20 October| 19:00 – ARCUB, Big Hall
21 October| 18:00 – ARCUB, Big Hall
What’s left of reality when you remove logic from the equation?
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By: Eugène Ionesco
Translated by: Vlad Russo, Vlad Zografi
Cast:
The Viscount: Cătălin Lungu
The Baron: Radu Canțîr
The Knight: Pavel Ermacov
The Valet/Jacquot: Ion Liulica
The Marquis: Eugen Nicov
The Fat Gentleman: Diana Vieru
The Beautiful Lady: Maria Anton
Directed by: Slava Sambriș
Set and sound design: Slava Sambriș
Light design: Andrei Chirtoca
Producer: Republican Theatre „Luceafărul”, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
Recommended age: 14+
Duration: 1h 30min (no interval)
Performance in Romanian with English surtitles
What’s left of reality when you remove logic from the equation?
The Viscount by Eugène Ionesco is a performance that dares you to see absurdity not as an exception, but as a fundamental rule of existence. The characters refuse to conform to any patterns, and the action follows a trajectory that no one—not even they themselves—can predict.
Don’t try to understand—just go with the flow. Don’t search for meaning, because you might discover it was never there to begin with. Instead, you’ll find humor, paradoxes, a world that collapses and resurrects within the same sentence, and perhaps a mirror reflecting your own attempts to find order in chaos.
If you’re looking for a performance that offers answers, we suggest you look elsewhere. But if you’re ready to take a break from the constant urge to make sense of everything, and to explore theatre as a game of the impossible — then we’ll see you at the show.
Photos: Maria Donțu
