Award at the "Atelier" International Theater Festival in Baia Mare
The Iosif Vulcan troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre participated in the 25th edition of the "Atelier" International Theatre Festival in Baia Mare, with the show "FAD (Nods and Plates)", and returned crowned with success.
The "ATELIER" International Theatre Festival is an exploratory theatrical event, which aims to create, through invited performances, an x-ray of the state and dynamics of direction, dramaturgy, scenography, choreography, stage music and the art of the 21st century actor. It is a competitive theatrical event, so that every year a jury selected from among prominent personalities of Romanian theatre awards the following prizes: The Prize for the Best Scenography, the "Gheorghe Dinu" Prize for Scenic Image, the Prize for the Best Performance in Unconventional Spaces, the Prize for the Best Actress, the Prize for the Best Actor, the Special Jury Prizes, the Prize for the Best Director and the Grand Prize for the Best Performance.
The jury, this year composed of theater critic Doru Mareș (president of the jury), Nicolae Weisz, Marius Zarafescu, Sorin Militaru and Mircea M. Ionescu, decided that the award for BEST ACTRESS should go, ex aequo, to actress Ioana Dragoș Gajdo, for the role of Vera, from the show „FAD (Noduri și placii)”. The award consists of a superb painting by the plastic artist Anamaria Nagy.
This is not the first award that Ioana Dragoș Gajdo has won, among other important awards and nominations, in 2001 and 2006 she won the award for best actress, respectively the award for best supporting actress, also at the "Atelier" Festival.
Congratulations to the actress of the Regina Maria Theatre, Ioana Dragoș Gajdo! We wish her many more awards in the future and promising roles, rewarded with thunderous applause. Our congratulations are also due to the entire team of the show for the work done in the realization of this extraordinary project.
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Self Guided Audio Tour – TRM Theater @Night
Welcome to TRM Theatre @Night, the experience that gives you the opportunity to discover the Regina Maria Theater from a different perspective: not just as a spectator, but as an explorer of a hidden world.
Tonight, the theater opens its doors differently.
With the help of this audio guide, you will be able to walk the route prepared especially for the event on your own and discover stories about the building's architecture, the history of the Oradea theater, the backstage spaces, the stage mechanisms and the small details that the audience usually does not have the opportunity to observe.
From the foyer and the Great Hall, to the boxes, balcony, and the spaces that support the magic behind a show, this tour invites you to look at the theater not just as a place for performances, but as a living organism, in which every corner has a story.
How does it work?
- Press play on the audio file below.
- Follow the route indicated during the event.
- Stop in each space and let the story reveal the theater to you, step by step.
Approximate tour duration: 30 minutes
Recommendation: Use headphones for the most immersive experience.
Location: Queen Maria Theater, Oradea
Start the audio tour and let the theater tell you its story.
Theatre @Night is part of the Museum Night program at the Regina Maria Theatre – the first edition in which the theatre building enters the cultural heritage circuit open to the public.
