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.
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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: Iulian Enache
Cătălin: Theodor Șoptelea
Arrogant Lilly: Liliana Ghiță / Mirela Pană
Bitălz: Marian Adochiței
Hooligans: Andrei Bibire, Alexandru Burcă, Cătălin Bucur
Rockers: Anaïs Agi-Ali, Mihaela Velicu, Lana Moscaliuc, Alina Manțu, Cristiana Luca
- Fragile by Simona Goșu
Girl: Cristiana Luca
Mother: Nina Udrescu
- Dreamy Togetherness by Dan Alexe
Man: Remus Archip
Arrogant woman: Liliana Ghiță / Mirela Pană
Pegas, Boss, Pharmacist, Grandfather: Ștefan Mihai
- Vieni Qua by Marius Chivu
Her: Cătălina Mihai / Cristiana Luca
Him: Theodor Șoptelea
Paco: Ștefan Mihai
Monica: Liliana Cazan
- All the Earrings in the Vama Beach by Lavinica Mitu
Her: Mihaela Velicu
Him: Marian Adochiței
Couples: Alina Manțu and Andrei Bibire, Cătălin Bucur and Cristiana Luca, Lana Moscaliuc and Anaïs Agi-Ali, Alexandru Burcă si Cătălina Mihai
Unpaired: Laura Iordan
- At the Sea Eagle – Fish in Its Claws by Marius Chivu
Man: Andrei Bibire
Hooligans: Cătălin Bucur, Alexandru Burcă, Ștefan Mihai, Theodor Șoptelea, Remus Archip
- She Used to Like the Sea by Nicoleta Dabija
Her: Lana Moscaliuc
Them: Alina Manțu, Laura Iordan, Anaïs Agi-Ali, Mihaela Velicu, Cristiana Luca, Lana Moscaliuc
- Wyoming by Marius Chivu
Cezar Dumitrescu: Cătălin Bucur
Mother: Liliana Cazan
Girl: Anaïs Agi-Ali
Minions: Mihaela Velicu, Cătălina Mihai, Andrei Bibire, Alexandru Burcă, Theodor Șoptelea, Cristiana Luca, Ștefan Mihai
- The poem You Are Drifting Away by Nina Cassian
Nina Udrescu
- Other texts by Radu Afrim:
MC Seaside Stories: Cătălin Bucur
Pegas: Ștefan Mihai
Relu Pescărelu: Theodor Șoptelea
Arrogant Lilly: Liliana Ghiță / Mirela Pană
Albano and Romina Power: Lana Moscaliuc and Marian Adochiței
Nana Mouskouri: Marian Adochiței
Fans of Bitălz: Lana Moscaliuc, Mihaela Velicu, Laura Iordan, Alina Manțu, Cătălina Mihai, Cristiana Luca
Hooligan: Cătălin Bucur
Monica: Liliana Cazan
Directed by: Radu Afrim
Assistant director: Mara Oprea
Set design: Theodor Cristian Niculae
Assistant set designer: Paula Rusu
Video: Andrei Dermengiu, Marian Adochiţei, Radu Afrim
Cut: Andrei Dermengiu
Make-up artist: Arina Cocoș
Light design: Cristian Niculescu
Sound design: Radu Afrim
Producer: State Theatre in Constanța
Duration: 3h (with intermission)
Recommended age: 16+
Performance in Romanian with English surtitles
Radu Afrim undertakes a vast affective-theatrical investigation on the fragile human relief, featuring the sea, the coast, the holidays, considered as landmarks for an intimate landscape of wandering and finding oneself. At the dramaturgical level, the director’s proposal, a collage of poetic-narrative structures, based on contributions from the well-known Romanian writers, opens up the theme in a pluri-perspectival way, locating it at the same time in an autochthonous, familiar and nostalgia generating mental space. Seaside Stories also reveals a diverse and strong group of actors, their genuine creative sensibilities. Collaboration with Radu Afrim might lead to a revival on the long-term of this Theatre troupe. (the NTF curators’ motivation)
Photo credits: Marian Adochiței and Alina Vasiliu
