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The 2015 NETA International Theatre Festival brings us closer to the history-challenged Balkans, a rugged and ragged world, with its wealth of meaning mirrored in a generous theme meant to encompass all under one roof: The Theatre, hero of present time.

“The Powder Keg” by Dejan Dukovski and directed by Felix Alexa is Romania’s entry in the international festival organised by the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest between August 28 and September 4. The play, produced at the National Theatre of Bucharest, joins 12 other productions and co-productions by nine countries invited in the 2015 NETA festival.

The plays were selected by a jury of three personalities of international theatre: Blagoja Stefanovski, President of NETA and Artistic Director of the Small Theatre for Drama in Bitola, Macedonia, Damir Domitrovic, Director of the ExPonto International Theatre Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and George Banu, renowned theatrologist and President of Honour of AICT.

Macedonian Dejan Dukovski’s play portays the world as a powder keg, where infidelity, imposture, rage, and conspiracies roam free on propitious grounds, a cynical world in which unpredictable people with mangled souls and terrifying reactions are afflicting commoners. The public transportation system, the streets, the parks, and, inevitably, prisons abound with them. “A ravishing play,” noted Time Out New York. Rough language, violent gestures, and rampant urges. Dominating above all, the feeling that it is difficult to exist in this world anymore… “My play shows this meaningless life, how fragile and disoriented we are in today’s world,” said Felix Alexa, the director.

This one-off show, between seasons and with the occasion of the NETA International Theatre Festival, organized in Romania, will open on Saturday, August 29, at 20:00, in the “Painting” Hall of the National Theatre of Bucharest.

We are welcoming you at the Festival starting August 28!