Current Projects
Живо Тесто (Live Dough) is a durational, site-specific documentary performance set in a banitsa shop. Audiences listen to real interviews, poetry, and soundscapes through headphones while performers inhabit the space, exploring what these bustling day-and-night gathering places reveal about our contemporary city and country today.
Laboratories of Return is a series of interdisciplinary workshops for Bulgarians who have lived abroad and returned. More than just a creative meetup, these sessions are part of an R&D (Research & Development) phase for a new documentary-style devised performance exploring the dynamics of returning in Bulgaria.
Becoming British is a six-hour durational performance exploring migration, identity, and the cost of belonging. Through task-based actions performed by five migrant performers, it invites audiences to witness the emotional and bureaucratic labour behind “fitting in” and to reflect on what it truly means to “become British”.
НОЩНИ ПЕПЕРУДИ (Night Butterflies)
Нощни Пеперуди (Night Butterflies) is a verbatim performance created from the real-life testimonies of women working in the Bulgarian sex industry. Moving between the personal and the political, the show brings "invisible" stories to the stage to challenge stigma and systemic neglect. As Assistant Director, I supported the transition from research to performance and worked with the team to ensure the smooth running of our run at Toplocentrala.
.TOFU is an immersive creative research and performance project exploring food, migration, and racial justice through one of Asia’s most iconic ingredients. Developed by first-generation migrant artists using real conversations with British East and Southeast Asian communities, the Arts Council-supported work-in-progress debuts at Sheffield Theatres’ Open Works Festival in 2026.
A performance and visual art project exploring the hidden boundaries between neighbouring communities. Co-created with artist Uzma Rani and rooted in academic research, Blurring the Edges invites audiences to reflect on identity, difference, and connection—through sound, conversation, and immersive art.
Becoming [...] Concept Touring
Becoming […] is a series of co-created, site-specific residencies exploring identity and belonging through the voices of local first-generation migrants. From immersive gatherings to protest performances, each chapter - across the UK, Germany, Romania, and the Czech Republic – responded to its local context. Supported by Perform Europe in 2022, the series reimagined touring as locally relevant, rooted, collaborative, and politically engaged.
If you are interested in having Becoming [...] run at your venue, or programme the Becoming British exhibit at your space please email producer@lorakrasteva.com
Esen (working title) is a performance project inspired by traditional Bulgarian food preservation and seasonal rituals. Through shared cooking, memory, and storytelling, the work invites audiences to slow down and reconnect with their roots and those around them.
