Zhivko Zhekov

Born on 22 July 1955 in the town of General Toshevo.

Graduate from Kr. Sarafov NATFA in Prof. Atanas Ilkov's class (1984). Working at Varna SPT since 1.08.1984.

Casting in: Booboo, Until the Third Roosters Crows, As Frenchmen Say, The Star Boy, Buratino, The Hedgehog Jojo, Cabaret, Master Hedgehog, A Tale of Truth and Non-Truth, The Most Beautiful War, Little Horse, Let's Meet, The Raven, The Long Nose Dwarf, Frackie the Penguin, Birds, Play of Lights and Shadows, The Dog That Could Not Bark, Cosse Bosse, Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs, The Mad Kite, The New Adventures of Booboo, Petya and the Wolf, Mary Poppins, The Hero Man and the Golden Apple, Aladdin, The Little Prince, A Tale of the Sleeping Kingdom, The Light Blue Peter , Folklore Fantasies, Understatement, The Wheat Bread, Storm, Greedy Goody Bear, Znaiko Know-all, Santa Claus` Assistant, Visit to Grandma Marta, Some Peculiarities of the…Puppet Theatre, The Princess and the Pig – tender, Christmas Stars, The Island of Songs etc.

Awards for acting mastery for his parts in As the Frenchmen Say and Star Boy at the 4th National Competition of Puppet Theatres (1985),  Puppeteer Award for  his part in The Crazy Kite (1997), collective Varna Prize for Folklore Fantasies (2002), collective awards abroad for Folklore Fantasies.