The Oradea State Theatre building enters, for the first time, the circuit of heritage buildings included in the Night of Museums event. The Regina Maria Theatre invites the public to discover the theatre from a different perspective, beyond the conventional experience of the spectator.

On May 23, 2026, between 1:00 PM and 12:00 AM, Oradea residents and tourists alike are invited to THEATRE @NIGHT, an event built around the backstage universe of theater and the processes that support the existence of a living cultural institution. Visitors will be able to explore the backstage, technical mechanisms, costumes, sets and hidden spaces of the building, in a route that puts the theater's architectural heritage into dialogue with the artistic and human activity that animates it daily.

The Regina Maria Theatre is launching the second edition of TRM Academy, a program that grew naturally from the enthusiasm and very good feedback of the participants from the first edition. For many, it was more than a course, it was a space where they gained courage, experimented without pressure and discovered an authentic form of expression.

We continue in this direction and open the doors again for a new series of meetings where theater becomes a tool for personal exploration, not just performance. TRM Academy is about seeing yourself differently, hearing yourself more clearly, and allowing yourself to be present, without filters, in front of others.

Between May 15 – June 23, participants are invited to join one of the two modules of personal development courses through theater, coordinated by professional theater actors:

The Regina Maria Theater in Oradea invites you to the premiere of the show "I Never Knew How the Air Felt When You Left", inspired by the poetic universe of Ana Blandiana, which will take place on Friday, March 27, at 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall.

The Iosif Vulcan troupe of the Regina Maria Theater announces the premiere of the show "Tenderness" by Alfredo Sanzol, directed by Mihai Gligan, which will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall.

Playwright, director and current director of the National Dramatic Center in Spain, Alfredo Sanzol (b. 1972) is one of the most important contemporary authors of Spanish theater. His writings are distinguished by humor, stylistic inventiveness and a constant interest in exploring new dramatic structures.

The play "Tenderness", one of his best-known writings, was awarded the Valle-Inclán Theater Award in 2018 and was adapted into a film in 2023, directed by Vicente Villanueva.

Constructed as a romantic comedy with Shakespearean echoes, the play transforms the conflict between the sexes into a game full of humor and imagination. A queen with magical powers causes a shipwreck to save her daughters from the empire of men and retreats with them to a deserted island, determined to found a republic of women. However, the plan is turned upside down when she discovers that the island is already inhabited by three men (a father and his two sons) who have chosen isolation to avoid the suffering caused by love. Faced with this unexpected situation, the two camps are forced to rethink their beliefs, and the laws of attraction begin to work in unpredictable directions.

Beyond the satirical dimension, the show talks about the fragility of people in the face of love, about the need for closeness and about the imperfect but necessary possibility of reconciliation.

The show is directed by Mihai Gligan, a director from Cluj-Napoca, a graduate of the Faculty of Theatre and Film at UBB. His professional debut took place with the show "The Marriage" by NV Gogol, staged at the Baia Mare Municipal Theatre, a production awarded the Special Jury Prize for Direction and the Prize for Set Design at the Atelier International Theatre Festival (2022). "Tenderness" marks the director's second collaboration with the Regina Maria Theatre, after his participation as assistant director in the show "The Awakening" by Doru Vatavlui, directed by Bobi Pricop.

The adaptation of the text is done together with playwright Vlad Sălbatecu, the set design is by Előd Golicza, the costumes by Cristina Breteanu, and the sound universe is created by Richard Balint.

The cast includes the following actors:

Giorgiana Coman – Emerald Queen
Anca Sigmirean – Princess Salmon
Alina Leonte – Princess Ruby
David Constantinescu – The Brown Woodcutter
Eugen Neag – The Woodcutter Verdemarin
Pavel Sîrghi – The Blue Woodcutter

The next performances are scheduled for March 16 and 31, as well as April 25, from 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall.

Tickets can be purchased from the theater agency or online, on the platform poftimcultura.ro.

We are waiting for you at the theater!

The "Iosif Vulcan" troupe of the Regina Maria Theater announces the premiere of the show Tanța și Costel by Ion Băieșu, directed by Sebastian Lupu, scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, at 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall.

The cast consists of actors from the "Iosif Vulcan" troupe, Mirela Niță Lupu and Petre Ghimbășan. The creative team includes Sebastian Lupu, who directs the show, and Oana Cernea, who designs the set.

Inspired by the matrimonial advertisements of the time, the series of humorous sketches "Tanța și Costel" was a resounding success, becoming a benchmark of the Romanian comic couple, both on stage and on television. The show brings together, in the form of a scenic puzzle, a series of scenes that follow with humor and irony the conjugal life of the two, from the decision to get married to the conflicts, tense or deliciously comical situations of living together. Tanța and Costel are ordinary people, with flaws, clumsy language, desires and dreams, captured in a comic mirror that exaggerates traits and situations to reveal both the differences between the spouses and the love that, however flimsy, remains the essence of their relationship.

„"Dance is expansive and domineering, naive and snobbish, possessive, with a colorful language, full of clichés and its own logic, which arouses laughter by its inconsistency with reality. She is a symbol of the woman who tries to appear sophisticated, but who remains deeply anchored in the banal everyday life, representing the typology of the simple woman, from the city or the suburbs, intensely concerned with finding a husband and social norms." – Mirela Niță Lupu

„"With a delicious language, specific to those times, we present 5 charming moments from their lives. Despite the comical representation of the characters, the tragedy of ignorance shines through in the background, in which stupidity, lies, foolishness and selfishness reach their maximum levels. Although Băieșu outlined his characters from matrimonial ads 60 years ago, they are just as present in society today." – Petre Ghimbășan

Dance and Costel
by Ion Baiesu

Distribution:
Dance: Mirela Nita Lupu
Costel: Petre Ghimbasan

direction: Sebastian Wolf
scenography: Oana Cernea

Premiere: March 4, 2026
Show recommended for people over 12 years!

Tickets for the premiere can be purchased on the Poftim Cultură platform.

We look forward to seeing you at the theater!