"This text is a manual on the rise of dictatorship in society, meticulously exemplifying the tropes of tyranny, a landscape play about dictators disguised as saviors. Richard, a prodigious criminal, narcissistic and violent, unleashes a mechanism of terror. Thus, the non-hero becomes, for a time, a leader. As now, perhaps in a hundred or a thousand years, Richard will continue to appear before the spectators, explaining to them step by step the forms of corruption in their own reality. And the spectators will watch with bated breath all the facts they have been warned about and will do nothing. They will promise themselves, perhaps, that the slippages they are experiencing will not be repeated. This is why we chose to imagine a scenic universe with no temporal definition.

The staging is built around fluid moments mixed with neo-medievalism, reconfigurations of the Oradea troupe's dynamics, stasis and revelations. Throughout the rehearsals, we asked ourselves the question: is it possible for sovereign states to disappear, replaced by a world governed by some modern equivalent of the politics of the Western European Middle Ages? The nostalgia for medieval aesthetics (currently trending in fashion, film and theatre) prophesies just this, as an index of contemporary man's dissatisfaction with the life he leads.” – Alexandra Felseghi and Andrei Majeri

Distribution:
Richard: Petre Ghimbasan
Buckingham: Razvan Vicoveanu
Edward / Clarence / Henry VI / The Cardinal: Richard Balint
Lady Elizabeth: Denisa Vlad
Lady Anne: Alina Leonte
Lady Margaret: Corina Cernea
The Duchess of York: Ioana Dragos Gajdo
Hastings / Page: Cosmin Petrut
Prince / Young York / Page: Robert Balint
Richmond: Luca Bran

Directed by: Andrei Majeri
Scenography: Adrian Balcau
Music: Adrian Leg
Choreography: Hunor Varga
Video design: Andrei Cozlac
Lighting design: Sabina Reus
Musical preparation: Ovidiu Iloc
Musical illustration: Andrei Majeri
Assistant director: Cosmin Petrut
Set design assistant: Madalina Baciu

Premiere date: April 5 and 6, 2025, Great Hall