The Regina Maria Theatre participates with the show "The Son" at the Prapremier Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Regina Maria Theatre will participate with the show "The Son" by Florian Zeller, directed by Bobi Pricop, at the XXXIII edition of the Prapremier Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The team will be in Poland from November 8-11, and the performance will take place on November 10, on the stage of the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz.
The show "The Son" premiered at the end of 2022 and was warmly received by the Oradea audience and appreciated by theater critics in Romania. The production stood out for its depth of approach to a current theme and the acting performance, quickly becoming one of the most beloved shows in the Regina Maria Theater's repertoire. In the two years since its premiere, the show "The Son" has had more than 25 performances on the stage of the theater in Oradea and participated in 7 festivals in the country, and is now preparing to participate in Premiere Festival from Poland.
The XXIIIth edition of Festival Prapremier will take place in Bydgoszcz, from November 8 to 23. The festival is doubled by the AURORA International Contemporary Dramaturgy Competition, a competition won in 2022 by Elise Wilk, with the play "Disappearances", whose staging by Cristian Ban at the "Andrei Mureșanu" Theater in Sfântu Gheorghe participated in the 2023 edition of the festival, paving the way for a long-term Romanian-Polish collaboration. The theme of the 2024 edition of Festival Prapremier is PROGRES/REGRES, and in addition to Polish performances, foreign performances by Susanne Kennedy or Marina Otero, as well as Bobi Pricop and Andrei Măjeri, are also invited, as part of the Romania-Poland Season 2024-2025. The performance of the Regina Maria Theater in Oradea, "The Son" by Florian Zeller, directed by Bobi Pricop, and the performance of the Metropolis Theater in Bucharest, "Who Killed My Father" by Édouard Louis, directed by Andrei Măjeri, who will also stage a performance in Oradea in 2025, will be followed by discussions with the audience.
During the same season, the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz was present at the 2024 edition of the Oradea International Theatre Festival, with the show "The Last Days of Elena and Nicolae Ceaușescu" by Julia Holewińska, directed by Wojciech Faruga, a show that also participated in October at the National Theatre Festival in Bucharest.
The participation of the show "The Son" at the Prapremier Festival in Poland is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute, and the mobility partners of the Regina Maria Theater, D&C Oradea, contribute to facilitating collaboration and mobility, essential for the theater and artists from Oradea.
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Self Guided Audio Tour – TRM Theater @Night
Welcome to TRM Theatre @Night, the experience that gives you the opportunity to discover the Regina Maria Theater from a different perspective: not just as a spectator, but as an explorer of a hidden world.
Tonight, the theater opens its doors differently.
With the help of this audio guide, you will be able to walk the route prepared especially for the event on your own and discover stories about the building's architecture, the history of the Oradea theater, the backstage spaces, the stage mechanisms and the small details that the audience usually does not have the opportunity to observe.
From the foyer and the Great Hall, to the boxes, balcony, and the spaces that support the magic behind a show, this tour invites you to look at the theater not just as a place for performances, but as a living organism, in which every corner has a story.
How does it work?
- Press play on the audio file below.
- Follow the route indicated during the event.
- Stop in each space and let the story reveal the theater to you, step by step.
Approximate tour duration: 30 minutes
Recommendation: Use headphones for the most immersive experience.
Location: Queen Maria Theater, Oradea
Start the audio tour and let the theater tell you its story.
