography: Vera Arzumanyan, Alex Iliev & Monika Boyadzhieva
Videography: Niko Kodzhalidze & Alex Iliev
Costume Design: Anastasia ‘Nana’ Dimitrova
Design: Martin Milev
Artistic Advisor: Nedyalko Delchev
Producers: Christo Milev
Co-producers: DERIDA Dance Center
Cast: Neda Aleksov (Ophelia), Anastasia ‘Nana’ Dimitrova (Jane), Georgi Petkov (Adam), Stefan Gyurov (Edmund), Teona Sima (Voice / Samantha) The production contains references to childhood sexual abuse, incest, trauma, and mental health struggles
Duration: 1h 15min
Performance in English, with translation into Romanian
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