The Cultural Foundation "Oradea International Theatre Festival", in partnership with the Regina Maria Theatre, is running the "(a)LIVE" project. The project obtained funding within the 2nd funding session granted by the National Cultural Fund Administration, for the Performing Arts-Theatre area.

"The main theme of the project is The digital generation under the impact of terror and illustrates the progressive emotional vulnerability of adolescents and young adults, exposed to the fear of death in a continuous form, starting from the pandemic threat and continuing with that of the war in Ukraine", explains Andreea Costea, the project manager.

On the occasion of International Charity Day, marked every year on September 5, two free performances for children and adolescents with disabilities will take place at the Great Hall of the Regina Maria Theater.

Each troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre will perform a show at the Great Hall, with the aim of supporting the social integration of children and young people with disabilities from Oradea and Bihor County. From 11:00, the show "Beauty and the Beast" will take place, in which you will be able to see the puppeteers of the Arcadia Troupe, and from 18:00, the show "French Teacher" will take place, performed by the actors of the Iosif Vulcan Troupe.

With the start of the summer season with shows played at the Great Hall, Arcadia Hall and the Oradea Citadel, the Regina Maria Theater launches the #TRMtreats campaign, which comes with numerous prizes and surprises inspired by the shows for spectators attending the performances scheduled in August and September.

With tickets purchased for any of the performances, spectators will be able to enter the contests announced on the Regina Maria Theatre's Facebook page. The first contest has already taken place, and after the end of the ART OF ADULTERY show, the winner of the "Romantic Dinner at Meridian Zero" contest was given a 200 lei voucher for a romantic dinner at the Meridian Zero Restaurant.

Also, throughout the summer season, with tickets purchased for any of the shows in the Oradea Citadel, spectators will have a 10% discount for any consumption at the Meridian Zero Restaurant.

Spectators who will have tickets to THE ACCUSATIVE GENDER (August 27, 8 p.m. – Oradea Citadel) will be able to win one of the 5 #OradeaCuDrag packages offered by Visit Oradea, with the encouragement to accept the challenge "Be a tourist in your own city". Also, 5 packages are reserved for spectators who will register for the "A visit to the museum" contest with tickets purchased for the VINEGAR TOM show (September 7, 7 p.m. – Sala Mare).

At the performances of IUBEȘTI? PLATEȘTI! (August 28 and September 9, 8 pm – Cetatea Oradea), the winners of the contests launched on the Regina Maria Theatre's Facebook page – "True love and books" - will each receive a package of books about communication and relationships offered by the Humanitas Oradea Bookstore. Also, people who purchase a ticket to one of the theatre's performances and present it in the Humanitas Bookstore within 7 days of purchase, have a 20% discount on any title in the bookstore (except for promotions in force on that day/month). In addition to the book package, the winners of the contests will also benefit from a free financial education session offered by an authorized financial consultant.

RMN, the newest film by director Cristian Mungiu, for the first time, in the presence of the team in Oradea

MRI, The newest film by director Cristian Mungiu will be seen in a special screening at Regina Maria Theater in Oradea, Friday, June 10, starting at 19.00. Director Cristian Mungiu and actor Kovács Levente Jr. will be present at the event, and at the end of the screening they will answer questions from the audience.

MRI tells a story about the profound springs of human behavior in the face of realities that surprise us, about the relationship with others and about the way we all relate today to an unsettling future. Director Cristian Mungiu describes the film as "a story about the relationship between the old times – perceived as more trustworthy because they had become familiar to us – and the current times, felt as chaotic. It is also a story about the self-deception generated by a set of European values that remain more of a desideratum than an accomplishment. It is a story about intolerance and discrimination, about prejudice, stereotypes, authority and freedom, a story about cowardice and courage, about the individual and the masses, about personal destiny versus the collective. It is also a story about survival, about poverty, about fear and an unsettling future."

After the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the first laudatory reviews appeared in international publications: "Discrete sequences, of astonishing clarity and density, with a rigor of construction camouflaged by the spontaneity of presentation", "A complex film, so full of ideas that you would expect that concern for aesthetics would not be a priority, but MRI is of an almost unbelievable beauty" notes Jessica Kiang in Variety. "RMN is a fascinating, very human exploration of the multiple problems facing Romania"  appreciates Jordan Mintzer in The Hollywood Reporter.

The participation in the International Balkan Theatre Festival "Balkan Breeze" in Bursa, Turkey, with the show "Tartuffe" continues to have positive echoes in the world of theatre. After the enthusiasm with which the show was received and rewarded at the Turkish festival, we are happy to announce that actor Richard Balint, the performer of the role of "Orgon", and director Vlad Trifaș (who signed, in addition to directing, the adaptation and original music of the show), were awarded by the jury of New Theatre Magazine, which offers the Awards for Activity and Achievements in Theatre at the end of the season.

New Theatre/Yeni Tiyatro Magazine is the only publication in Turkey dedicated exclusively to theatre, closely monitoring important theatre events around the world, and at the end of the season it offers the Activity and Achievement Awards. This year, the event is in its 9th edition and targets both Turkish and international theatre productions. The jury, consisting of valuable theatre personalities from Turkey, also considered the Queen Maria Theatre's performance "Tartuffe", and among the winners is actor Richard Balint, who is awarded the Best International Actor Award and director Vlad Trifaș, who is responsible for Best International Director AwardThe award ceremony will take place on Monday, June 13, at 6:30 PM (Turkish time), at the Caddebostan Cultural Center in Kadıköy.

Congratulations Richard Balint and Vlad Trifaș! We thank everyone who made possible the participation of the Regina Maria Theatre at the "Balkan Breeze" International Festival of Balkan Theatres in Bursa, especially the Romanian Cultural Institute in Istanbul for all the support provided.

A pilot project in Romania – "Contemporary Theatre in Classrooms" 

The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theater joined the project "Contemporary Theatre in Classrooms", launched by the Romanian Association for the Promotion of Performing Arts (ARPAS), in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Bucharest and with the agency Henschel from Berlin, co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration.

The Regina Maria Theater responds positively The humanitarian campaign initiated by UNITER, in partnership with the Worldwide Reading Project and CITD (The Center for International Theatre Development) in Baltimore, Romanian artists for Ukrainian artists, a fundraising project that will take place between May 16th and June 15th.

A week of stories from Arcadia

The Regina Maria Theater invites you from May 15-22, 2022 to the "Tales from Arcadia" Week, a complex event, organized by the Arcadia Troupe, which will include some of the most beloved theater performances from the troupe's repertoire, as well as related events designed to delight young spectators.

"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 Regina Maria Theater in Oradea invites you to the premiere of the Iosif Vulcan Troupe's "The Quarrels of Chioggia", by Carlo Goldoni, artistic direction by Șerban Borda, which will take place on Sunday, May 8, at 7:00 PM, at the Arcadia Hall.

Carlo Goldoni (February 25, 1707, Venice – February 6, 1793, Paris) is considered the founder of Italian realistic comedy, being the playwright who revitalized the established dramatic form of commedia dell'arte Italian, by replacing masked figures with more realistic characters, the evasively structured and often repetitive action, with well-constructed plots and its predictable farce with a new spirit full of humor and spontaneity.

"The Quarrels of Chioggia" is a comedy in three acts, which brings to the fore the lives of two families of fishermen from a Venetian village, between whom a conflict arises that starts from a series of entanglements and love misunderstandings. The way in which the plot evolves, the attempts at reconciliation, the tricks, the language, the relationships between the characters create situations of a delicious comic, but manage to capture a picture of profound realism.

The Regina Maria Theater has designated the winner of the "Start-Up Theatre Director" program, intended for young directors in Romania, launched in January 2022.

The program consisted in the first stage of organizing a directorial project competition, which took place between January 27 and April 15, 2022. The participation criteria were: graduation from a specialized school, participants not to exceed the age of 30, to propose contemporary texts, and the concept of the show to comply with the requirements of the Short Theatre Festival (show with a maximum duration of 90 minutes, without intermission).

18 young directors entered the competition, who fully respected the participation criteria. The winner designated by the Management of the Regina Maria Theatre is Cătălin Mardale, who proposed the text "98% (the right decision)", written by Andreea Tănase. The next stage of the program consists of the actual realization of the winning project at the Iosif Vulcan Troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre.

We thank everyone who responded to our open call and congratulate the winner!

The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre invites you to a new premiere: "The Two-Money Bag", adaptation after Ion Creangă, by Viorica Filipoiu, artistic direction by András Szőke Kavinszki, which will be performed on Sunday, March 20, from 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

The Regina Maria Theater joins the initiative initiated by the Oradea Community Foundation with the aim of supporting Ukrainians who will be accommodated in the coming period in Oradea and nearby areas, by facilitating access to useful information for those willing to donate and, at the same time, by urging the theater-loving public to get involved in this cause.

 The Regina Maria Theater joins the "Pray for Peace!" campaign - A Radio Romania Cultural campaign initiated as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, by broadcasting an audio message that calls for solidarity, empathy and compassion with the tragedy of the war in Ukraine.

Today, from 6:00 PM, at the Great Hall, before the start of the performance "The Art of Adultery" and on Saturday, March 5, at 6:00 PM, at the Arcadia Hall, before the start of the performance "Three Tall Women", a recording of Ana Blandiana reading a short excerpt with a strong emotional impact from the preface to the book "The Last Witnesses" by the Ukrainian-born writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, will be broadcast.

"Theatre in High School" – a new educational project initiated by the Regina Maria Theatre

            The Iosif Vulcan Troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre launched the pilot educational project "Theatre in High School", which is aimed at high schools in Oradea and aims to establish five theater troupes, which will be coordinated by actors from the Iosif Vulcan Troupe.

The Regina Maria Theater in Oradea launches the START-UP THEATRE DIRECTOR program, intended for young directors in Romania.

Thus, starting this year, we propose to organize a competition for directorial projects, with the aim of supporting young graduated directors under the age of thirty. As a result of this competition, the director declared the winner will stage the proposed show at the Regina Maria Theatre, and the premiere of this show will take place during the Oradea International Theatre Festival (FITO).

The proposals must be based on contemporary texts, and the concept of the show must comply with the festival requirements: a show with a maximum duration of 90 minutes, without an intermission. The jury is made up of members of the Artistic Council of the Regina Maria Theatre.

The Regina Maria Theater launched the THEATRE IN HIGH SCHOOL project in December!

The project is aimed at high schools in Oradea and aims to establish 5 theater groups in 5 high schools, with students in grades 9th, 10th and 11th.