We live in the midst of a fiery age
Café-theater show
Nicolae Labiş Recital
Screenplay: Stanca Ponta and Ion Abrudan
Artistic director: Ion Abrudan
Scenography: Eliza Popescu
Music illustration: Zoltán Boros
Premiere date: June 30, 1969
„"We live in the midst of a burning age" continued the series of small-scale performances from the café-théâtre project of the Romanian section, benefiting from a group of young performers, barely past the age at which Nicolae Labiş created. The beauty of the lyrics intertwined with the musical chords, creating a performance that attempted to go beyond the canons of a regular recital, in order to instead create a unified story, in which the protagonists express their thirst for life, the struggle with themselves at the crossroads of life. Labiş's lyrics, vibrant and charmingly candid, do not exclude confrontation with reality, however. As Gheorghe Tomozei states, "adolescent, Labiş's poetry is an invitation to mature contemplation. Simple in its representations, it calls for depth."”
Interpreters:
Ana Popa
Anca Miere Chirilă
Ben Dumitrescu
Nicolae Barosan
Ion Abrudan
Sound: Dorel Olea
Lights: Emeric Kozák, Alexandru Horváth
