October 21st | 17:00 – Small Theatre, Studio Hall (Str. Gabroveni, no. 57) During this workshop, Irisz Kovacs and Teona Galgoțiu are looking to combine their personal introspection with explorations of waking, reverie and sleeplessness. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Duration: 40 min Note: The participants are asked to come to the first meeting with an object they sleep with or that helps them sleep. Laboratories of the dramaturgy of the possible  Through exercises of improvisation, creation and movement they will create, together with the participants, a performance about sleep, the lack of it and the whole spectrum in between - seeking a theatrical translation of the deeply intimate moment when we move from consciousness to dreaming.

October 26th | 17:00 – Teatrelli The encounter between the choreographer Mădălina Dan (44 years old) and Matei Nițulescu (8 years old) - present on the cultural scene as both a spectator and a student - develops around the temporality projected towards the past, the future and the present, through the time markers of the two and their (de)synchronised years. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Duration: 1h Laboratories of the dramaturgy of the possible  The form of active archiving is translated to an interdisciplinary format in dialogue with Maria Mandea (artist), Alexandra Manole (curator, producer) and is developed along the following directions: dramaturgy and scenography in the form of a play, body-archive and the performed space-time. Starting from the choreographer's preoccupation with the cohabitation between the personal and the artistic, shaped as an archive, the meeting is also an opportunity to document a more general framework, the current cultural and social landscape.

October 20th | 11:00 – UNITER Meeting with friends, scenographers and personalities of the theatrical world with whom Teodora Dinulescu has collaborated in over 50 years of activity. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Some of the theatre performances and television projects she designed the set for: Tough souls (1967), The last ones (1973), Blue eye (1976), Card players (1977), Egmont (1977), Diana (1978), The kiss time (1979), The columns of time (1980), It rains in winter (1982), Courage doesn't cost (1983), People fighting (1986), Hangița (1987), Marriage is not a game (1988), Escu (1990), The Idol and Ion Anapoda (1990), The lier (1991), Duck head (1992), A summer day (1994), Simaciu Project (1995), Don Carlos (1996), An Auschwitz inmate (1996), Walking salesmen (1996). A lot can be said about Arch.Teodora Dinulescu: we can remember the television theatre shows for which she created sets, we can talk about the years spent in the team of the "Constantin Tanase" Repertory Theatre, we can mention the "Award for the entire activity" received in 2003, on the stage of the UNITER Awards Gala. We can talk a lot about the liveliness in her eyes, about the enthusiasm, beauty and warmth she projects on [...]

Opening: October 20th | 16:00 – National Art Museum of Romania, National Gallery Ground Floor (Calea Victoriei no. 49-53) Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) was one of the most important Polish artists, with a key contribution to the theatre revolution both in Poland and worldwide, as well as a remarkable avant-garde activity in the field of fine arts. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Curator: dr. Maria Anna Potocka, MOCAK director Co-producers: National Art Museum of Romania (MNAR), Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, Museum of Contemporary Art in Cracow (MOCAK) and Cricoteka (Research centre dedicated to Tadeusz Kantor's artworks) With the support of: UNITER and National Theatre Festival 2024 Part of Cultural Season Romania – Poland 2024-2025 The exhibition can be visited between October 20th 2024 and March 9th 2025. Exhibition hosted by NTF For the first time in Romania, this exhibition will highlight the versatility and complexity of the artist by presenting the main directions he approached as a director, scenographer, actor in his own plays, author of happenings, painter and theorist. There will be displayed 25 paintings, assemblages, sculptures and sculptural sets for plays [...]

Opening: October 20th | 16:00 – Amzei. Culture Market The jubile anniversary exhibition of an internationally renowned personality. The director Silviu Purcărete celebrates 50 years since the start of his theatrical career in 2024, which totals to more than 122 performances in theatre, opera, film and puppet theatre. First showcased in Craiova in May 2024 at the Constantin Brâncuși Centre - Art Museum, the exhibition was visited by 4,500 people. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Initiator and curator: Adriana Mocca Producer: The Cultural Association Vis-à-Vis Co-financed by: Administration of the National Cultural Fund The exhibition can be visited between the 18-28th of October. SILVIU PURCĂRETE. 50 years of creation The exhibition will be presented during the National Theater Festival, with the support of the Bucharest Biennial of Scenography, in video format. 108 images and 10 videos will recreate Silviu Purcărete's spectacular universe into an installation. The photographs have been selected from the director's personal archive and are signed by Simon Annand (Royal Shakespeare Company), Mihaela Marin, Iulian Ursachi, Patrick Fabre, Dorian Delureanu, Sean Hudson, Pierre Borasci, Thilo Beu, Silviu Purcărete, [...]

October 21st | 16:00 – Amzei. Culture Market The story of a golden time of Romanian theater's dialogue with the world theater. Its heroes are the National Theater "Marin Sorescu" in Craiova and two masters: Silviu Purcărete and Emil Boroghină. FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] Album by: Ludmila Patlanjoglu Designer: Bogdan Căpîlnean Publisher: Romanian Cultural Institute Edited with the support of: ALEXANDRION Foundation, JTI, donation from Maria Tinca Participants: Ludmila Patlanjoglu, Emil Boroghină, Bogdan Căpîlnean, Cornel Huțanu, Maria Zărnescu, Aura Corbeanu, Dana Ionescu Moderator: Călin Ciobotari Special guests: Ambasadorul sau atașatul cultural al Marii Britanii, Directorul Consiliului Britanic, Ambasadorul sau atașatul cultural al Franței, Directorul Institutului Francez. "What a wonderful memory the National Theater in Craiova gives me! That of several magnificent performances by Silviu Purcărete. And also that of a true troop, in which the actors and technicians are united by the same passion that director Emil Boroghină himself instills in them - more than a director, a great friend of the theater and therefore also of mine and ours." (Bernard Faivre d'Arcier - Director of the Avignon Festival) *** [...]

October 26th | 12:00 – ARCUB, Atelier Hall Workshop on immersive practices and debate with the director Ioana Mischie FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE is written and directed by Ioana Mischie, produced by STORYSCAPES in collaboration with DAPROD, co-financed by AFCN (Administration of the National Cultural Fund). Partners: Studioset and Noe-Fi Studios. Performing Austria & Romania, the dialogue of performing arts from the two countries The exhibition „Only violins left - Alma and Arnold Rosé” is accompanied by an extended presentation of the development of the VR project HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE, written and directed by Ioana Mischie. HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE is an interactive VR project about the transformative power of music in the darkest of times. It has been selected in the first Cannes Immersive competition, being considered one of the eight best immersive projects worldwide in 2024. It amounted to three years of immersive work, also being the first VR co-production between Romania and France. Conceptually speaking, the immersive project is inspired by a true fact: during the Holocaust, Jews were allowed to choose only one object [...]

Opening: October 22nd | 16:00 – ARCUB, Atelier Hall The Austrian Cultural Forum presents for the first time in Romania, especially for the National Theatre Festival #34, the exhibition "Only violins left - Alma und Arnold Rosé", an incursion into the tragic destiny of two leading personalities of the Austrian and European music and performing arts scenes - Alma (1906-1944) and her father, Arnold Rosé (1863-1946). FREE ENTRY [same_day_events_link] The exhibition can be visited from October 19-27, 2024, between 12.00 - 20.00. Closed on Mondays. Performing Austria & Romania, the dialogue of performing arts from the two countries The two instrumental prodigies had a little-known relationship with Romania - Arnold Rosé was born in Iasi in 1863, before his family moved to Vienna; the Rosé Quartet also played frequently with George Enescu in the 1920s. The careers of the two Rosé violinists, like those of many other musicians, came to an abrupt end in 1938 when Austria was annexed by the Nazi Reich. Over 66,000 Austrian Jews fell victim to the Holocaust. Alma Rosé created and conducted the Auschwitz-Birkenau [...]