Teatrul EXCELSIOR, singurul teatru din București dedicat adolescenților și tinerilor adulți, începe anul 2025 în forță, cu premiera spectacolului „Șapte minute după miezul nopții (A Monster Calls)”, în regia lui Bobi Pricop, scenografia realizată de Clara Pop și muzica originală semnată de Eduard Gabia & Călin Țopa.
Connected by THE GHOST OF A HISTORY TEACHER, two pairs of characters, two teens and their respective grandfathers, from two geographically distinct places, Romania and the United States, have a chance to break all walls and look at the map of the world via theatrical devices and chance encounters.
At this moment, when free expression and the rules for democratic governance are under global threat, the International Association of Theatre Critics is gravely concerned about governmental actions meant to silence oppressed people.
The role of ballet, the stage form the play takes, is not to impress with virtuosity but to transform the literary material into a comedy of manners. The humor of this swan lake, with dancers who don’t rise onto their toes or execute perfect pirouettes, brings to light the human limitations of the characters.
It's completely normal to involve children in performances for adults. The idea of banning children from being on stage, as it was in ancient Greece, would be foolish today. Of course, people have opinions about what children should be allowed to do on stage and what types of plays they should be part of.
4Culture Association is delighted to announce Romania’s participation in the Baltic Nordic Fringe Festival (BNFN) network. This network aims to provide touring opportunities for artists applying to one or more Fringe festivals in the Baltic-Nordic region. BNFN is the only touring network of its kind in the region and is part of the World Fringe Network (WFN), which includes over 300 Fringe festivals worldwide.
We also announced the transformation of the festival into a seasonal international programme and the end of the Mladi Levi Festival in its festival form. The 2005 festival was scattered throughout the season, with the Old Power Station still finding its rhythm of functioning.
"Bridges" is a project aimed at (re)connecting the Romanian diaspora that emigrated starting in the 1990s, sharing their stories, the good and the bad, in various forms: writing workshops, followed by a participatory theater performance, an online photography exhibition, and a documentary film funded by the Romanian Filmmakers Union.
TheTheatreTimes.com wins the 2024 ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and the American Society for Theatre Research. The Joint ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Theatre and Performance Scholarship is awarded each year to an individual or team that demonstrates innovation and rigor in the use of electronic/digital media for the purpose of producing and disseminating knowledge about theatre and performance.