NTF in Press

24 October | 18:30 – Bulandra Theatre Bucharest, Liviu Ciulei Hall (Izvor) "The theatre is like an antique agora, even when we laugh or deeply enjoy ourselves at a comedic performance, we can reflect collectively on serious topics." ( Matei Vișniec) GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Matei Vișniec Cast: Corifeul: Horia Veriveș Lysistrata, Glykeria: Diana Roman Calonice, Melina: Andrea Boboc Myrrhine, Eleni: Mălina Lazăr Lampito, Angeliki: Ada Lupu Husband of Lysistrata: Ionuț Cornilă Husband of Calonice: Cosmin Maxim Husband of Myrrhine: Dumitru [...]

26 October | 18:00 – Bulandra Theatre Bucharest, Liviu Ciulei Hall (Izvor) The Orchards is a performance about moral decadence and the end of an era, about life and death, about losers and winners, about nostalgia for past times, an uprooted  prezent and an uncertain future. Each of you has his/her own orchard of cherries that someone will try to ruin. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] Based on "The Cherry Orchard" by A.P. Chekhov   Cast: Ranevskaya: Cristina Florea Lopahin: Alexandru Marin Gaev: [...]

24 October | 21:00 – I.L.Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Pictură Hall The performance offers uninterrupted stories in which every characters lives and intimate encounter with the next, exploring the diversity of identity and love or sexual practices that unfold in our contemporary society. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Yann Verburgh Inspired by "Dance of Love" by Arthur Schnitzler With: Costin Apostol, Nicholas Cațianis, Ioana Alexandrina Costea, Oana Jipa, Sebastian Marina, Fatma Mohamed, Camelia Paraschiv Kátay, Anca Pitaru, Daniel Rizea, Mădălina Mușat, Iulian Trăistaru [...]

27 October | 21:00 – ODEON Theatre, Majestic Hall At the Academy is a comedy with a bitter taste, about the life of Romanian peasants at the face of the iminent danger of their environment being ruined. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Alexandra Felseghi   Cast: Prologue / Leontin Puiu: Ioan Crețescu Mayor (Constantin Păciugă): Cezar Amitroaei Deputy mayor (Liviu Pietricică): Gheorghe Frunză Father (Vasile Picioruș): Sorin Ciofu Ion, do it all man at the City Hall: Răzvan Amitroaei Vera, secretary at the [...]

23 October | 20:00 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Ion Caramitru Hall (Big Hall)    A visual poem about the passage of time and the ways in which characters of different ages manage their condition of being ephemeral humans that feel, dream, suffer and love in close connection with nature. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Simona Popescu and Radu Afrim   Cast: Róza: Katalin Berekméri Viorel (Stalker): Nicu Mihoc Darius Mureșan: Alex Stoicescu Stamina: Laura Mihalache Rebeca: Cristina Holtzli Sister 1: [...]

24 October | 19:00 – Metropolis Theatre, Olga Tudorache Hall Berlin of 1988, Hansel Schmidt becomes Hedwig Robinson following a failed gender-affirming surgery in order to flee to America. The Berlin Wall falls shortly after, and Hedwig continues to search for freedom and love all his life. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: John Cameron Mitchell Translation: Carmen Stanciu Music and lyrics: Stephen Trask Lyrics translation: Alex Ștefănescu   Cast: HEDWIG: Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu IITZHAK: Ana Maria Ivan THE BAND "The Angry Inch": Backing [...]

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 [...]

22 October | 20:30 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Ion Caramitru Hall (Big Hall) "It is a play rather about an inner exile of the characters, about the inability to be free, to break away from the past, to discover and assume their identity, to get in touch with their deepest nature, with their most hidden desires. We in Romania still carry the trauma of the education we were given at school and in our families during the dictatorship. This is something that is found in all people who have [...]

20 October | 18:00 – ACT Theatre A story that survived through centuries and speaks of abuse, injustice, art and the freeing power of the truth. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Breach Theatre Translation: Alexandru Mâzgăreanu, revizuită de Adrian Nicolae   Cast: Emilia Bebu Mihaela Teleoacă Florentina Țilea Directed by: Alexandru Mâzgăreanu Stage design: Alexandra Boerescu   Original music: Alexandru Suciu Producer: ACT Theatre Bucharest   Duration: 1h 30 min (no intermission) Recommended age: 16+   Performance in Romanian with English surtitles [...]

29 October | 20:30 – ODEON Theatre, Majestic Hall This is a story as told from the perspective of what modern psychology defines as being the invisible child. What happens is seen through the lenses of a little girl whose brother is diagnosed with severe autism from a very young age, and whose parents are absorbed by this new reality. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Adina Lazăr (rewritten by Adina Lazăr based on "The loneliness of rocks" by Flavius Lucăcel)   Cast: [...]

25 October | 18:30 – Small Theatre   This production presents a series of interconnected stories extracted from the lives of seven characters confronting the mysteries of their past in order to comprehend what the future holds. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Andrew Bovell Translation: Radu Iacoban   Cast: Andreea Grămoșteanu Diana Cavallioti Ilinca Manolache Alina Rotaru Ionuț Vișan Cezar Grumăzescu Virgil Aioanei Viorel Cojanu Andrei Brădean Directed by: Radu Iacoban Stage and video design: Tudor Prodan   Stage movement: Ștefan Lupu [...]