30 October | 19:00 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Ion Caramitru Hall (Big Hall)
“Exodus draws from a reality that shapes contemporary society even as we write or speak of it: migration. The play tells the story of an Eastern European – Ben – who tries to survive by building a new destiny in a world whose coordinates he no longer understands. On this journey towards a new ‘home’, Ben is forced to cross the realm of the uprooted, of those who no longer find their place in the country from which they came, s world of those whose country, in one way or another, has driven them away.” (Codruța Popov)
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By: Marius Ivaškevičius
Translation: Raluca Rădulescu
Cast:
Ben Ivănescu: Marin Lupanciuc
Ben, X years after: Ion Rizea
The Vandal: Ionuț Iova
Aglaia & Gloria: Cristina Rotaru Chiperi
Liz: Flavia Giurgiu
Edi: Alexandru Romescu
Olga: Oana Iovița
Azim: Cătălin Ursu
Harry, the wooden Christ: Matei Chioariu
Zoran Supergreul: Alexandru Negrea
Milița: Oana Antonovici
Boyko: Darius Zet
Aurel: Teodor Cauș
Ionică Urbanovici: Vlad Vajdovici
Nuța Românca: Mirela Puia
Românul: Cristian Szekeres
Robert: Otniel Floruț
Policewoman: Roberta Popa
Driver I, Black clown: Costa Tovarnisky
Driver II: Sergiu Vernica
The Homeless – and the Boxes:
Greuceanu: Cristian Szekers
Mercedes: Darius Zet
The Prince: Costa Tovarnisky
Elvis: Răzvan Săbiescu
Aramis: Floruț Otniel
People in the bar and in the park:
Daniela Bostan, Roberta Popa, Oana Antonovici, Iulia Ioana, Sabine Oschanitzky, Otinel Floruț, Răzvan Săbiescu, Rareș Rusan
The Band ANIA IONESCU & THE BANDITS: Răzvan Munteanu, Aranyi Tibor, Sorin Stroie, Francis Mozes, Alexandru Munteanu
Directed by: Oskaras Koršunovas
Stage design: Gintaras Makarevičius
Costumes: Corina Grămoșteanu
Choreography: Vesta Grabštaitė
Light design: Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Producer: National Theatre Mihai Eminescu, Timișoara
Duration: 4h (two intermissions)
Recommended age: 18+
Performance in Romanian with English surtitles
The overwhelming relativity of that thing called home, the theme of migration, the national and individual traumas generated by the act and feeling of leaving, self-colonization, the problem of the stranger, the loneliness, despair and survival in another culture, all these are lines of socio-theatrical study opened by director Oskaras Koršunovas and playwright Marius Ivaškevičius, both from Lithuania, at the National Theatre “Mihai Eminescu” Timișoara. Expulsion is a wide-ranging project, overwhelming in its violent-poetical realism, in its multitude of layers of meaning and in its ambition to reconstruct the terrible discomfort of a state of mind. With intense performances from actors and musicians, Koršunovas holds his disturbing topic wide open in front of our eyes: expulsion is not only a separation from a geographical place, but also from oneself… (the NTF curators’ motivation)
Photo credits: Adrian Pîclișan / TNTm
