FESTIVAL | Selection of the Oradea International Theater Festival, 8th edition, 2023
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 selection was made this edition by the Management of the Regina Maria Theater and includes the following performances:
ORADEA INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2023 SELECTION
SHORT THEATRE FESTIVAL – COMPETITION
Szigligeti Theater, Oradea
TO SMURF, physical theater madness based on the play "Les Bâtisseurs d'empire" by Boris Vian, director-choreographer: Györfi Csaba
"Aureliu Manea" National Theater, Turda
PASSION, after Mihail Sorbul, directed by: Luana Hagiu
"Radu Stanca" National Theatre, Sibiu and Unteatru, Bucharest
Massie, text: Fran Kranz, directed by: Andrei & Andreea Grosu
"Alexei Mateevici" Theater, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
I AM THE WIND by Jon Fosse, directed by Sorin Militaru
ACT Theater, Bucharest
GIRLS AND BOYS by Dennis Kelly, directed by: Cristi Juncu
ARCUB, Bucharest
NUNZIO by Spiro Scimone, directed by: Alina Hiristea
Polski Teatr Tańca, Poznań, Poland
ROMEOS & JULIAS UNPLAGUED. TRAUMSTADT, based on "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, production coordinator: Robert Chodyła
Queen Maria Theater, Oradea
THE MARGINALS by Mimi Brănescu, directed by: Denisa Vlad
Meskheti State Drama Theater, Georgia
UNTIL DEATH DOES US PART by Dimitré Dinev, directed by Radu Ghilaș
Bulandra Theater, Bucharest
ZINC BOYS after Svetlana Alexievich, translation: Justina Bandol, dramatization and stage adaptation: Yuri Kordonsky
CREATION AND EXPERIMENT REACTOR, Cluj-Napoca
ALL THE THINGS ALOIS TOOK FROM ME by Cosmin Stanilă, directed by Andrei Măjeri
Queen Maria Theater, Oradea
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART (LISELOTTE AND MAY) by Pozsgai Zsolt, director: Daniel Vulcu
"Lucian Blaga" National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
A LETTER LOST IN THE CONCERT after "A Lost Letter" by IL Caragiale, concert performance by Ada Milea
"Lucian Blaga" National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
BLACK MIRROR based on the short stories "The Handmaid" and "The Breath" by Luigi Pirandello, translation: Maria Rotar, directed by: Roberto Bacci
"Mihai Eminescu" Theater, Botoșani
heroines after Publius Ovidius Naso, direction, set design and musical illustration: Andrei Măjeri
The Little Theatre, Bucharest
GOOD NIGHT, MOM! by Marsha Norman, directed by: Vlad Massaci
OFF-COMPETITION SECTION
"Ioan Slavici" Classical Theater Arad - Marionette Troupe
HISTORY OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN (and their parents), directed by: Cristian Ban
Baia Mare Municipal Theater
CACTUS FLOWER by Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Grédy, director: Daniel Vulcu | Baia Mare Municipal Theatre
Excelsior Theater, Bucharest
THE ADDAMS FAMILY libretto: Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music and lyrics: Andrew Lippa, translation and adaptation of the text: Carmen Stanciu, translation and adaptation of the songs: Alex Ștefănescu, direction, choreography, costumes: Răzvan Mazilu
Constanta State Theatre
SEASIDE STORIES by Marius Chivu, Lavinica Mitu, Dan Alexe, Simona Goșu, Tudor Ganea, Nicoleta Dabija, direction, screenplay, sound universe: Radu Afrim
Theater Camp1980, Tokyo, Japan
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA
Târgu-Mureș National Theatre – "Liviu Rebreanu" Company„
HERBARIUM, a show by Radu Afrim, scenography: Irina Moscu
"Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre Iași
THE PLOWER AND DEATH by Johannes von Tepl, directed by Silviu Purcărete
OUTDOOR SECTION
Auăleu Theater, Timișoara
GRAND HOSTEL TIMISOARA, text and staging: Ovidiu Mihăiță
Satu Mare North Theater
WEDDING – street show, concept and direction: Victor Olăhuț
ZDOB&ZDOB CONCERT
The program of the Oradea International Theater Festival will soon go on sale, and tickets can be purchased from the Regina Maria Theater agency and online at Eventim.ro.
See you at FITO!
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