This co-production represents an important moment for the theatrical life of the city. In the MaRó performance, the actors of the Szigligeti Theatre and those of the Regina Maria Theatre not only share the same stage, but also participate in a common artistic process, based on dialogue, trust and mutual knowledge. The meeting of the two companies can be valuable both from a professional point of view, by bringing together different theatrical experiences and practices, and at the community level, because it creates a bridge between the audiences of the two institutions.

Nagyvárad–Oradea is a city where Romanian and Hungarian communities live together, and this reality makes the theme of the show all the more relevant. Csaba Székely's text does not present Romanian-Hungarian coexistence as absurd, but brings to the fore, through satire, the absurd situations that can arise from stereotypes, prejudices, historical resentments or from our inability to truly listen to and understand the other.

Humor and self-irony offer us the opportunity to look at these sensitive topics with a certain distance, but also with sincerity. The show does not aim to ridicule or accuse one of the communities, but to make us recognize our own reflexes and prejudices and, perhaps, be able to laugh at them together.

The Oradea audience will receive the show with openness and curiosity, precisely because they will recognize in it situations, mentalities and tensions that are part of the common reality. Of course, such a subject can provoke different reactions, but theater also has the role of asking questions, taking us out of our comfort zone and creating the necessary space for dialogue. The goal of this project is for MaRó to be not only a meeting of the two troupes, but also an authentic meeting of the two communities.

With | Cast:  Richard Balint, Attila Balogh, Giorgiana Coman, Fodor Réka, Ioana Dragoș Gajdo, Hunyadi István, Máthé Barbara, Eugen Neag, Răzvan Vicoveanu, Szotyori József, Tasnády-Sáhy Noémi, Tőtős Ádám 

Directed by: Bobi Pricop
Decor | Díszlet: Raul Ciobă
Music & Video design: iRonic Distors
Costumes/Headpiece: Cristina Breteanu
Lighting Design: Nichita Teodorescu
Technical director/Assistant: Diana Sîrghi/Lațcu Ecaterina
Blower | Súgó: Adeline Tripa & Tentea Katalin

Premiere date | Best time October 17 (Szigligeti Theater), October 18 (Queen Maria Theater) 2026, Great Hall
Duration: TBA

Show not recommended for people under 12 years old!
I teach 12 year olds!