Detelin Kandev

Detelin Kandev graduated from the Second Secondary School “Vasil Drumev” in Veliko Tarnovo. His interest in the stage emerged during his school years, when he actively participated in poetry recitals and won a national award for artistic performance.

His professional theatre career began in 1981. After studying at the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts “Krastyo Sarafov” (VITIZ) in Sofia, he graduated with a degree in Acting from the class of Professor Anastas Mihaylov.

Throughout his long professional career, he has been a member of the acting companies of numerous Bulgarian theatres, including those in Razgrad, Targovishte, Gabrovo, Lovech, Pleven and Montana. He has worked with some of the most prominent figures in Bulgarian theatre directing, including Professor Nadezhda Seykova, Professor Krikor Azaryan, Dimitar Gochev, Lyudmil Staykov, Yulia Ognyanova, Georgi Stoychev, Dimo Deshev, Asen Shopov and Professor Anastas Mihaylov, among others.

His artistic career includes more than 80 theatre roles, as well as numerous appearances in film and television. He has acted in over 20 film and television productions, including Time of Parting, Wolf Hunt, Undercover, The English Neighbour and The Glass River.

One of his most notable stage performances is the one-man show The Sinful Love of the Icon Painter Zahari, which he has performed 95 times at venues throughout Bulgaria, in Thessaloniki and in the Western Outlands.

Since 2013, he has been a member of the acting company of the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov” in Veliko Tarnovo.

Performances at the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov”:

• Svako Panto in The Minister’s Wife by Branislav Nušić
• Penichek in Countess Maritza
• Bubev in The Millionaire by Yordan Yovkov
• Stamat in A Church for Wolves
• Guncho Mitin in Albena
• Fille in Karlsson-on-the-Roof
• Mishka in The Csárdás Princess
• Asen I in The Glory of the Asen Dynasty
• Damis in Tartuffe
• Makedonski in The Emigrants, based on the works of Ivan Vazov
• The Sinful Love of the Icon Painter Zahari – one-man show
• Stambolov in The Poet’s Ghost by Stefan Tsanev
• Tamburkov in The Fortune-Teller by St. L. Kostov
• Yoakim in John, Son of Asen by Ivan Mitev
• Yordan Geraka in The Geraks, based on the work by Elin Pelin
• Neno the Senegalese in We Are Not Like Them, based on the works of Chudomir
• Vichev in Grasshoppers by St. L. Kostov
• Dr. Morandi in The Servant of Two Masters, based on the play by Carlo Goldoni
• The Orderly in The Peach Thief, based on the work by Emiliyan Stanev
• Mayor Neno in The Resort, based on the works of Chudomir
• Bai Ganyo in Europe
• The Thessaloniki Conspirators
• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Detelin Kandev has also portrayed a number of historical figures in performances and historical reenactments at iconic sites in Veliko Tarnovo, including Tsarevets Fortress, Trapezitsa Railway Station and the Konak. The historical figures he has brought to life include Tsar Kaloyan, Tsar Ivan Alexander, Tsar Asen, Ivan Slaveykov and Antim I.