October 21st | 17.00 – 22.00 – Apropo Theatre
Immersive, site-specific show
Where will you be in 2050?
Strange Happenings in Pipera is an immersive performance, in which the boundary between accidental reality and the directed artistic act is unexpectedly erased.
The scenario builds an initiatory route that starts from the Universitate area – the 5 O’Clock Tea Teahouse at the University Passage, and along which the concreteness of the journey through the city is combined with moments loaded with meanings.
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Collective contribution, story inspired by “Romania 2050” by Radu Popescu (playwright of the performance)
Performers:
Iulia Maria Bibu, Luiza Ghindă / Mara Țibuleac, Sidonia Doica Cătălin Nicolau, Dorin Enache, Teodor Ghiță
Written and directed by: Radu Popescu
Set design: Nairam. Marian Vasii
Costumes: Nairam. Marian Vasii
Original music: Bogdan Marinescu
Producer: Apropo Theatre
Cultural project co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration
The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration
Duration: Flexible. Average immersive experience duration: 1h 10 min
Recommended age: 12+
Focus: 12 independent/private spaces in NTF 2024
The Marshall Islands are the first country in the world to disappear due to global warming. Located in the Pacific Ocean, this chain of volcanic islands and atolls had, in the year 2020, the highest height of only two meters above the level of the planetary ocean, so that in the last ten years it has lost more than 80% of its surface dry land, which is now under water.
Where will you be in 2029? But in 2050?
Where will you be in ten minutes? But tomorrow?
Who will you love in ten years?
What will the world be like when you wake up in the morning?
Do you really know what your world is like now?
We invite you to, for an hour or maybe a little more, be the hero in your own story that your senses will build and you will discover it with us, at the end of several “strange events”.
Photo: Rodica Condrea
NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS:
Welcome to the immersive show ” Strange Happenings in Pipera”! We hope we’ll have a great time together and a wonderful adventure!
We’ll be waiting for you in the 5 O’Clock Tea Teahouse in the University Passage (Passage Nicolae Bălcescu), exactly on the date and time indicated on your ticket! It is very important to not be late. Any delay will result in the postponement of all reservations.
In order for the performance to run as smoothly as possible, you need to keep the following in mind:
- you will walk several subway stops during our show, but you will also walk at least 500 steps outdoors, so please dress comfortably and appropriately for the weather outside. If you have problems traveling in the cold or riding the subway, this experience may not be for you;
- for the full experience you will need a pair of headphones connected to a phone from which you can access a web page – via QR code or directly at the address provided;
- the show experience is individual. If you are coming accompanied or in a group, be prepared to be separated from your companions for long periods of the performance, ideally for the entire duration. You will wait for/ find each other at the final moment of the route.
Furthermore, please:
- bring with you an object that reminds you of the past (a past event, an emotion, an important person);
- bring with you an object that suggests the future for you;
- dress appropriately for the weather outside;
- have a smartphone and a pair of headphones connected to it.
You will be asked to hand over one of the items you bring to a designated person in the Teahouse. The clue to identify this person is: “CEAS”.
The designated person will NOT keep the item. The object will stay with you.
We look forward to seeing you!
Strange Happenings Team
