13 November | 19:00 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre, Studio Hall
„A long and sharp sound is etched in our minds. It’s the soundtrack of all the moments in which we could have been happy. In which our lives could have changed. It’s the sound of repeated failure written in capital letters on each and everyone’s forehead. A faint ringing that goes from the ear to the brain, and from the brain to the soul. Chekhov’s antiheroes make up the harshest study on happiness. Happiness. The happiness. The one that forgets to show up for some people. The one we only read of, the one we imagine meeting’. (Andrei and Andreea Grosu)
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By: A.P. Cehov
Translated by: Vladimir Turturica
Cast:
Olga: Raluca Iani
Masha: Ofelia Popii
Irina: Gabriela Pîrlițeanu
Andrey: Ciprian Scurtea
Kulaghin: Adrian Neacșu
Vershinin: Marius Turdeanu
Tuzenbach: Iustinian Turcu/ Andrei Gîlcescu
Solioni: Horia Fedorca
Cebutkin: Adrian Matioc
Fedotik: Iustinian Turcu/ Andrei Gîlcescu
Natalia: Cendana Trifan
Anfisa: Diana Văcaru – Lazăr
Ferapont: Mariana Mihu – Plier
Rode: Mihai Coman
Soldier: Viorel Rață
Directed by: Andrei & Andreea Grosu
Set design: Vladimir Turturică
Original music: Mihai Dobre
Producer: Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu
Duration: 2h 15min
Not suitable under 16 years of age
Performance in Romanian with English subtitles
In “Three Sisters” there is waiting. People wait for love, they wait for life, they wait for the beginning until the end comes. ‘Nature only brought us into the world that we should love’, says one of Chekhov’s miserable characters, summing up any existence that seems insignificant. Love withstands anything. It’s the one that gives meaning to our struggles. These people who search for love restlessly and who are scared by the thought that they could end up unnoticed and unloved, they are the focal point of this performance. They all want one thing: to escape the life they’re trapped in, to run, to scream, to bring down invisible barriers, to breathe in the air they felt when they dared to dream. To be free. Through love.
Photo credit: Sebastian Marcovici
