The Regina Maria Theatre is pleased to announceÞthe premiere of the show "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" by Martin McDonagh, translated by Bogdan Budeș, directed by Ovidiu Caița, which will take place on Saturday, March 11, at 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall.

The play was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001 and is among the most successful texts written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, one of the most acclaimed contemporary European playwrights.

The Regina Maria Theater is pleased to announce the premiere of the show "Attractive Offer", by Anton Fink, translated and directed by Elvira Rîmbu, which will take place on Sunday, February 5 and Monday, February 6, from 7:00 PM, at the Transilvania Hall.

Oradea International Theatre Festival is a large-scale cultural event, which aims to provide a space dedicated to theatrical arts, through which to stimulate cultural consumption, to support and promote local dramatic creations, Romanian and foreign theatrical productions, as well as to create opportunities for Romanian and foreign artists to share experiences of good practices, innovative ideas and to initiate the most diversified national and international partnerships.

This concept was launched in 2013 by the Regina Maria Theatre in partnership with the Oradea International Theatre Festival Cultural Foundation and brings together under its umbrella Short Theatre Festival (FTS), which is competitive in nature, Great Guest Shows Section and Independent Shows – Fringe.

The Short Play Festival is one of the most important sections of the Oradea International Theatre Festival and continues a tradition started at the Oradea Theatre in 1976. FTS has now reached its 26th edition, being the only festival dedicated to the one-act play in Romania.

The famous musical "The Fiddler on the Roof" returns to the stage of the Regina Maria Theater at the request of the audience. An emblematic show of recent years for the Romanian theater in Oradea, the musical premiered on September 25, 2011 and has always been performed to full houses since then. The audience's interest in the Oradea production quickly expanded and it soon became a cultural tourist attraction for theater lovers from all over the country.

On December 19, the Regina Maria Theater and the Szigligeti Theater, in partnership with the National Archives, opened in the two pockets of the Loji Foyer, the exhibition "Musical and theatrical memories. Archive treasures from the cultural heritage of Oradea".

The exhibition contains an important selection of documents, posters, scores, fragments of old texts, some dating back even before the construction of the theater, which capture aspects of Oradea's theatrical life. The opening of the exhibition was attended by representatives of both Romanian and Hungarian theater, as well as the Bihor County Service of the National Archives, who discussed the importance of the archive, which acts as a form of physical and fixed memory, about Oradea's theatrical life at the beginning of its journey and the need to research old documents.

The Regina Maria Theater announces the premiere of the show COLIVIA NEBUNER, by Jean Poiret, directed by Daniel Vulcu, which will take place on Friday, December 16, at 7:00 PM at the Great Hall.

            Jean Poiret, by his original name Jean-Gustave Poiré (August 17, 1926, Paris – March 14, 1992, Paris), is a big name in French cinema and theater. He was a theater and film actor, author of numerous plays and scripts that were transformed into successful films. He worked in collaboration with great directors such as François Truffaut (Le Dernier Métro) and Claude Chabrol (Inspecteur Lavardine), leaving behind many memorable roles. Regarding his work in theater, Jean Poiret remains known as an important representative of boulevard theater. He wrote and performed several successful plays, the most famous of which are: The cage of fools, Happy holidays! and Duck with oranges.

            The cage of fools (The cage of fools) is the text that established him as an author, through which he returns to the source of his comic verve: cabaret humor. The original production of the play took place at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on February 1, 1973, with Jean Poiret himself in the cast, who played one of the main roles. The comedy was enthusiastically received by critics, which had over 2,000 performances over time, inspired several films and was adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.

            Georges, the manager of a flamboyant drag club, and Jeannot, the club's star performer, have been happily married for 15 years in Saint-Tropez. When their son decides to get married, the gay couple is faced with an unexpected challenge: will the fiancée's ultra-conservative parents accept their orientation, or should they lie to them?

The Regina Maria Theater announces the premiere of the show ULTIMIII, text by Mimi Brănescu, directed by Denisa Irina Vlad, which will take place on December 3 and 4, from 7 p.m., at the Transilvania Hall.

The play "The Last" is full of Mimi Brănescu's specific irony. Built with humor and drama alike, it leaves the viewer the freedom to position themselves as they wish in relation to what is happening on stage, and Denisa Irina Vlad's directorial vision maintains the balance of this duality, without tipping the scales too much to one side or the other. The show captures a world that is funny at first glance, with simple characters, caught in the seemingly stupid dramas of their limited universe, but who reveal downright tragic realities along the way. The situation of the four characters evokes laughter, but as the story reveals the other layers of their family life, the laughter will be doubled by regret, compassion and even revolt towards their stasis in their own helplessness.

The first edition of the "Portret de autor" Festival, organized by the Iosif Vulcan Troupe of the Regina Maria Theater, in partnership with the Bihor County Council, has come to an end, after eight days in which spectators and theater people were able to enjoy beautiful performances and artistic encounters.

During this event, the Transilvania Hall was inaugurated, in the space of the old Transilvania Cinema, a new studio-type theater, which officially opened with the premiere of the show "The Son". The event was attended by theater critics, casting directors, and Oradea officials, such as Mayor Florin Birta and Vice President of the County Council Călin Gal.

"The idea of organizing this festival emerged with the "Son" project, proposed to the Regina Maria Theater by director Bobi Pricop, but also from the impossibility of organizing the Oradea International Theater Festival, a large-scale event with a tradition in the Romanian theatrical landscape.

"As the text "The Son" is part of a trilogy signed by Zeller and knowing that the other two plays, "Mother" and "Father", were staged in Romania, we considered it an opportunity that we should take advantage of to recreate a little of the atmosphere of the Oradea theater festival, to highlight an important project: the premiere of the show "The Son" and to initiate a new theatrical event, which we hope will grow even more in the years to come under the dome of the Oradea International Theater Festival", says Daniel Vulcu, manager of the Regina Maria Theater, about the new Oradea theater festival.