SHORT THEATRE FESTIVAL PROGRAM, 2013
International Short Theatre Festival
ATTENTION: further changes may occur. Please check with the ticket agency!
Friday, September 20
- Great Hall, 7:00 PM
OFFICIAL OPENING
Regina Maria Theatre – Music and Dance Theatre section – FESTIVAL PREMIERE
producers by Mel Brooks, artistic direction Halasi Imre
Saturday, September 21
- Great Hall, 7:00 PM – Hungarian State Theatre Cluj – Music and Dance Theatre section
LEONIDA GEM SESSION, stage version Tompa Gabor and Andras Visky, artistic direction Tompa Gabor
- Studio Hall, 5:00 PM – Athanor Theatre Germany – Short Theatre section
Lesson by Eugene Ionesco, artistic direction Florin Vidamski
- Arcadia Hall, 10:00 PM – Extraordinary Recital by Tania Popa
RUSSIAN NIGHT a musical show by and with Tania Popa
Sunday, September 22
- Great Hall, 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM – Bucharest Comedy Theater – Short Theater section
ugly by Marius Von Mayenburg, artistic direction Vlad Cristache
- Trade Union Culture House, 9:00 PM - Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre Timişoara - Short Theatre section
GARDENIA by Elzbieta Chowaniec, artistic direction Koltai M. Gabor
- Club Stage, 10:30 PM – Frilensăr Company from Iași – Short Theatre section
FREELANCE WORKER by Enoch Darli
Monday, September 23
- Great Hall, 6:30 p.m. – Vasile Alecsandri National Theater Iași – Music and Dance Theater section
MR. SWEDENBORG WANTS TO DREAM screenplay and artistic direction Mihai Măniuţiu
- Studio Hall, 5:00 PM – Mihai Eminescu National Theater Timişoara – Short Theater section
GOD IS A MAFIA by Nick Mancuso, a concept by Doru Iosif
- Trade Union Culture House, 8:30 p.m. – Mihai Eminescu National Theater Timişoara – Short Theater section
I DECIDED TO BECOME A FOOL adaptation after Martin Page, artistic direction Antonella Cornici
- Oradea State Philharmonic, 8:30 p.m. – Odeon Theater Bucharest – Music and Dance Theater section
SHARAIMAN – a contemporary dance and stand-up comedy show with Răzvan Mazilu and Dan Badea
Tuesday, September 24
- Main Hall, 7:00 PM – Odeon Theater Bucharest – Music and Dance Theater section – guest performance
ARTURO UI'S RISE CAN BE STOPPED by Bertold Brecht, artistic direction Dragoş Galgoţiu
- Trade Unions' House of Culture, 9:00 PM – Regina Maria Theater – Festival premiere – performance with the audience on stage – Short Theater section
8 WOMEN by Robert Thomas, artistic direction Radu Nichifor
Wednesday, September 25
- Studio Hall, 5:00 PM – Piatra Neamţ Youth Theater – Short Theater section
TAPE by Stephen Belber, artistic direction Răzvan Muraru
- Arcadia Hall, 7:00 PM – Regina Maria Theater, Iosif Vulcan Troupe – short theater section
END OF GAME by Samuel Beckett, artistic direction Emil Sauciuc
- Trade Union Culture House, 9:00 PM – Ioan Slavici Arad Classical Theater – performance with the audience on stage – Short Theater section
CUT by Mark Ravenhill, artistic direction Alex Mihăiescu
- Mobile stage, behind the theater, 9:30 p.m. – Auăleu Teatru – Short Theater section
CIRCUS WORLD, artistic direction Ovidiu Mihăiță
Thursday, September 26
- Main Hall, 7:00 PM – Csokonai Theatre Debrecen, Hungary – Short Theatre section
THE CANDLES BURN TO THE END by Marai Sandor, artistic direction Domolki Janos
- Studio Hall, 5:00 PM – Lucian Blaga National Theater Cluj Napoca – Short Theater section
BARRYMORE by William Luce, artistic direction Tudor Lucanu
Friday, September 27
- Great Hall, 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM – Regina Maria Theater, Iosif Vulcan Troupe – Festival premiere – Short Theater section
THOSE WHO DON'T FORGET screenplay and artistic direction Gavriil Pinte
- Trade Unions Culture House, 7:00 PM – Art Cord Cultural Association, Cluj Napoca – performance with the audience on stage – Short Theatre section
CLOWN HIRE by Matei Vişniec, artistic direction Alexandru Gherman
- Oradea State Philharmonic, 9:00 PM – independent show Bucharest – Short Theatre section
INTERVIEW by Theo Van Gogh, artistic direction Bogdan Dumitrescu
Saturday, September 28
- Main Hall, 7:00 PM – Nottara Theatre Bucharest – Short Theatre section – festival premiere
A LITTLE TOO INTIMATE by Rajiv Joseph, artistic direction Cristian Juncu
- Arcadia Hall, 9:00 PM – MAS France – Short Theatre section
VERY – musical performance by Miguel-Ange
- Trade Unions' House of Culture, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. – Bulandra Theater Bucharest – performance with the audience on stage – Short Theater section
AGAINST PROGRESS by Esteve Soler, artistic direction Bobi Pricop
- Club Stage, 10:30 PM, Mignon Theater Bucharest – Short Theater section
ROMANIAN FAVORITE from Moments of IL Caragiale with Lari Giorgescu
Sunday, September 29
- Studio Hall, 5:00 PM – Pygmalion Theater in Vienna
THE 13TH FLOOR BUSH by Mircea M. Ionescu, artistic direction Ţino Geirun
- Great Hall, 7:00 PM
PREMIERE FESTIVAL
- Regina Maria Theater – Music and Dance Theater section
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, artistic direction Korcsmaros Gyorgy
Tickets are available at the Theatre Agency (open Monday to Friday, 10am-7pm, but also online, on the website www.biletmaster.ro). We look forward to seeing you at our shows!
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