Vasiliya Drebova

Vasiliya Drebova graduated in Theater acting at New Bulgarian University and has been working as a freelance actress for the last 8 years. In 2014 she became part of VOX POPULI Documentary Theater Studio, where she fell in love with the verbatim technique.

Her interests and work are mainly in the field of documentary and movement theater, devising theater and performance. She has worked with the choreographers Stephanie Handzhiyska (“The Timestopper”; “Ion - a play for the adopted” - nominated for the ICAR 2017 award for Best Performance in the category of Contemporary Dance and Performance), Marion Darova (“Corpus meum”), as well as in movement and multi-genre projects led by the playwright Yassen Vassilev (Borgestriptych, Impossible Actions).

She took part in the documentary performances of Neda Sokolovska "Crime scene evidence", "This is where Bulgaria begins" (with an ASKEER 2016 nomination for "Best Performance"), "Underwater" - collaboration with the American company Built for collapse and co-directed by Sanaz Gadjarahimi, presented at a residence in New York at Laguardia Performing Arts Center in 2016, "Goodbye, Johann Rice", and the latest work of VOX POPULI the open-air theater installation "Exhibits". SHe also takes part in the documentary-sensory performance “LOW COST”, directed by Stephan Prohorov. She has led workshops for verbatim theater within the projects "Streams of Memory" (directed by Neda Sokolovska and Mielna Stanojevic) and "PRIDE" (directed by Konstanza Getsova). Invited by Nevena Grigorova from Jazztet Foundation, she directed and participated in the musical performance for children "Alice in Jazzland".

Her debut performance as an author and director "Common People" (2021) combines documentary and movement theater and explores the theme of success based on the stories of artists who drew back from their careers.