THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
20TH EDITION
OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 7, 2010
ROMANIAN SHOWCASE 3 / TOP ROMANIAN SHOWS
1. 20/20, written and directed by Gianina Carbunariu, Studio Yorick, Targu Mures
2. Here at the Gates of Darkness, after Euripides, directed by Mihai Maniutiu, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater, Iasi
3. The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, directed by Vlad Massaci, Nottara Theater, Bucharest
4. Breaking the Waves (The Blessed Life of Bess), adaptation for the stage after a script by Lars von Trier, directed by Radu Nica, Radu Stanca National Theater, Sibiu
5. Hot Heads by Mihaela Michailov, directed by David Schwartz, Center for Visual Introspection and Tanga Project, Bucharest
6. The Woods by David Mamet, directed by Alexandru Berceanu, Ioan Slavici Classical Theater, Arad
7. Forehead Bumps, after Eric Bogosian, directed by Radu Iacoban and Tudor Aaron Istodor, LUNI Theater at Green Hours, Bucharest
8. Elling, dramatization by Axel Hellstenius and Petter Naess, after the novel Blood Brothers by Ingvar Ambjornsen, directed by Vlad Massaci, Comedy Theater, Bucharest
9. The Woman Who Lost Her Garters by Eugene Labiche, directed by Silviu Purcarete, Comedy Theater, Bucharest
10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Uray Peter, Studio M, Sfantu Gheorghe
11. Herr Paul by Tankred Dorst, directed by Radu Afrim, Youth Theater, Piatra Neamt
12. The Good Thief by Conor McPherson, directed by Cristi Juncu, 74 Theater, Targu Mures
13. The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor, after F. Dostoevsky, directed by Radu Penciulescu, National Theater, Bucharest
14. The Cherry Orchard by A. P. Chekhov, directed by Felix Alexa, National Theater, Bucharest
15. Miriam W. by Savyon Liebrecht, directed by Radu Afrim, Toma Caragiu Theater, Ploiesti
16. The Odyssey, after Homer, directed by Tim Carroll, Marin Sorescu National Theater, Craiova
17. Family Stories by Biljana Sbrljanovic, directed by Cristian Ban, Andrei Muresanu Theater, Sfantu Gheorghe
18. Pyramus & Thisbe 4 You, after William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Dabija, Odeon Theater, Bucharest
19. Royal Fashion, directed by Dan Puric, National Operetta Theater, Bucharest
20. Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alexandru Tocilescu, Metropolis Theater, Bucharest
21. Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman, directed by Andrei Serban, Hungarian State Theater, Cluj-Napoca
22. Supermarket, playscript and stage direction by Theo Herghelegiu, Inexistent Theater and La Scena Club, Bucharest
NTF PREMIERES – booked titles
1. Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, directed by Matthias Langhoff, Hungarian State Theater, Cluj-Napoca
2. Show by Rodrigo Garcia, Mihai Eminescu National Theater, Timisoara
FOREIGN GUEST SHOWS
1. Hey, Girl! A show by Romeo Castellucci & Societas Raffaello Sanzio (IT)
2. Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Silviu Purcarete, Les Arts et Mouvants, Cie à l’endroit des mondes allant vers (Paris), Ex-Ponto Festival (Slovenia), UNITER, Romanian Cultural Institute (Cantemir program)
NTF DEBUT
1. Exile to the Land of Oblivion, directed and choreography by Andreea Tanasescu, National Dance Center, Bucharest
2. The Office Clerks, after A. P. Chekhov, directed by Alexandru Mazgareanu, Metropolis Theater, Bucharest
DEBATES, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS
1. Lee Breuer, Mabou Mines founder, USA – conference and video presentation
2. Michal Kobialka – conference and Kantor shows screening
3. Theater seen from close up – lecture by George Banu
4. Octavian Saiu live with Silviu Purcarete
5. Romanian artists conferences
6. Debate – The situation of Romanian theater (20th edition)
BOOK LAUNCHES
UNITEXT Publishers – NTF Collection
1. Fifty Key Theater Directors (Maria Shevtsova and Shomit Mitter, Routledge, 2005), translated by Anca Ionita and Cristina Modreanu
2. Kantor by Michal Kobialka, translated by Cipriana Petre; with the Theater Department of Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca
bybliotek Publishers
1. Mihai Maniutiu. Spatiul cameleonic / The Ever-changing Space by Cristina Modreanu, bybliotek Publishers, 2010
2. Memoriile hingherului / Memories of the Flayer by Mihai Maniutiu, illustrations by Iuliana Vilsan, bybliotek Publishers, 2010
Trilogia indepartarii by George Banu, Cartea romaneasca Publishers
MOVIES, NIGHT, THEATER = NTF
The Night, series by George Banu, a film by Dominic Dembinski, photography director: Viorel Sergovici, a production of TVR Cultural
Episode 1: Silence and rustle / Episode 2: The city lights and insomnia / Episode 3: Dictatorship and the demons of power / Episode 4: Night lives: lust and duty / Episode 5 Loneliness and melancholy / Episode 6: The end of night, the birth of day