Best Performance Award at the 2004 UNITER Gala Award
Oblomov
after I.A.Goncearov
http://www.eldritchpress.org/iag/oblomov.htm
Stage version by Mihaela Tonitza Iordache Translation by Stefana Velisar Teodoreanu and Tatiana Berindei
Oblomov Ilia Ilici: Mihai Constantin (best actor award - 2003) Zahar Trofimâci: Sebastian Papaiani (nominee for best leading actor - UNITER 2004) Stolz Andrei Ivanâci: Mihai Verbiţchi Olga Sergheevna Ilinskaia: Ana Maria Moldovan Agafia Matveevna Psenitâna: Virginia Mirea (nominee for best leading actress - UNITER 2004) Tarantiev Mihail Andreevici: Serban Cellea Muhoianov Ivan Matveevici: Ion Besoiu Alexeev Ivan Ivanici, a coachman: Constantin Ghenescu /Rudy Rosenfeld Maria Mihailovna, a woman: Irina Petrescu Volkov, the porter: Gheorghe Ifrim Penkin, a valet: Şerban Pavlu
Directed by: Alexandru Tocilescu Assistant director: Crina Muresan Scenography: Dragoş Buhagiar (award Uniter) Music: Gabriel Basarabescu Light designer: Ioan Lazăr
Date of first performance: 7th and 8th of June, 2003 Performance lenght: 4h, with break
Photos by Paco Pascal Pamfil.
The way peace is kept is absolutely fascinating. Tocilescu’s important bet was to set up such a peaceful performance, so that we can perceive time like Oblomov himself: a time that nobody could affect, nobody could disturb or diverge from its slow peace, so sometimes it might seem motionless. Buhagiar knows how to take advantage of the small space by creating imaginative things; he knows how to create generous zones for things able to transcend reality. In this performance Alexandru Tocilescu proves, once again, not only that he is a great director, but one of the fewest ones in Romania open to an amazing diversity of themes, styles, ages. From « Hamlet » to « Occisio Gregorii », « Antigona » or the « Silent Bride », from Caragiale to Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Goncearov – here are some of the milestones of an exciting artistic evolution in the Romanian theatre.
Victor Scoradeţ (Cotidianul, 30.06.2003)
In Alexandru Tocilescu’s interesting show, « Oblomov », sloth means both the lack of activity and a pause to recall a time when people used to read, talk endlessly with their friends, listen to the music or merely think. Dragoş Buhagiar exquisitely recreates the central metaphore of Oblomov’s universe, Oblomov’s bed, like an oyster or like a cradle. By far, the acting performances (those of Sebastian Papaiani as Zahar Trofimîci and Virginia Mirea as Agafia Mateevna are deserved to be outlined) are the pillars of the show.
Cristina Modreanu (Adevărul literar şi artistic, 26.08.2003)
Alexandru Tocilescu’s outstanding vision does not amplify the data of the novel and his dramatization through cheap tricks. The director follows the basic tracks of the realistic theatre, by following each movement and gesture. Sustained by an extraordinary scenography, he makes clear sense and produces an emotional effect. A lot of details build up an admirable atmosphere. The end of the performance is breath-taking, as it were a master movie. Alexandru Tocilescu worked out every moment, adding visual and emotional amplitude. « Oblomov » is a shocking show due to Dragoş Buhagiar’s scenography as well. He has created several play zones for Oblomov – Ilia’s rooms, the garden where he finds his love, the cradles where they make their love sworn – all of them surrounded by trunks. In the outstanding end, Oblomov will walk away on the road of non-existence, carrying on his shoulder a trunk – not a cross – root of his life destroyed by the inertia he lived in. I’m not used to flatter still this performance must be attended next theatrical season because it is unique in our theatrical panorama. Besides the dramatization’s, direction’s and scenography’s merits, this unique show offers unforgettable performances.
Ileana Lucaciu (România liberă, 19-25.06.2003)
Online Tickets: http://www.eventim.ro/en/tickets/stagiune-teatrul-bulandra-2011-2012-bucuresti-sala-toma-caragiu-327201/performance.html
Box office phone: +40 (0)21 212 05 27 Bulandra Theatre Sala Toma Caragiu str. Jean Louis Calderon, nr. 76A, . Bucuresti Romania
ALEXANDRU TOCILESCU
directed the performances:
Sânziana şi Pepelea de Vasile Alecsandri, Studioul Casandra, 1971 Războiul vacii de Roger Avermaete, Teatrul de Nord din Satu Mare, 1973 Swanewitt de August Strinberg, Teatrul Maria Filotti Brăila, 1974 Fire de poet de Eugene O'Neill, Teatrul Maria Filotti Brăila, 1974 Amurgul unui cocor de Junji Kinos Kinoshita, Teatrul Alexandru Davilla, Piteşti, 1976 Nevestele vesele din Windsor de William Shakespeare, Teatrul Tineretului din Piatra Neamţ, 1978 Maria şi copii ei de Osvaldo Dragun, Teatrul Alexandru Davilla, Piteşti, 1978 Paradis de ocazie de Tudor Popescu, Teatrul Ion Vasilescu, 1979 Haina cu două feţe de Stanislav Stratiev, Teatrul Giuleşti, 1979 Concurs de frumuseţe de Tudor Popescu, Teatrul de Comedie, Bucureşti, 1980 Program special L.B. de Stephen Poliakoff, Tetarul Tineretului din Piatra Nemţ, 1980 Occisio Gregorii in Moldavia Vodae tragedicae expresa de Samuil Vulcan şi Barbul Văcărescul, vânzătorul ţării de Iordache Golescu, Teatrul Bulandra Bucureşti, 1982 Tartuffe de Moliere, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti,1982 Cabala bigoţilor de Mihail Bulgakov, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti, 1982 Hamlet de William Shakespeare, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti, 1985 Io, Mircea Voievod de Dan Tărchilă, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti, 1986 Antigona de Sofocle, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti, 1993 Mireasa mută după Femeia mută de Ben Jonson, Teatrul de Comedie, Bucureşti, 1995 Poate Eleonora de Gellu Naum, Theatrum Mundi, Bucureşti, 1997 Faust de Charles Gounod, Opera Naţională Română, 1998 Libertinul de Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, Teatrul Bulandra, Bucureşti, 1998 O scrisoare pierdută de I. L. Caragiale, Teatrul Naţional Bucureşti, 1999, premiul UNITER pentru cel mai bun spectacol Amanţii însângeraţi de Chiamatsu Monzaemon, Teatrul Naţional Bucureşti, 2001
In anul 2002 i s-a acordat premiul UNITER pentru întreaga activitate.