27 October | 18:30 – ODEON Theatre, Bucharest, Studio Hall
A young woman working for an erotic phone line but believes in love and the beautiful gifts of life, records for us the rattle of the world as it is.
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Based on: the novel Băgău / Shove it by Ioana Bradea
Stage adaptation: Cristina Giurgea
Cast:
Andreea: Iulia Colan
Nicole: Edith Mag
Silvia: Alina Mangra
Corina: Anca-Maria Ilinca / Monica Ardeleanu
Denisa: Costinela Ungureanu
Cătălina: Raluca Păun
Marius: Claudiu Mihail
Alex: Cătălin Vieru
The following actors’ voices are part of the cast: Ștefan Cepoi, George Albert Costea, Vlad Udrescu
Directed by: Cristina Giurgea
Stage design: Ioana Ungureanu
Light design: Dodu Ispas
Producător: Marin Sorescu National Theatre Național, Craiova
Duration: 2h (no intermission)
Recommended age: 18+
Performance in Romanian with English surtitles
Using a theatrical melange of frustrated realism and expressive stylization, director Cristina Giurgea casts the light onto the universe of a cult novel of the 2000s, Băgău, written by Ioana Bradea. Constructed as a collection of short scenes alternating with concentrated monologues, Băgău is like a video clip of the beginning of the millennium, featuring the most contradictory elements of the dynamics of those times: addictions to erotic lines, families in search of an uncertain balance, precariousness, the illusion of redeeming love stories, without any sort of security beaming at the line of the horizon. Băgău thus becomes a theatrical X-ray investigation of the times that left their mark on post-World War II transformations. (the NTF curators’ motivation)
Photo credits: Orlando Edward
