• The 31st edition of the Romanian National Theatre Festival

    The 31st edition of the Romanian National Theatre Festival will take place between November 6-14 2021, online, due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Critics Oana Cristea Grigorescu, Cristina Rusiecki and Claudiu Groza, selectors and artistic directors of the present edition have announced the performances that will be presented at NTF 2021.

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November 06-14, 2021

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NTF 31

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NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL

31th edition, November 06-14, 2021

The Star with No Name

10 nov, Classical. Recreated|

10 November | 21:00 - www.fnt.ro The show has been available for viewing from Wednesday, November 10, from 21.00, until Friday, November 12, at 21.00. To activate the English translation, press the CC button at the bottom of the video. In a small countryside town, in a train station where no high-speed trains stop, the gentle life of the inhabitants is ransacked by the arrival of a star „from the big world”. A stranger with no train ticket or documents, a fugitive from the casino, she brings with her the subtle and dangerous sent of the fun rich people enjoy. In the arms of a shy astronomy professor, Mona discovers the great love. The real love. The cosmic love. And a star gets its name! VIEW ONLINE (48 HRS) [same_day_events_link] Author: Mihail Sebastian Cast: Mona (The mysterious girl): Narcisa Novac Professor Marin Miroiu: Nicholas Cațianis jr. Radu Udrea: Dan Moldoveanu Miss Cucu: Monica Ivașcu Ispas: Marcel Turcoianu Grig: Adrian Ștefan Student Zamfirescu: Blanca Doba Mrs. Pascu: Elena Andron Ichim: Ciprian Chiricheș Direction: Cristian Ban Set and costumes design: Cristina Milea Set assistants: [...]

The Merchant of Venice

9 nov, IN MEMORIAM ION CARAMITRU|

9 November| 20:00 - www.fnt.ro The performance has been available for single viewing on Tuesday, November 9th, between 20:00 - 22:30. VIEW ONLINE [same_day_events_link] Author: William Shakespeare Traslation by Dragoș Protopopescu Cast: Ion Caramitru, Richard Bovnoczki, Ada Galeș, Alexandru Potocean, Cosmina Olariu, Silviu Mircescu, Flavia Giurgiu, Ciprian Nicula, Emilian Mârnea, Mihai Calotă, Petre Ancuța, Florin Călbăjos, Mihai Munteniţă, Ștefania Cîrcu, Shahbazimoghadam Mohammad Jawad, Dragoş Dumitru Extras: Aurelian Ungurianu/Silviu Negulete Direction, stage version and musical background: Alexander Morfov Set design: Gabi Albu Costumes: Liliana Cenean Choreography: Inga Krasovska Light design: Chris Jaeger Technical direction: Silviu Negulete Producer: I. L. Caragiale Theatre in Bucharest, 2019 Duration: 2 hrs 30 min The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, in which the love story of Bassanio (the man who lost his fortune and had to borrow money to marry the woman he loved) blends with the even more dramatic story of the Jewish loan shark Shylock, who wants to get a pound of the flesh of Antonio, a merchant from Venice. In this performance produced by the National Threatre in Bucharest, drama and comedy, farce and romantic predicaments intertwine in overwhelming moral dimensions, with an impressive cast, Ion Caramitru as Shylock, and a set [...]

The Multimedia Dictionary of Romanian Theatre

7 nov, Live Events, Instalații vizuale|

7 November | 19:00 - Odeon Theatre An archive website. A multimedia portal about the history of the Romanian theatre movement [same_day_events_link] Concept by Cristina Modreanu Video production: Direction: Carmen Lidia Vidu Animation: Cristina Baciu Producer: Romanian Association for Performing Arts (ARPAS), in partnership with Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj and the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș With the support of Goethe Institute Bucharest Co-financed by AFCN Duration: 1 hr The Multimedia Dictionary of Romanian Theatre is a digital platform created to provide new professional content but also to coagulate the available online information about legendary artists and cult performances of Romanian theatres. MDRT offers quality time for an an extremely diverse audience like researchers, human studies specialists but also theatre afficionados of all ages – all will find here links to video and radio performances, vintage photos from famous performances, scanned documents from public and private archives. The profiles of artists and performances have been put together by a complex team of over 50, including theatre specialists who wrote presentation articles from a contemporary perspective, and students of theatre universities who searched for [...]

Educational Theatre– Practici. Reflections. Extensions

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coordinators Mihaela Michailov and Radu Apostol Casa de pariuri literare Publishing House, 2021 Price: free The book can be ordered free of charge (limited stock) on the website of the Casa de pariuri literare Publishing House (cdpl.ro). press here to order book “Our book talks about the methodology of the educational theater that inspired us, about working tools, pedagogical visions and artistic practices used in different contexts. The book analyzes our documentation process and approaches regarding some of the shows we created. The approaches are based on extensive documentation that we have tried to define as rigorously as possible. " Mihaela Michailov The book is part of the Bucharest Cultural Brand project, produced by Casa de Pariuri Literare Publishing House and co-financed by the City Hall of Bucharest through ARCUB within the Bucharest - Open City 2021 Program. For detailed information about the financing program of Bucharest City Hall through ARCUB, please visit www.arcub.ro

Green Hours, a Phenomenon

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author- coordinator Rozana Mihalache Casa de pariuri literare Publishing House, 2021 Price: free The book can be ordered free of charge (while supplies last) from the website of the Casa de pariuri literare Publishing House (cdpl.ro). PRESS here to order the book „Places are made of people and people are made of what they love and what they hold tight against their chests and in their bones. Same with Green Hours. The history of this „phenomenon” can’t be told in any other way but through the words of those who helped creating it.” Rozana Mihalache „I’m not sure art can right the wrong in society, but it can give it a try.” Voicu Rădescu The book is part of the Bucharest Cultural Brand project, produced by Casa de Pariuri Literare Publishing House and co-financed by the City Hall of Bucharest through ARCUB within the Bucharest - Open City 2021 Program. For detailed information about the financing program of Bucharest City Hall through ARCUB, please visit www.arcub.ro

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