“INTERFERENCES 2010”
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
1 – 12 December 2010, Cluj
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, Romania
Artistic director of the Festival: Gábor Tompa
Wednesday, December 1st
7 p.m. – Foyer of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Opening of the exhibition – INTERFERENCES – 1990 – 2010.
The Last 20 Seasons of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL
8 p.m. – Main Hall
ELEVATION – extraordinary jazz concert (USA)
Thursday, December 2nd
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Screening from Tadeusz Kantor’s performances: Wielopole, Wielopole (1981), Today is my Birthday (1990)
7 p.m. – Main Hall, Studio format
Georg Büchner: LEONCE AND LENA – premiere
Directed by Gábor Tompa
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(1 hour and 40 minutes without intermission)
Friday, December 3rd
2.30 p.m. and 8.30. pm – Tranzit House
VACATION FROM HISTORY (Process_City Trilogy, Part I)
Directed by Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejovic
Shadow Casters, Croatia (2 hours without intermission)
5 p.m. and 8 p.m. – New Studio
András Visky: ALCOHOLICS
Directed by Gábor Tompa
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(1 hour and 40 minutes without intermission)
8 p.m. – Main Hall
Samuel Beckett: ENDGAME
Directed by Krystian Lupa
Teatro de la Abadía, Spain
Performance in Spanish, with Hungarian, Romanian and English translation
(2 hours without intermission)
Saturday, December 4th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performance ENDGAME
12 a.m. – Tranzit House
The Heritage of Great Adventures – roundtable discussion related to the book
launch: Georges Banu, TOWARDS A THEATRE OF SIMPLE FORMS (Koinónia
Publishing House); with the participation of Cristina Modreanu, Anca Măniuţiu
and Tamás Koltai
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Paintbrush Factory
EX-POSITION (Process_City Trilogy, Part II)
Concept / Directed by BORIS BAKAL, Katarina Pejovic
Shadow Casters, Croatia
(Depending on the number of journeys taken: min. 1h 30’, max. 4h. 30’)
3 p.m. – Tranzit House
Emergency Entrance – presentation of the Union of the Theatres of Europe’s
common project
4 p.m. – New Studio
Wallace Shawn: FEVER
Directed by Lars Norén
A coproduction of Théâtre de l’Espace – Scène Nationale de Besançon,
Le Nouvel Olympia – CDR, Tours, Apocryphe Tendance and Athénée Théâtre
Louis- Jouvet, Paris
Performance in English, with Romanian and Hungarian translation
(1 hour and 20 minutes without intermission)
6 p.m. – Main Hall
William Shakespeare: MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Directed by Matthias Langhoff
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(4 hours with one intermission)
Sunday, December 5th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
10 a.m. – City Plaza Hotel – conference hall
Artistic meeting of the Union of the Theatres of Europe’s representatives
(private meeting)
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Roundtable discussion on the theatrical world of Tadeusz Kantor,
with the participation of Georges Banu, Cristina Modreanu and
Robert Cohen, followed by the launch of Scena.ro magazine and website
4 p.m. – New Studio
ROŞIA MONTANA
By Ştefan Peca, Andreea Vălean, Radu Apostol, Gianina Cărbunariu
Directed by Gianina Cărbunariu, Andreea Vălean, Radu Apostol
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian / Romanian, with Romanian, Hungarian and
English translation
(2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission)
7 p.m. – Main Hall
THE OTHER WORLD-THE SOCIETIES AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE MOON
Based on a novel by Cyrano de Bergerac
Directed by Benjamin Lazar
Théâtre de l’Incredule, France
Performance in French, with Hungarian and Romanian translation
(1 hour and 40 minutes without intermission)
9 p.m. – Lucian Blaga National Theatre
PROCESS IN PROGRESS (Process_City Trilogy, Part III)
Directed by Boris Bakal
Shadow Casters, Croatia
Performance in Croatian, with Hungarian and Romanian translation
(1 hour and 10 minutes without intermission)
Monday, December 6th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performances PROCESS_CITY
and THE OTHER WORLD
1 p.m. – Tranzit House
IS THE CENTURY OF DIRECTING OVER? – Dialogue with Georges Banu and
Cristina Modreanu
Book presentation: Gábor Tompa’s dictionary of own theatrical expressions –
(Edited by Andrea Zsigmond, Bookart Publishing House)
6.30 p.m. – Upstairs Foyer of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Book presentation: ÖNÉLETRAJZ – AN AUTHOBIOGRAPHY by Andrei Şerban
(Koinónia Publishing House), followed by a presentation of the audio material
published by Radio România Actualităţi (edited by Crenguţa Manea)
8 p.m. – New Studio
Ingmar Bergman: CRIES AND WHISPERS
Directed by Andrei Şerban
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian translation
(2 hours and 10 minutes without intermission)
Tuesday, December 7th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
5 p.m. and 8 p.m. – New Studio
PYRAMUS & THISBE 4 YOU
after William Shakespeare
Directed by Alexandru Dabija
Odeon Theatre, Bucharest
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(1 hour and 30 minutes without intermission)
6 p.m. – Upstairs Foyer of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Book presentation: Adrienne Darvay Nagy: STIEF MAGDA
(Komp-Press Publishing House)
7 p.m. – Main Hall, Studio format
Georg Büchner: WOYZECK
Coregraphy: Josef Nadj
Cie Josef Nadj, France
(1 hour without intermission)
Wednesday, December 8th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performance WOYZECK and PYRAMUS & THISBE 4 YOU
7 p.m. – Main Hall, Studio format
Witold Gombrowicz: YVONNE, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY
Directed by László Bocsárdi
Tamási Áron Theatre, Sfântu-Gheorghe, Romania
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(2 hours and 30 minutes without intermission)
Thursday, December 9th
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performance
YVONNE, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY
8 p.m. – Main Hall
Aristophanes: LYSYSTRATA OR THE CITY OF WOMEN
Directed by Dominique Serrand
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(1 hour and 45 minutes, without intermission)
Friday, December 10th
1 p.m. – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
WHAT IS POSTDRAMATIC THEATRE? – lecture by Patrice Pavis
5 p.m. – Tranzit House
Gogol: DIARY OF A MADMAN
Directed by Tom Dugdale
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and English translation
(1 hour without intermission)
8 p.m. – Main Hall
Amos Oz: THE SAME SEA
Directed by Hanan Snir
Habimah National Theatre, Israel
Performance in Hebrew, with Hungarian, Romanian and English translation
(1 hour and 30 minutes without intermission)
Saturday, December 11th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performance THE SAME SEA
5 p.m. – New Studio RUINS TRUE
Inspired by the works of Samuel Beckett
Created by Yolande Snaith, Liam Clancy, Jess Humphrey, Mary Reich, Sharokh Yadegari and Gábor Tompa
Directed by Gábor Tompa
A research creation in co-production with Sushi Center for the Urban Arts
San Diego and the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
(1 hour without intermission)
7 p.m. – Main Hall Valère Novarina: IMAGINARY OPERETTA
Directed by Valère Novarina
Csokonai Theatre, Hungary
Performance in Hungarian, with Romanian and French translation
(2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission)
Sunday, December 12th
8.30 a.m. – 10.30 – Babeş-Bolyai University (M. Kogălniceanu str, no. 4)
Patrice Pavis Performance Analysis Workshop
11 a.m. – Tranzit House
Dialogue with the creators of the performance IMAGINARY OPERETTA
and RUINS TRUE
5 p.m. and 9 p.m. – New Studio
RUINS TRUE
Inspired by the works of Samuel Beckett
Created by Yolande Snaith, Liam Clancy, Jess Humphrey, Mary Reich, Sharokh Yadegari and Gábor Tompa
Directed by Gábor Tompa
A research creation in co-production with Sushi Center for the Urban Arts
San Diego and the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
(1 hour without intermission)
5 p.m. – Main Hall
Witold Gombrowicz: YVONNE, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY
Directed by Attila Keresztes
Teatr Slaski, Katowice, Poland
Performance in Polish, with Hungarian, Romanian and English translation
(2 hours with one intermission)
8 p.m. – Museum of Arts
MOTHERS
Directed by Alize Zandwijk
RO Theatre, Holland
Performance in Dutch, with Hungarian and Romanian translation
(2 hours and dinner)
