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.

The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theater invites you on Saturday, December 18 to the premiere of a splendid atmospheric show, in which the play of light, shadow and color creates a magical world, in which the spectators will be completely absorbed: "The Snow Queen and the Enchanted Mirror", after Hans Christian Andersen, dramatized and directed by Iulian Bulancea.

The Regina Maria Theater and the Bihor County Cultural Center have the great pleasure of inviting you to the anniversary show "A Land Called Romania", which will take place on December 1, from 6:00 PM, at the Great Hall of the Theater, on the occasion of the celebration of Romania's National Day.

The program includes artistic moments with a folklore specific, which will be interspersed with short poetic recitals performed by actors Giorgiana Coman and David Constantinescu. The show will be opened by the Folk Ensemble "Datina" from Aleșd with a moment entitled "When was the catana wake up – Thunder, Lord, what thunder!” and presents the departure of the young men and women in the village during the First World War, but also captures the longing, the doina, the horit and the corinda that remain in the village after their departure. The special guests of the Folk Ensemble "Datina" are the vocalist Maria Casandra Hauși - laureate of the "Maria Tănase" Festival and Mrs. Mariana Gligor, from Tulnica in Apuseni, a living human treasure. The moment will be followed by the Vocal Group "Lioara" of the "Francis Hubic" School of Arts in Oradea, and at the end the Professional Artistic Ensemble "Crișana" will take the stage, which has prepared a comprehensive and emotional artistic moment, in which we will be delighted by the orchestra and the dance troupe of the ensemble, the vocalist Otilia Haragoș Seghedi, the instrumental artists Petrică Popa, Stângaciu and Teodorescu Mihail.

Tickets for the show can be purchased from the theater agency, open from Tuesday to Friday between 10:00 and 14:00, or one hour before the performance and online at Eventim.ro.

According to the new regulations in force, access to the performance halls is allowed only for people vaccinated against the SARS-COV-2 virus, for whom 10 days have passed since the completion of the complete vaccination schedule, people who present a certificate attesting that they are between the 15th and 180th day following confirmation of infection with SARS-CoV-2, and minors under 12 years of age. Wearing a protective mask is mandatory for the entire duration of the event (from entering the foyer until leaving the building).

We look forward to celebrating Romania's National Day together!

 Eva Heyman – premiere
"We're thinking of you, Eva Heyman!" 

The Regina Maria Theater invites you to the premiere of a special show, which illustrates a fragment of the history of the city of Oradea, but also of the entire world: "Eva Heyman", dramatization, concept and direction: Emil Sauciuc and Ioana-Maria Repciuc, which will take place on Sunday, November 21, from 6:00 PM, at the Arcadia Hall.