The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre won the Puppet Creation Award at the International Animation Festival "Under Merlin's Wand", organized by the "Merlin" Children and Youth Theatre in Timi\u0219oara. The distinction was awarded for the show "Frederick the Mouse - I Know Who I Am", a script by Ana Cr\u0103ciun Lambru, inspired by the book "Frederick" by Leo Lionni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The 2025 edition of the festival took place between September 28 and October 5, marking ten years of existence of one of the most important events dedicated to animation theater in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The festival brought together animation troupes and theaters from across the country: Timi\u0219oara, Oradea, Br\u0103ila, Gala\u021bi, Bra\u0219ov, Alba Iulia, Bucharest, Craiova and Petro\u0219ani, but also from abroad, with guests from the Republic of Moldova, Hungary, Israel, Spain and Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A particularity of this edition was the competitive nature, the performances being evaluated by a specialized jury formed by: Maria Cu\u021ba Gornic \u2013 puppet actor, director, Jelena Stojanovi\u0107 Patrnogi\u0107 \u2013 director of the Children and Youth Theatre Kragujevac, Serbia, and of the International Puppet Theatre Festival \u201eZlatna Iskra\u201d and Claudiu Groza \u2013 theatre expert and theatre curator, president of the jury. The jury awarded ten prizes in total, rewarding excellence in directing, best performance, interpretation (main and secondary role), handling (main and secondary role), puppet creation, music, visual design and a special prize for valorizing tradition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Arcadia troupe opened the competition with the show "Frederick the Mouse - I Know Who I Am", which enjoyed an enthusiastic reception from the audience and the jury. The Puppet Creation Award was given to creators R\u0103zvan Chendrean and Ana Cr\u0103ciun Lambru, being one of the three trophies awarded to theaters in Romania at this edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the team! We thank the organizers for the invitation and the jury for the recognition. The Arcadia band is now embarking on other adventures: shows, new projects, festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See you at the theater!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Trupa Arcadia a Teatrului Regina Maria a ob\u021binut Premiul pentru Crea\u021bie P\u0103pu\u0219i la Festivalul Interna\u021bional de Anima\u021bie \u201eSub Bagheta lui Merlin\u201d, organizat de Teatrul pentru Copii \u0219i Tineret \u201eMerlin\u201d din Timi\u0219oara. Distinc\u021bia a fost acordat\u0103 pentru spectacolul \u201e\u0218oricelul Frederick \u2013 \u0218tiu cine sunt\u201d, un scenariu semnat de Ana Cr\u0103ciun Lambru, inspirat de cartea \u201eFrederick\u201d de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noutati"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t