Awards
2013
IKAR Award for most successful management and marketing
2012
Varna Prize for the performance Outlook of a Stump and 60th Anniversary of the Foundation of Varna State Puppet Theatre
2011
IKAR Award for staging to Tedy Moskov for the performance Outlook of a Stump
15th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize The Golden Dolphin for an overall performance(section performances for adults) - for Outlook of a Stump
Prize for directing(section performances for adults) - to Tedy Moskov for the performance Outlook of a Stump
Prize for artistry (section performances for adults) - to the artistic team having realized the performance Outlook of a Stump
Scenography prize - to Svila Velichkova for the performance Outlook of a Stump
Best technical team prize – to SPT, Varna
2010
IKAR Award for most successful theatre season - 2009
2009
Varna Prize for the actor Boyan Stoyanov
2008
Varna Prize for the actress Diana Tsolevska
14th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
- Prize for development of the theatre's means of expression - for The Cave and the Shadows;
- Best technical team prize - for SPT - Varna
7th International Festival of Children's Theatres - Banja Luka 2008, RS
- Award for artistry to Emiliya Petkova and Evgeniya Vasileva in A Story About the Singing Three
- Award for directing to Slavcho Malenov for the performance A Story About the Singing Three
2007
5th International Puppet Theatre Festival for Adults Pierrot, Stara Zagora
Award for Experimental and New Forms for The Cave and the Shadows
Varna 2007 Award – collective,for the artistic team having realized the performance The Cave and the Shadows
8th International Festival of Performances for Children The Magic Curtain, Targovishte
Award for the acting ensemble for the performance Folklore Fantasies
2006
15th International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough, Plovdiv
Award for Thumbelina by the international jury for best vision of a children’s performance
2005
6th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Thumbelina
International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai, China
The big prize for the performance Thumbelina
13th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize The Golden Dolphin for an overall performance – for A Story About the Singing Tree;
Original music prize – to Vladimir Dzhambazov for the music in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Prize for directing – to Slavcho Malenov for the performance A Story About the Singing Tree
Scenography prizes – to Vasil Rokomanov for the décor in A Story About the Singing Tree and to Marieta Golomehova – for the puppets in the performance Thumbelina;
Male role prize – to Krasimir Dobrev for his role in A Story About the Singing Tree;
Female role prize – to Evgeniya Vasileva for her role in Thumbelina;
Best technical team prize – to SPT, Varna
2004
5th Asian International Puppet Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Best performance prize for Folklore Fantasies
2003
Puppet Festival, Tolosa, Spain
Audience’s prize for Folklore Fantasies
Pierrot IPF, Stara Zagora
Prize for Svila Velichkova’s scenography in Alice
2002
Varna Prize - collective
for the performance Folklore Fantasies
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for overall work in the field of puppet art
12th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin – Varna, Bulgaria
Special prize to the performance Hercules, script and direction by Sunny Suninski
2000
Varna Prize
to Zlati Zlatev for high creative achievements in the field of directing, for theatre management and for a very good organization and carrying out the IPF The Golden Dolphin
1999
Varna Prize
to the actor Sasho Alexandrov for overall performance and in occasion of his 50th anniversary.
11th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
Prize to Vera Stoykova for her role in Cosse Bosse, to Sunny Suninski for the production of Aladdin
1998
Festival of Chamber Performances, Vratsa
Staging prize to Sunny Suninski and female role prize to Diana Tsolevska in the performance Portraits;
Varna Prize - collective
for the production of the performance Portraits
1997
Puppeteer Prize
for the performance The Mad Kite:to Kiryakos Argiropulos for staging, to Petya Stoykova for scenography and for acting mastership to Vera Stoykova and Zhivko Zhekov
1996
10th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded for theatre company’s high professional overall performance
1995
Varna Prize – collective for theatre company’s overall performance
1994
Burborak Festival, Smolyan
Prize for the most vivid and unusual means of expression in the performance Birds.
5th International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Tehran, Iran.
The big prize The Golden Mask for Play of Lights and Shadows and Yellow Boy
1988
7th International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
Special Diploma for dramaturgy to Yordan Todorov (Pie the Parrot)
1985
4th National Competition of Puppet Theatres in Gabrovo
Acting awards to:Sasho Alexandrov, Ivan Petrov, Mariya Antonova and Zhivko Zhekov (As the Frenchmen Say); Second Award for directing to Venelin Kyossev, Second award for stage design to Maya Petrova, Second award for music to Dimitar Boyadzhiev, acting awards to Diana Valcheva and Zhivko Zhekov (Star Boy); Children’s Jury award.
First Award of the Ministry of Education
for very good and systematic collaboration with the schools in raising children’s aesthetic awareness.
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
to Diana Valcheva for best female part in Star Boy
1984
6th International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
Awards to the stage designer Angel Nedelchev and to the actor Venelin Kyossev (Motley World).
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Motley World.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to Petya Mandadzhiyska
1983
Week of Children’s Book and Arts
First award to Spring Carnival.
The Comedy Show Festival, Gabrovo
Award for the performance Toshko Africanski
1982
Varna Award to the actor Venelin Kyossev
1981
4th International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The big prize is awarded to the theatre company for the performance Booboo directed by Slavcho Malenov
1980
First Award of the Ministry of Education, the Komsomol and Bulgarian Actors' Union
to the performance Chimi
1979
3rd National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Directing awards to Zlati Zlatev (Love, Love...) and to Slavcho Malenov (Chimi), stage design award to architect Ivan Tsonev.Acting awards to:Todor Dimitrov, Dimitar Zhekov, Mariya Boyanova, Galya Peeva, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Konstantin Boyanov
1978
Varna Prize
3rd International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
The special award of the festival is awarded to the theatre company for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays, its contribution to the development in puppetry as well as for staging of Rumeto and the Old Lion and The Happiest Man. Directing award to Zlati Zlatev, stage design award to Ivan Tsonev. Acting awards to Dimitar Zhekov, Yolanta Raykova, Petya Mandadzhiyska and Todor Dimitrov.
1977
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour
for theatre’s 25th anniversary and for its overall contribution to Bulgarian culture.
PIF International Festival of Puppet Theatres, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
First Award to the performance Sleeping Beauty.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1976
Award of the Children Centre for Literature and Arts, Sofia
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
1975
Varna Prize
for the production of the performance The Golden Bird.
2nd International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian puppet plays.Awards to:the stage designer, architect Ivan Tsonev and the director Zlati Zlatev for the performance The Golden Bird, the director Evdalina Saradzhalieva and the stage designer Maya Petrova for the performance Your Little Star; the actors Todor Dimitrov, Tsvetana Neshkova and Georgi Kotsev.
Arts Award of the Komsomol, the governmental Committee of Culture and Ministry of Education
Award of the Bulgarian Actors’ Union
for a high standard of artistic achievements in The Golden Bird
1974
Varna Prize
for high artistic achievements in the performance Queen of Spades directed by Zlati Zlatev and of the actress Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess).
Honorary medal by the governmental Sports and Youth Committee for exceptional merits in the education of children and youth.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actress Sofia Nenova
1973
2nd National Competition of State Puppet Theatres
Awards to: the director Zlati Zlatev and the stage designer architect Ivan Tsonev (Queen of Spades), the stage designer Lyubomir Tsakev (The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like), the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (the Countess) and Nedka Pinteva (for supporting in the same part) in Queen of Spades, Tsvetana Neshkova (Vladko) and Todor Dimitrov (the Traffic Warden) in The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like.The Best Children’s Performance collective prize was awarded to the performance The Land Where You Could Do Whatever You Like.The technical staff of the theatre was also awarded a collective prize.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree
to the actress Yordanka Kovacheva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary and 25-year long career on stage
1972
Varna Prize
for high standard of artistic achievement in the show The Nightingale and the Rose after Oscar Wilde, directed by Zlati Zlatev, stage designer Nikolay Izvarin.
1st International Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A golden medal to the theatre for its sustained interest in Bulgarian plays and for the show Maximka. Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Lilyana Angelova and the actors Dimitar Zhekov (Chernyo Chernev) and Dimitar Serafimov (Dr. Dalgokrakov).
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 2nd degree
to the actress Avgustina Boeva in the occasion of her 50th anniversary.
The Order of Cyril and Methodius, 3rd degree
to the actresses Petya Mandadzhiyska and Vyara Popova
1970
Festival of Bulgarian Puppet Performance The Golden Dolphin
A gold medal to the performance The Merry Roosters.Individual awards to the director Zlati Zlatev, the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin and the actresses Sofia Nenova and Nedka Pinteva
1969
Puppet Theatre Festivities, Varna
Awards to the director Nikolina Georgieva and the stage designer Nikolay Izvarin (Miniatures), to the stage designer Danail Raykov (The Island of the Cannibals) and to the actors Petya Mandadzhiyska (Mitko from The Island of the Cannibals) and Zlati Zlatev (the Rabbit from Miniatures).