We are pleased to invite you to a new premiere of the Regina Maria Theater: the musical show ŢIGANIADA, which will take place on Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2, starting at 7 p.m., at the Theater's Great Hall.

Dedicated to the two hundredth anniversary of the writing of ŢIGANIADA, the show based on Ion Budai-Deleanu's famous epic is part of the series of great shows based on classical texts. Benefiting from a dramatization by Radu Macrinici, winner of two UNITER awards for dramaturgy, the Oradea theater's show is not only a restitution of a legendary text but also a transposition to the present time of the delicious adventures that Ion Budai-Deleanu's gypsies experience on their way to search for an illusory country. Music, dance and especially acting performances complete this picturesque picture and make ŢIGANIADA one of the most important events of this season.

Wednesday, November 28 – Regina Maria Theater – Oradea – Main Hall – 6:00 PM

The Regina Maria Theater has the great pleasure of announcing the resumption of the show that has enjoyed the most resounding success on the Oradea stage, "Fiddler on the Roof" by Shalom Aleichem, under the artistic direction of Korcsmaros Gyorgy. The show will be performed in Great Hall of the Theater, Wednesday, November 28 from the time 18:00, where this time it seems that we will have a full house. The good news is that the show will be available to watch throughout the current season. Since its premiere in 1964 on Broadway, the play has seen countless adaptations, recording a resounding success both among the public and in the appreciation of critics, being known as one of the most successful musicals of all time. The show, made after adapting the story of Shalom Aleichem, enjoyed a real success in our country, participating in numerous festivals and obtaining a series of awards and nominations:

We are pleased to announce a play with a provocative title BORDEL, by Gabriel Barylli. The 5th Premiere of the 2012/2013 Season also represents a first co-production of the Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea with a theatre from abroad: Friday, November 2, at 7 pm, in the Great Hall of the Theatre (show with the audience on stage).

The show, produced in collaboration with the Pygmalion Theater in Vienna, directed by Ţino Geirun, had its official premiere on July 12, 2012 in Vienna and was presented on September 29, 2012 at the International Short Theater Festival. The cast included Julia Prock Schauer and Daniel Vulcu. The Oradea cast includes Georgia Caprărin in the role of Mary and Daniel Vulcu in the role of Martin. For Georgia Căprărin it is the first role in the Iosif Vulcan troupe. Both the artistic direction, the set design and the musical illustration bear the signature of Ţino Geirun. The director of Romanian origin settled in Vienna in 1985 where in 1989 he founded the "Pygmalion" Theater Complex, consisting of the Theater Academy and the Theater of the same name.

We invite you to join us for the fourth premiere of the Iosif Vulcan Troupe this season: the show THE END OF THE GAME (by Samuel Beckett, directed by Emil Sauciuc). This will take place on Saturday, October 20, at 7 p.m., at the Arcadia Hall. Tickets can be purchased both at the Theatre Agency (open Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., as well as at the Arcadia Hall, one hour before the show), and online, on the website www.biletmaster.roThe price of a ticket is 15 lei.

For the 2012-2013 season, season tickets can be purchased both online (adult and premiere) and at our Agency!

STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS: single price 30 lei SHOWS:

1. The Tiganiada (by Ion Budai-Deleanu)
2. In June, birjar! (by IL Caragiale)
3. Twelfth Night (by William Shakespeare)

For the 2012-2013 season, at the Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea you will encounter both new productions, which will delight audiences of all ages ("Ţiganiada", "La Iunion, birjar!" or "A twelfth night"), but also the star shows from the previous season, such as "Fiddler on the Roof", "Zbor srepăr unui nest de cuckoo" or "Biloxi Blues".

The 2012-2013 season opened with the premiere of the 18th Edition of the Short Theatre Festival, the play EQUUS (by Peter Shaffer, directed by Szabo K. Istvan) – the story of a psychiatrist who tries to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. Shaffer was inspired to write EQUUS after hearing about a shocking incident: a 17-year-old blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk. The playwright built a fictional history of the causes that could have caused the incident, without knowing any other details about it. The action of the play is similar to a detective story, in which psychiatrist Martin Dysart tries to understand the causes of the boy's actions, while struggling with conflicting feelings about his personal life.

The Regina Maria Theater was invited to participate in the 7th edition of International Children's Theater Festival, "100, 1,000, 1,000,000 Stories", organized between September 29 and October 6 in Bucharest, by the Ion Creangă Theater, with the show THE WIZARD OF OZ (by L. Frank Baum, under the artistic direction of Dan Mirea).

The jury of the Oradea Short Theatre Festival, consisting of:

President: Prof. Dr. LUDMILA PATLANJOGLU – theater critic, Director of the “Theatre Studies” Department at UNATC “IL Caragiale” Bucharest

Members:

CRISTIAN HADJI-CULEA – director, General Director of the “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre, Iași

Professor STEFANIA CENEAN – set designer, Director of the “Scenographic Art” Department at UNATC “IL Caragiale” Bucharest

MIHAI GINGULESCU – actor

MARIUS ZARAFESCU – theatre expert, Director of the “Performing Arts, Cinematography, Audiovisual” Directorate of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

REGINA MARIA Theatre and the International Short Theatre Festival Oradea 2012 invite you on Thursday, September 27, at 11:00, in the theatre foyer, to the colloquium SHORT THEATRE – BETWEEN DISABILITY AND PERFORMANCE. This event is organized in collaboration with the International Association of Theatre Critics – Romanian Section and TEATRUL AZI Magazine and will be moderated by Ms. Ludmila Patlanjoglu, theatre critic, director of the “Theatre Studies” Department within UNATC ILCaragiale in Bucharest and by Ms. Florica Ichim, theatre critic, editor-in-chief of TEATRUL AZI magazine.

Sunday, September 23, 2012:

• 7:00 PM – Great Hall – Horse by Peter Shaffer, artistic direction Szabó K. István – Regina Maria Theatre, Oradea – premiere
• 8:00 PM – Lotus Center, 1st floor – One Life Show by Mihai Ignat, artistic direction Claudiu Pintican – Ararat Theatre, Baia Mare

After the two nominations at this year's UNITER Awards Gala, obtained by Ioana Dragoș-Gajdo (Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Golde) and Vioara Bara (Best Set Design), both for the show THE ROOF FISTING Fiddler (by Sholom Aleichem, artistic direction by Korcsmaros Gyorgy), the Oradea Theatre receives three more honorable distinctions from the specialized magazine Yorick (www.yorick.ro).

Therefore, in a top of the 10 best shows of the 2011-2012 season, the show produced in Oradea is found in fifth place, alongside other famous productions from Cluj, Sibiu or Bucharest.

His Royal Highness Prince Radu Duda was in Oradea this weekend, for the Central European Archery Cup. During his short visit, he also stopped by our theater – a visit that is a small preamble to the official visit this fall, when he will participate in the official unveiling of the statue of Queen Maria, the spiritual patron of the Oradea Theater!

The artistic collective of the Regina Maria Theater in Oradea mourns the passing of the beloved actor Marcel Popa (who died in Bucharest on June 26) and stands with the bereaved family.

Many actors of our theater knew him personally, were schoolmates, stagemates and old friends. He will always remain in their memory as a great actor and reliable friend. May God rest him in peace!

Marcel Popa – Actor

Date and place of birth: 20.05.1931, Vaslui

Studies: no specialized studies

Divorced. Has a daughter.

Even though some have already gone on vacation, the entire staff of the Regina Maria Theater is on the barricades! They are intensively rehearsing the projects that will appear in the fall, in the Short Theater Festival and in the new season.

Three premieres at the Great Hall

So, it is repeated for the show EQUUS (by Peter Shaffer), under the artistic direction of Szabo K. Istvan, the show that will open this year's 18th Edition of the FTS (on September 23). The cast includes the beloved actors: Richard Balint, Ciprian Ciuciu, Alina Vicoveanu, Suzana Macovei, Corina Cernea, Petre Ghimbăşan, Sebastian Lupu, Angela Tanko and the choir includes: Răzvan Vicoveanu, Pavel Sîrghi, Denisa Vlad, Mihaela Gherdan and Dania Ţinca (a new collaborator of the Iosif Vulcan Troupe). Ovidiu Iloc will be in charge of the musical illustration, the choreography is by Mălina Andrei. The sets will be made by Mira Janos Tamas (Hungary), and the costumes bear the signature of the Oradea artist Vioara Bara.

The Regina Maria Theater, in collaboration with the Bihor County Directorate for Culture and National Heritage, Familia Magazine, the Criș Land Museum, the Iosif Vulcan Museum and the Bihor County School Inspectorate, is pleased to invite you to the tribute ceremony of our great poet Mihai Eminescu, on Friday, June 15, 2012, from 6:30 p.m., at his statue in Independence Square, where wreaths and bouquets of flowers will be laid.

Then, from 7 pm, we invite you to a poetry and music show at the "Arcadia" Hall, where beloved actors of the Oradea theater as well as performers will delight you with a selected program (Adela Lazăr, Andrian Locovei, Ion Ruscuț, George Voinese, Eugen Țugulea and performers Alexandrina Chelu, Iuliana Chelu and Florian Chelu-Madeva). Soprano Florina Mariş Hinsu and baritone Florin Mariş Hinsu will perform songs based on lyrics by Mihai Eminescu.

Public access is free.

We are pleased to announce that the Regina Maria Theater returned victorious from the ATELIER International Theater Festival in Baia Mare: Richard Balint won the Special Jury Prize and Lorant Andras won the Best Choreographer Prize.

Fiddler on the Roof had three other nominations: for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ioana Dragos Gajdo), for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Balint) and for Best Set Design (Vioara Bara).

The Regina Maria Theatre had the great pleasure of opening the 20th edition of the International Theatre Festival "Atelier" in Baia Mare (which takes place from June 3 to 9) on Sunday, June 3. This is the seventh edition to be held in Baia Mare, the festival having also taken place in Sighișoara or Sfântu Gheorghe in previous years.

The ATELIER International Theatre Festival is an unconventional theatre event that aims to highlight the latest trends in contemporary dramaturgy, organised by the Baia Mare Municipal Theatre in collaboration with the League for Theatre. A competition is also held within the festival, with prizes, and our theatre has received prizes for each participation. In 2006, we participated with the show THE MERRY WIFE OF WINDSOR (by William Shakespeare, stage direction Victor-Ioan Frunză) and received the Best Direction Award (Victor-Ioan Frunză), the Best Supporting Actress Award: Ioana Dragoş Gajdo (with the role of Mrs Quickly) and the Best Music Award: Cari Tibor. In 2011, we participated with the show THIS CHILD (by Joel Pommerat, artistic direction Vlad Massaci), where we received the Best Supporting Actress Award – Corina Cernea.

In these last days of the season, the Regina Maria Theater is undertaking intense activity, about which you will learn more below.

1. Sibiu International Theatre Festival Performance Scholarship

A delegation from the Regina Maria Theatre is present these days at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (May 25 – June 3) at the Sibiu Show Exchange. The Sibiu Show Exchange (May 31 – June 2) represents the only platform for presenting cultural acts in our country, bringing together artists and managers who present their show offerings, seek solutions for promoting cultural exchange and forge partnerships.