NTF in Press

22 October | 17:00 – ODEON Theatre, Bucharest, Studio Hall A drama class is preparing for the performance-exam. The limitations between theatre and real life, between school and personal life, between normality and abnormality mix together and fade away. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Alexa Băcanu The performance contains fragments from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, translated by Ștefan Octavian Iosif.   Cast: Professor: Doru Taloș STUDENTS: Narcis: Radu Dogaru Laur: Christian Har Noemi: Emőke Pál Iulia: Paula Seichei Robi: [...]

23 October | 17:00 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Pictură Hall A cool odyssey for young people - the performance "TSCHICK. Why We Took the Car" tells the story of Maik and Tschick, two teenagers convinced that another world from the one they know at home and at school must exist. Maik comes from the German middle-clas but his parents parted ways a long time ago, even though they still live under the same roof. Maik feels like a stranger, just like Tschick, whose family moved from Germany to Russia. [...]

28 October | 20:30 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Pictură Hall The performance Young Barbarians explores the friendship between two famous Hungarian composers, Bartók Béla and Kodály Zoltán, at an incredible pace, full of imagination. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] Inspired by the life of Bartók Béla and Kodály Zoltán, based on a text by Miklós Vecsei H. and the improvisation work of the creative team   Cast: Girl: Zsuzsa Tőtszegi Barbarian B.: Éva Imre Barbarian K.: Ervin Szűcs Voice: Balázs Bodolai Balázs [...]

24 October | 20:00 – I.L. Caragiale Theatre Bucharest, Ion Caramitru Hall (Big Hall) (performance where the audience is seated on stage) Flashing encounters, short but intense moments taken from real life, perhaps those that we all lived at the seaside, with our feet full of sand. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Marius Chivu, Lavinica Mitu, Dan Alexe, Simona Goșu, Tudor Ganea, Nicoleta Dabija Stage adaptation: Radu Afrim Cast: Running Beautifully, High Knees by Tudor Ganea Tudorel: Ștefan Mihai Mother: Laura Iordan Father: [...]

21 October | 21:00 – ODEON Theatre, Majestic Hall "We took advantage of the Shakespeare's framing in the original text, that of theatre inside the theatre... This framing resulted in the performance being created on more levels and in what I hope adds to the usual reading of the play. The audience can see two variations of «The Untamed Shrew» that respond as opposites to the question: is the «taming» a ritual of winning over the woman or is it a ritual of «dumbing» her down?" (Leta Popescu) GET TICKETS [...]

21 October | 17:00 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Pictură Hall A miraculous concert-performance that scatters the borders between music, theatre and film. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Ivan Vîrîpaev Translated by: Orsolya Kis Stage adaptation: Katalin Deák Cast: Boy: Bence Kónya-Ütő Girl: Janka Korodi Directed by: Tibor Pálffy   Original music and sound design: Bence Kónya-Ütő Light design: Anrás Rancz Producer: Tamási Áron Theatre Sfântu Gheorghe    Duration: 1h 30 min (no intermissions) Recommended age: 14+   Performance in Hungarian [...]

22 October | 19:30 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Atelier Hall Luigi Pirandello places us in front of a mirror that makes it tough, but necessary to observe ourselves. But who truly sits in front of the mirror? Is it you "personality"?... Or is it our "core"? GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Luigi Pirandello Translated by: Maria Rotar One-man show with: Ionuț Caras Direct by: Roberto Bacci Stage concept: Ionuț Caras Light design: Jenel Moldovan Producer: Lucian Blaga National Theatre Cluj-Napoca [...]

20 October | 20:00 – Bulandra Theatre Bucharest, Liviu Ciulei Hall (Izvor) Wedding in Oaș is both a text on serious topics and a performance about the the condition of a couple - but mainly, that of the woman - , about the relationship between different generations, on the background of the devastating Romanian migration rate. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Anca Munteanu   Cast: Maricuța: Roxana Fânață Ionuț: Andrei Stan Mama: Alina Negrău Lenu: Ioana Cheregi Bobo: Andrei Gîjulete Aunt Anica: [...]

24 October | 18:00 – ODEON Theatre, Bucharest, Majestic Hall Manhattan, New York, the apartament of a famous american writer, with German and Polish roots, Ula Richter. Nominated for the Nobel Prize, as a very discrete and reserved person, she gives an important interview to Polish journalist Krzysztof Zieliński. The interview has a double endgame: to Krzysztof it can be the starting point of a New York career, the capital of media and the paradise of any journalist, but to Ula it means an incredible opportunity to say the truth or [...]

27 October | 18:30 – unteatru    Two families try to forgive each other and move on. They look for the guilty, they look for stories to justify their destiny, they look for answers. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Fran Kranz With: Ofelia Popii Mihaela Trofimov Richard Bovnoczki Marius Turdeanu Directed by: Andrei & Andreea Grosu     Set design: Vladimir Turturica   Coproduced by: Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu and unteatru, Bucharest Duration: 1h 25 min (no intermission) Recommended age: 14+ Performance [...]

21 October | 16:00 – Jewish State Theatre of Bucharest 1945. Barașeum Theatre. A Yiddish theatre ensemble run by the actor, director and executive Iacob Mansdorf are coming together for the remaking of a performance, this way resuscitating, through the filter of love for theatre, a neuralgic time that was yet to become history. A mysterious lady shows up in order to propose a play she's written. The performance is based on real events and real people. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: [...]

22 October | 18:00 – Bulandra Theatre Bucharest, Liviu Ciulei Hall (Izvor) A revisitation of the history of the 20th century through the life and controverisal personality of the Transilvanian figure that discovered the dinosaurs. GET TICKETS [same_day_events_link] By: Gianina Cărbunariu Translation in Hungarian and stage adaptation: Kinga Boros With: Lóránt Csatlós Levente Dimény Edit Firtos Réka Fodor Kocsis Anna István Hunyadi Gyula Kocsis Enikő Kovács Dávid Scurtu Eduárd Szabó József Szotyori Noémi Tasnádi-Sáhy Tünde Tóth Ádám Tőtős Cecília Trabalka Directed [...]