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.
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Based on “The Cherry Orchard” by A.P. Chekhov
Cast:
Ranevskaya: Cristina Florea
Lopahin: Alexandru Marin
Gaev: Răzvan Bănuț
Varia: Clara Popadiuc
Trofimov: Iulian Burciu
Ania: Diana Lazăr
Semionov Pișcik: Horia Butnaru
Epihodov: Cosmin Panaite
Duniașa: Delu Lucaci
Charlotta: Maria Teișanu
Iașa: Bogdan Amurăriței
Grișa: Mihai Ciobanu
Firs: Emil Coșeru – actor at Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre, Iași
Directed by: Slava Sambriș
Space: Răzvan Bordoș
Costumes: Diana Nistor
Choreography: Victoria Bucun
Lighting design: Costi Baciu
Soundscape: Dumitru Seretinean
Video design: Mihai Nistor
Producer: Matei Vișniec Municipal Theatre, Suceava
Duration: 3h (with intermission)
General audience
Performance in Romanian with English surtitles
Director Slava Sambriș’s The Orchard stands out for its refinement of the construction, for the elegance of some of the solutions employed, for the quality and richness of the work with the actors, for the surprising and provocative resizing of some characters. The Chekhovian text is moulded in the form of a laboratory in which the director and his collaborators study not only Chekhov’s writing, but rather the human being of our times, not that orchard, but a multitude of other orchards on the verge of being wasted forever. Ranevskaya, Lopahin, Trofimov and all the others thus become delicate and problematic mirrors of the human beings living in the 21st century. Last but not least, the Orchard brings a memorable rendition of the character of Firs by actor Emil Coșeru. (the NTF curators’ motivation)
Photo credits: Amedeia Vițega
