October 21st | 19:00 – Excelsior Theatre, Ion Lucian Hall
October 22nd | 19:00 – Excelsior Theatre, Ion Lucian Hall
“Two hours with intermission is a show about the vulnerability of the education system, about the fragility of students and teachers. Two hours with intermission is a demonstration of directing and acting excellence, because it humorously portrays, in a way that captivates the audience, serious problems of Romanian education”. (Ileana Andrei, ileanaandrei.ro)
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With:
Alex Călin, Mihaela Coveșeanu, Cosmina Dobrotă, Andreea Hristu, Ioana Niculae, Alex Popa, Istvan Téglás, Annemary Ziegler
Written and directed by: Gianina Cărbunariu
Set design: Adrian Ganea
Choreography: Ioana Marchidan
Original music and sound design by: Oscar Ungvári
Light design: Cristi Niculescu
Producer: Excelsior Theatre, Bucharest
Recommended age: 12+
Duration: 2h (no intermission)
Performance in Romanian with English subtitles
Without pretending that we can make an evaluation of the Romanian educational system, we tried to ask a few questions. The main source of inspiration for this fictional stage production, on which the script was written while working were the discussions we had with literature teachers across the country, especially the ones coming from the pre-university environment.
“The play between text and subtext, skillfully woven in Gianina Cărbunariu’s plays, always gains strength through the way in which the author knows how to cohere the group of actors – a very good one at Excelsior! – as well as carefully and surely controlling the staging dynamics. The message and the tone of the message are resonant, they have a necessary and clear performative synergy. They make sense together”. – Corina Șuteu, 22 Magazine
Photo: Vlad Catană
