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22 January 2025
The musical "Here We Are!" - starting January 2025, at NTB 18 January 2025
The jukebox musical Here we are!, a co-production of 2024 Touchstone Creative and the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest, is a new musical show on the NTB's bill, performed by young actors Laura Gabriela Oana, Andreea Gaica, Dragos Ionita, Andrei Marcuta and Andrei Dutu, accompanied by the orchestrations of Bogdan Morosanu (Rockabella). Staged this summer in Bucharest, in a national premiere, at the 10th anniversary of the underground band Rockabella, and presented at the Sala Media of the NTB, "Here We Are!" returns to the stage of the National Theater in Bucharest after a national mini-tour. Written by Andrei Radu and Natalie Ester on music and lyrics by Teodorei Morosanu (Rockabella), directed by Natalie Ester and Ionut Grama, this performance, produced by Touchstone Creative in partnership with the "I L. Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest, was co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund.   The script of the show, which aims to artistically explore through musicals the phenomenon of youth migration, is based on real facts and experiences shared by young people who took part in the storytelling workshops "Until Far Away" of the project, developed by playwright Ana Cucu-Popescu and director Natalie Ester. The musical "Here We Are!" returns to the stage and continues its way to the hearts of the public with its inclusion in the repertoire of the current season of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater in Bucharest. The first performances to which we invite you, this time at the Sala Atelier, are scheduled on January 18 and 23, 2025, from 19:00. The new performance at the Bucharest National Theatre is a bittersweet song of young people who have gone abroad, of those who want to cross the border and of the stories that have carried them on their way to maturity. The end of 12th grade. We experience, with the young performers, the joy of prom. We go through the excitement of the high school exam, then forget our worries on the sand of the party in Vama Veche. We take a deep breath, look into the eyes of our friends and vow never to part. Then we hit the road. And passions, ambitions, potential, families, 'the system' - or all of them together - push us to different corners of the world... And promises once made on a beach remain a footnote in a diary: 'Someone find our way back'. Between rock chords, fulfilled dreams and missed chances, five "No Answer" friends think they are "Invulnerable" and raise the "White Flag" in the hope of reliving an encore together. Audiences will find life stories inspired by true events and fans of local rock music will enjoy new interpretations of songs from the albums "Clarobscur" and "Invulnerabili". The creative team also included Ioana Pashca (scenography), Filip Stoica (choreography), Georgiana Mototolea (vocal preparation), Andrei Délczeg (lighting design), Alexandra Suditu (production assistant), Bianca Archip (lighting operator) and Alina Epingeac (theaterlogist). Tickets are available at the NTB box office and online at www.tnb.ro   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 
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"Out at Sea" by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Felix Alexa, the first premiere of 2025 at the NTB 17 January 2025
The new year begins at “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre with a premiere directed by Felix Alexa: Out at Sea by Slawomir Mrożek, on the stage of the Pictura Hall. With an outstanding cast and an atmosphere of extraordinary plasticity created by set designers Stefan Caragiu and Liliana Cenean, director Felix Alexa reimagines Slawomir Mrożek's black comedy from the 1960s for today's audiences. Perhaps the best one-act play by one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century, Out at Sea is a political parable and at the same time an absurdist comedy with a disturbing message behind the humor. Although written in the midst of Soviet censorship, the play is disturbingly topical and seems straight out of today's headlines.4 The play follows the fate of three starving shipwrecked people trying to find a "democratic" way to decide which of them will be eaten by the other two. The arguments become more and more demagogic, the bullying and cajoling more and more intense, until the interventions of a passing postman and an old servant push the action to a frightening climax. "Out at Sea" condemns, through the cynicism, absurdity and satire so characteristic of Mrożek's writing, the Machiavellian brutality of political power at all times. "What could be more topical today than "man being eaten by man", as a character in Mrożek's play puts it? I would say that today we are revolving around the nuances of this cannibalistic action, in all its senses. A brilliantly clever text, "Out at Sea" now becomes much more exciting, dangerous and acute than when it was written.  For me, this performance is a wake-up call to the moral degradation of society. Beneath the play's subtle, dark and piercing humor lie the painful truths of our daily lives.   And yet, how far can human beings go with their lack of scruples when "hunger" becomes the main element? Far enough for 'Out at Sea', this gem of absurdist theater, to become cruelly realistic." Felix Alexa The first performances will take place on January 17, 18 and 19, 2025, at 19.00, and the official premiere on January 24, at 7 pm.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 
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NTB organizes a playwriting workshop 27 September 2024
The "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre organizes, from November 4, 2024 to April 28, 2025, a Playwriting Workshop coordinated by Mimi Branescu. The workshop is open to anyone interested. Registrations should be sent to andrei.marinescu@tnb.ro by October 20, 2024. The application must contain: - a brief CV - contact details - a text of your own creation, maximum 3 pages, with a scene for 2-3 characters or a monologue The Workshop will take place once a week. A maximum of 10 participants will be selected and will be notified by e-mail. Participation in the Workshop is free of charge!   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
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Andrei Serban at NTB 19 September 2024
Andrei Serban returns after 32 years to the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater and begins rehearsals on Friday, September 20, 2024, for the play Mary Stuart by Robert Icke, after Friedrich Schiller (translated by Irina Velcescu), with a cast in which we find well-known actors of the TNB, but also some names of guest actors: Raluca Aprodu, Nicoleta Lefter, Ofelia Popii, Florin Aioane, Claudiu Bleont, Marius Bodochi, Mihai Calin, Mihai Calota, Florin Calbajos, Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu, Conrad Mericoffer, Stefan Mihai, Ciprian Nicula, Emilian Oprea. Director: Andrei Serban; Associate director: Dana Dima; Set design: Helmut Stürmer; Costumes: Corina Gramosteanu; Music: Alexei Turcan; Video: Andrei Cozlac; Lighting design: Cristi Niculescu. We'll be back soon with news about the next repertory projects of this season! Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 
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