The play “Cruelty and Tenderness” is a contemporary reinterpretation of Sophocles’ “The Trachineans,” by Martin Crimp, which updates the ancient Greek tragedy and puts it in relation to the political climate of today’s world. Sophocles’ character, Deianeira, thus becomes, in Crimp’s reinterpretation, Amelia, the wife of a general. Housed in a temporary house near an international airport, as she receives more information about the general’s war activities, she devises a plan to bring him home. Her love for him becomes clouded by doubt and hatred when she learns that her high-ranking husband has initiated a military attack on a strategic city not only for political but also sentimental reasons.
The Regina Maria Theatre team returns from vacation with enthusiasm to step into a new season full of emotion, humor and high-caliber theatrical art. Spectators will be able to enjoy two premieres, guest performances, but also already established productions of the Iosif Vulcan troupe in September.
A successful premiere: "„Cruelty and tenderness"
The season begins with the premiere of the show "Cruelty and Tenderness" by Martin Crimp, directed by Andrei Dinu, scheduled for August 24, at 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall. The audience responded enthusiastically, and tickets quickly sold out for this production that promises to impress and captivate with its profound story. The next performance will take place on September 12, and tickets can be purchased online at Eventim.ro or from the ticket agency.
Eagerly awaited: "Cactus Flower"„
At the end of next month, the Regina Maria Theater is preparing a new surprise for the audience: the comedy "Cactus Flower" by Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Grédy, directed by Daniel Vulcu, which will premiere on September 24, at 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall. With an ingenious script and remarkable performances, this show will bring laughter to the faces of viewers who enjoy quality comedies.
The Regina Maria Theatre has reached the end of its season, after a year full of extraordinary performances, participation in prestigious festivals in the country and abroad, and a successful edition of the International Theatre Festival. The month of July brings with it a well-deserved vacation, but not before recording in the Regina Maria Theatre's success story the premieres, festivals and trips from August 2022 to June 2023.
We have known Vasilache and Mărioara for ages. They are said to be the most famous characters in Romanian puppet theatre and to have once roamed all over the fairs. Husband and wife, married for many years, quarrel, play the most ridiculous pranks and tease each other, but it cannot be said that they do not love life. When Vasilache gets into trouble, as is the case, Mărioara, who does not want to cook for him and beats him with a wooden spoon whenever he tries to play the rooster, comes to his aid and saves him.
Adaptation and artistic coordination by Igor Lungu, based on a text by Mihai Crișan
With: Alexandru Crefelean and Igor Lungu
(Julia Dinescu)
Scenography: Madalina Baciu
Technical direction, sound, lighting: Peter Papp
Stage technicians: Nicolae Porumb, Daniel Turcuț
Show recommended for children over 5 years old!
The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theater announces a new premiere of the 2022-2023 season: "Vasilache and Mărioara", based on a text by Mihai Crişan, adaptation and artistic coordination: Igor Lungu, which will take place on Sunday, June 18, at 11:00 AM, at the Arcadia Hall.
The 8th edition of the Oradea International Theater Festival has come to an end after 11 intense days of theater! We enjoyed a rich and very good selection of performances, concerts, related cultural events and beautiful artistic encounters.
We are creating another beautiful tradition together and launching the second edition of the "Tales from Arcadia" Week between May 26-31, 2023, an event organized by the Arcadia Troupe of the Regina Maria Theater.
The "Tales from Arcadia" week is an invitation to a fantastic journey, where childhood stories come to life on stage and can be revisited by children and adults alike, from this new, animated and joyful perspective of theater. The program includes some of the most beloved theater performances from the company's repertoire, as well as interactive, educational and entertaining events, designed to delight young spectators.
The Oradea International Theater Festival reopens its doors this year for the 8th edition in June, more precisely between June 1 and 11, 2023, continuing the tradition started in 2013 in the format of a large and diverse festival, but also in 1976 through the Short Theater Festival, currently included within FITO.
This year the festival will have three major sections: the competition section - the Short Theatre Festival, the Off-competition section and the Outdoor section, which include valuable performances, invited from both important theaters in Romania and abroad, including the Far East.
The Arc Eagle has prepared a new journey for us through the realm of happiness and stories and invites us from May 26-31, 2023 to a new edition of the "Arcadia Story Week" festival.
We visit, full of curiosity, two colorful and playful exhibitions - one with spectacular dolls that have come to life over time in performances by the Oradea theater and one with colorful and story-filled installation paintings made by the painter Adela Lazăr, we enjoy the magic of some of the most beloved shows from the Arcadia Troupe's repertoire and we read stories interactively at the story nights in pajamas.
The "Iosif Vulcan" troupe of the Regina Maria Theater has the great pleasure of announcingÞthe premiere of the show "98% (the right decision)" by Andreea Tănase, directed by Cătălin Mardale, which will take place on April 23, at 7 p.m., at the Arcadia Hall.
Text taken from agenda.liternet.ro / author: Răzvan Rocaș
The beginning of the current season (2022-2023) would bring Gabriel Sandu to the Regina Maria Theater as part of the "a.LIVE" project, an initiative implemented together with the FITO Cultural Foundation. Known for his dramatic texts: My father, the priest (staged at the National Theatre in Târgu Mureș and at the Apollo 111 Theatre), forgot (mounted at POINT, Bucharest) or Enmity v.0.2. There's something healing about giving people an object of their hatred (staged at Teatrelli) – for the last 2 and also directing the performances – Gabriel Sandu offers the Oradea audience an intimate and moving foray into the depths of the concept of loss, be it interpersonal or intrapersonal. Despite such a pressing theme, Luxury manages to remain in a naive register, in which situations, characters and circumstances intertwine and form a plausible image of realities that most often end up creating internal mechanisms and in relation to others much deeper than we could conceive. These resources then become the main way in which we manage to relate, react and act in social circumstances, but they are also the limitations that, voluntarily or involuntarily, we impose on ourselves.
Text author: Mircea Morariu
Taken from: contributors.ro
Mimi Brănescu is an actor by profession. More of a film actor than a theater or television actor. But above all, at least in the public's consciousness, he is the screenwriter of the sitcom Las Fierbinți. Mimi Brănescu is also an industrious author of plays. Plays that are not necessarily supported by action, but by lines. Savory, intelligent, that provoke laughter without being even a single vulgar moment. The Oradea public was able to see this almost two years ago when the playwright himself descended on the local Regina Maria Theater as a director. He did it to stage his own writing called Genul acustativ. They can also see it in the current season when the new theater, Transylvania, is playing Mimi Brănescu's The Last Ones. A kind of Home to Dad and especially a kind of Country Life, in a different way.
Every year, on World Theatre Day, which is celebrated on March 27, An internationally recognized personality is invited to deliver a message, which is translated into over 50 languages. This year, the author of the International Message for World Theatre Day is Egyptian actress Samiha Ayoub.
The Regina Maria Theater has the honor of announcing a new recital performance by actor Eugen Țugulea, laureate of the UNITER award for a life dedicated to theater and poetry: "Memories... Experiences... Poems..." (from "Miorița" to "Balada neamului meu"), which will take place on Tuesday, March 21, from 7:00 PM, at the Arcadia Hall, also marking International Poetry Day.
The Regina Maria Theatre is pleased to announceÞthe premiere of the show "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" by Martin McDonagh, translated by Bogdan Budeș, directed by Ovidiu Caița, which will take place on Saturday, March 11, at 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall.
The play was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001 and is among the most successful texts written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, one of the most acclaimed contemporary European playwrights.
The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theater announces a new premiere of the 2022-2023 season: "Doctor Aumădoare", an adaptation of Kornei Chukovski, directed by Iulian Bulancea, which will take place on Sunday, March 5, at 11:00 AM, at the Arcadia Hall.
The text on which the Arcadia Troupe's performance is based is inspired by the famous book by Korney Chukovsky, one of the most popular Russian poets who wrote for children. Due to his captivating characters and inventive rhymes, he has been compared to the American children's author Dr. Seuss.
„"Doctor Aumădoare" is one of the most famous and beloved children's stories in Russian literature, and has been translated into other languages. The adventurous story of Doctor Aumădoare, who goes on a long and sensational journey to Africa to save sick animals, conveys to little ones the importance of friendship, love and respect for animals.
The dramatization, adaptation and direction of the show are carried out by Iulian Bulancea – who is in his second collaboration with the Arcadia Troupe, after having staged „The Snow Queen and the Enchanted Mirror” – so that the action contains elements appropriate to our culture and times. Iulian Bulancea manages, both through the chosen fragments and through the directorial vision, to build a dynamic, cheerful and captivating story, in which the playful and energetic characters will arouse the curiosity and admiration of the young spectators.
The creative team also includes Dorin Griguță, who creates the songs, and Răzvan Chendrean, as a set designer, props and painter. The cast of the show includes the following actors: Florian Silaghi, Alexandru Pop, Armanca Serac, Igor Lungu, Andrei Fazecaș, Carina Bunea, David Constantinescu and Consuela Egyed.
The show is recommended for children over 4 years old.
The premiere is already sold out. The second performance is scheduled for March 11, at 11:00 AM, at the Arcadia Hall, and tickets can be purchased from the theater agency, open Tuesday and Thursday between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM, Wednesday and Friday between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM, and Saturday between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM, online at Eventim.ro or one hour before the show at the Arcadia Theater (subject to availability).
We look forward to seeing you at the premiere!
You are about to meet Doctor Aumădoare and find out the secrets of his amazing job!
In his hospital, all animals with health problems are welcome.
Whether domestic or wild, we assure you that they will be well cared for.
Doctor Aumadore is a good and caring friend, so he also makes home visits.
If there's a sick animal, wherever it is, he goes to help it, even all the way to Africa.
The story of Doctor Aumădoare teaches little ones how to be friends with nature and guides them to love, protect and respect animals. The adaptation of the famous book by Korney Chukovski is an inspired and creative one. Iulian Bulancea manages, both through the chosen fragments and through the directorial vision, to build a dynamic, cheerful and captivating story, in which the playful and energetic characters will arouse the sympathy of young viewers.
With: Florian Silaghi, Alexandru Pop, Armanca Serac, Igor Lungu, Andrei Fazecaș, Carina Bunea, David Constantinescu, Consuela Egyed
Directed by: Iulian Bulancea
Songs: Dorin Griguță
Scenography, props, painting: Răzvan Chendrean
Technical direction, lighting, sound: Peter Papp
Stage technicians: Dan Turcuț and Nicolae Porumb
Costume designer: Anna Cellino
Age limit: +4
Premiere: March 5, 2023 – Arcadia Hall
