Storytelling

Stories in Free Fall


Part of Thistles and Sunflowers Festival 2022

Join performance artist, writer and social justice activist Maria Kassimova-Moisset for her first appearance on a Scottish stage bringing her improvised storytelling show Stories in Free Fall direct from the stage of the Bulgarian National Comedy Theatre. Expect stories of people and places, love and loss, old friends and new encounters, resilience and hope, buckets of laughter and tissues on the ready.

“There are no lines learnt by heart in this performance. There are only free-falling stories. Tales in complete free fall with no script at all. No other performance is the same. Each offers one of a kind experience which can catch us unaware, even myself. Why do I perform Stories in Free Fall? Well, because life is too short and there is no point in delaying anything that concerns us deeply. Because, once upon a time, some 34 years ago, on a hot summer day, the 16 year old me stood on the stage of the Bulgarian National Comedy Theatre, feeling the aura of my father, the great comedian Hindo Kassimov, who had just passed away, and promised to myself to take up acting one day. Because I love words. I love hearing them, collecting them, writing them, and connecting them into stories to be told over and over again. Because…well, why not?” - Maria Kassimova–Moisset

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Please note that this performance is in Bulgarian with no translation.


Stories in Free Fall is curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Daniela Dimova-Yaneva as a partnership between Bulgarian Cultural and Educational Centre Scotland, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Bulgarian Cultural Institute London and Tippermuir Books.

Part of Year of Stories 2022, Thistles and Sunflowers Festival is running 18 May - 5 June 2022 at Scottish Storytelling Centre – a spotlight on stories and artists from the lands of thistles and sunflowers. An initiative of Bulgarian Cultural and Educational Centre Scotland, Thistles and Sunflowers is curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Daniela Dimova-Yaneva and supported by the City of Edinburgh Council Flexible Fund, as well as Tasgadh Fund for Traditional Arts devolved from Creative Scotland and managed by Fèisean nan Gàidheal.


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Tickets are on a Pay What You Can scale (suggested amount is £5). This event is being sold at full capacity without social distancing. Audiences are kindly requested to wear masks at all times, unless exempt.


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