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Considering the exceptional situation that all sectors of society are undergoing during this period, the Romanian Theatre Union was forced to reconsider the organization of the UNITER 2020 Awards Gala. Initially, the Gala was bound to take place on May 11th at the "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre of Craiova, on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the founding of the Craiova theatre. Taking into account the regulations regarding the organization of cultural events, the Romanian Theatre Union has decided that this year's edition of the UNITER Awards Gala will take place on the day of the autumn equinox, September 21st, 2020. The final jury of the UNITER 2020 Awards Gala formed by Radu Apostol - director, Cosmin Ardeleanu - set designer, Doru Mareș - theatre critic, Crina Mureșan - actress, Cristina Rusiecki - theatre critic watched in digital format (online, DVD) the nominated shows and will decide the winners of the 11 award categories. We will return with details about the location of the Gala and we hope to organize in the best conditions this award ceremony of the Romanian theatrical creation and its artists. We remind you which are the nominations for 2019 and the UNITER Senate Awards already decided in February: UNITER Senate AwardsExcellence Award: National theatre Festival for the exceptional quality of the last six editionsAward for Lifelong Achievement - actress: Rodica MandacheAward for Lifelong Achievement - actor: Mircea RusuAward for Lifelong Achievement - direction: Dragoș GalgoțiuAward for Lifelong Achievement - scenography: Constantin CiubotariuAward for lifelong critical activity and theatrical history: Mya Liontescu Special Awards Special award for promoting theatre-dance: Linotip - Independent Choreographic CentreSpecial award for puppet theatre and puppets: “Puppets Occupy Street” Festival, 2019 edition with the theme “Evolution through Revolution” organized by the Colibri Craiova theatre for Children and YouthSpecial award for video mapping: Andrei CozlacSpecial award for a six-decade activity in editing theatre book: Viorica MateiSpecial prize for stage make-up: Minela PopaPresident's Prize: „Marin Sorescu” National Theatre of Craiova for 170 years of history in Romanian theatre                   Nominations for the UNITER 2020 Gala AwardsFor the 28th edition of the UNITER Awards Gala, the jury of nominations was composed by theatre critics Ludmila Patlanjoglu, Maria Zărnescu, Călin Ciobotari.Performances that have caught the attention of the jury are those that premiered between January 1st to December 31st, 2019.  Nominations for the theatrical year 2019 are as follows: Debut:Andrei Chifu for his role He in the show "House on the Border" by Sławomir Mrožek, a show by Ada Lupu Hausvater at the “Mihai Eminescu” National Theatre of TimişoaraTamás Jakab, for the role of George Gibbs in the show “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, directed by Vladimir Anton at the “Tomcsa Sándor” Theatre Odorheiu SecuiescConstantin Radu Tudosie, for directing the show "Twelfth Night" at the "Ion D. Sirbu" Dramatic Theatre of Petrosani Best Radio Theatre Show:"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, radio adaptation and art direction by Mihai Lungeanu, production of the Romanian Broadcasting Society"Down with Communism - Computer Strategy Game and RPG” by Ema Stere, artistic director Attila Vizauer, production of the Romanian Broadcasting Company“Sleeping and Awakened Beauty” by Alexandra Ares, artistic director Diana Mihailopol, production of the Romanian Broadcasting Society  Best TV Theatre Show:“The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Lustig, production of the Romanian Television Society and the theatre Foundation Contemporary„Manifesto. Letter to a Friend and Back to the Country” by Ruxandra Cesereanu, directed by Cornel Mihalache, production of the Romanian Television Society (TVR Production House) Award for Theatre Criticism:Oana Cristea GrigorescuRaluca RădulescuIrina Zlotea  Best Scenography:Carmencita Brojboiu and András Rancz, for the scenography of the show "Nora" by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Botond Nagy at the Hungarian State Theatre of ClujCristina Milea, for the scenography of the show "Dangerous Liaisons" by Christopher Hampton, after the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, directed Cristi Juncu at the Small Theatre BucharestIrina Moscu, for the scenography of the show "Meerkats House" by David Drábek, directed by Radu Afrim at the "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre of Craiova  Best Actress in a Supporting Part:Puşa Darie, for the role of Mother in the show "Delhi Dance" by Ivan Vîrîpaev, directed by Radu Afrim at the "Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre of IaşiElena Popa, for the roles in the show "The Golden Dragon” by Roland Schimmelfenning, directed by Catinca Drăgănescu at the “Andrei Mureşanu” Theatre of Sfântu GheorgheAlina Rotaru, for the role of Madame de Tourvel in the show “Dangerous Liaisons” by Christopher Hampton, after the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, directed by Cristi Juncu at the Small Theatre of Bucharest  Best Actor in a Supporting Part:Andrei Cătălin, for the roles in the show "On Air: Titanic Waltz", after Tudor Mușatescu, directed by Matei Lucaci-Grunberg at the "Anton Pann" Theatre of Râmnicu VâlceaCristian Grosu, for the role of Caliban in the show "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare, directed by Gábor Tompa at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre Răzvan Vicoveanu, for the role of Joshua in the show "The Christians" by Lucas Hnath, directed by Radu Iacoban at the "Regina Maria" Theatre of Oradea  Best Actress in a Leading Part:Anca Hanu, for the role of Chiritza Bârzoi in the show “Chiritza in Concert”, after Vasile Alecsandri and Matei Millo, a concert-show by Ada Milea at the Cluj-Napoca National TheatreOfelia Popii, for the role of Martha in the show "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee, directed by Andrei and Andreea Grosu at the “Radu Stanca” National Theatre of SibiuOana Predescu, for the role of Morticia Addams in the show “The Addams Family”, directed, choreographed and costumes by Răzvan Mazilu at the Excelsior Theatre of Bucharest Best Actor in a Leading Part:Lucian Ionescu, for the role of Gomez Addams in the show “The Addams Family”, directed, choreographed and costumes by Răzvan Mazilu at the Excelsior Theatre of BucharestSorin Leoveanu, for the role of Barry Champlain in the show “Radio” by Eric Bogosian, directed by Bobi Pricop at the „Marin Sorescu” National Theatre of CraiovaMarius Turdeanu, for the role of George in the show „Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee, directed by Andrei and Andreea Grosu at the „Radu Stanca” National Theatre of Sibiu  Best Director:Eugen Jebeleanu, for the direction of the show „Itineraries. One Day the World Will Change” at ARCUB - Bucharest Cultural Centre and Compagnie des OgresAlexandru Mâzgăreanu, for the direction of the show “Nameless Star” at the Piatra Neamţ Youth TheatreBotond Nagy, for the direction of the show “Nora” at the Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj  Best Show:"Chiritza in Concert", after Vasile Alecsandri and Matei Millo, a concert-show by Ada Milea at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre"The Addams Family", directed, choreographed and costumes by Răzvan Mazilu at the Excelsior Theatre Bucharest"Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, directed by Vladimir Anton at the "Tomcsa Sándor" Theatre of Odorheiu Secuiesc UNITERJuly 2nd, 2020   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

From the desire to meet and welcome theatre lovers from other meridians, the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre has partnered with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, responding to its request to present, for the first time to the United States audience - made up primarily of Americans, but also of the Romanian diaspora - some of the branded shows from the NTB repertoire, within the programme entitled Digital Stage, developed by RCINY. English subtitled recordings of these shows will be made available online by NTB, being broadcast at 8 pm (New York time), 3 am (Bucharest time). The first broadcast of this series takes place on Saturday, June 27th, 2020 and offers American viewers the opportunity to watch for the first time, on the RCINY Facebook page, in live streaming, the show Lottery Tickets, adaptation of the eponymous short story by I.L. Caragiale, directed by Alexandru Dabija, a show from the current NTB repertoire, whose premiere took place in 2012, within the "Caragiale Year". The show brought the director Alexandru Dabija the Best Director Award at the UNITER Gala in 2013 and two other awards to the set designer Helmut Stürmer: the Award for best scenography at the UNITER Gala and the Award for scenography at the Romanian Comedy Festival. The show participated in the first edition of the MITEM Festival ("Madach International Theatre Meeting"), organized by the National Theatre of Budapest in 2014, within the traditional Budapest Spring Festival, and in 2017 at the "EUROKONTEXT s.k." International Festival, in Bratislava, Slovakia, enjoying an excellent reception at both events. We look forward to echoes of this American premiere in the virtual space, hoping that this partnership will pave the way for further initiatives, designed to stimulate interest in Romanian culture and a better knowledge thereof across the ocean, through high-quality projects. The next premiere of the series Digital Stage will show The Tempestafter William Shakespeare (directed by Alexander Morfov), to be broadcast this summer by NTB for RCINY.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

With the resumption of the performances on the real stage, at the TNB Amphitheatre, within the program Summer Nights UP on the theater, the IL Caragiale National Theater ceases - temporarily (!) - the activity of online broadcasts that took place uninterruptedly starting with March 23rd, 2020, following the decree of the state of emergency and, subsequently, of the state of alert. Between March 23rd and June 21st, 2020, 69 conferences from the series NTB Conferences were broadcast online, as well as 9 shows, as of April 24th (in the 3 days of the weekend, with 3 broadcasts for each show, so in total 27 online broadcasts). Both shows from NTB's current repertoire were broadcast online, titles that will be repeated in theatres as soon as the situation allows (The Tempest, Allegro, ma non troppo, Lottery Tickets, God Dresses from the Thrift, Light, at the End of the Tunnel), as well as older shows from the archive (Scourge, Breaking News, Take, Ianke and Cadir, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). The quality of the recordings was different and not always perfect: the filming of older shows, performed with a single camera, from a fixed point, with sound taken directly from the camera - were only intended to archive those shows, without the intention of a public broadcast. The recent shows benefited from the material and logistical infrastructure of NTB's Media Studio (which has only been operational for a few years) and were filmed professionally, which translated into a visibly better quality of the recordings. In the context in which the online activity seems to gain more and more ground, NTB will make efforts to offer to the interested public filmed materials at the highest possible standards. We intend to continue recording, with priority, the shows from the current repertoire, in conditions of maximum professionalism, in order to ensure a quality portfolio for the next period, which will "resist" in the international competitive environment! The conferences that were broadcast online (live streaming) on ​​NTB's YouTube channel are archived, and can still be accessed by those interested. The shows could be watched only on the announced days and times, no longer being available online after the end of the live broadcast. I found, with joy, that there is no risk of decreasing interest in the shows of the current repertoire, but, on the contrary, many spectators said they cannot wait to see those shows live, with the reopening of the halls! Here is a statistical balance of the 90 days of online activity, activity fully provided by the team within the NTB Communication and International Relations Department *: The broadcasts of conferences and shows on the NTB YouTube channel amounted from March 23rd - June 21st, 2020 to: 182,875 views (views) 49,200 hours (watch time) Compared to the initial 8,500 subscribers, further 9,000 (subscribers) were gained. Apart from the Romanian viewers (60% in April, 82.9% in May), NTB's online broadcasts were also watched by viewers from various other countries (we take May as a reference) - England 1387- Germany 1313- Canada 1116- USA 993- France 461- Israel 455- Italy 372- Spain 255- Belgium 232- Colombia (!) - 81 Thanks for the interest shown and for the loyalty of the almost 200,000 virtual spectators that we felt close in these crisis conditions and we hope to see each other healthy again in the lush foyers and hospitable halls of the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre! *NTB's Communication and International Relations Department: Adriana Popescu, Director, Anca Constantin, Head of Marketing and Public Relations, Olivia Chirvasiu, Gabriela Hamzescu, Laura Grosu, Florin Ghioca, Andreea Nae, Mihaela Cazan, Ionel Nicolaev, Gabriel Stănciuc, as well as Marius Donici, Mihai Rădinoiu and Cornel Ionescu - external collaborators of the Media Studio. Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

On the day of commemoration of Mihai Eminescu, Monday, June 15th, 2020, we invite you to watch online for the first time at NTB online the poem Morning Star, in an original version of 18 minutes, performed by 21 prominent actors of the National - starting with 10.00. In the order of their appearance, they are the actors: Richard Bovnoczki , Ovidiu Cuncea, Silviu Biriș, Brîndșa Mircea, Lari Giorgescu, Tomi Cristin, Amalia Ciolan, Liliana Hodorogea, Mihai Calotă, Eduard Adam, Ada Galeș, Fulvia Folosea, Aylin Cadîr, Răzvan Popa, Magda Catone, Ioan Andrei Ionescu, Axel Mustache, Monica Davidescu, Irina Movilă, Răzvan Oprea, Mihai Munteniță. Created during the Coronavirus pandemic, in April - when the actors of the IL Caragiale National Theatre agreed to stay at home during the holidays, to be able to perform during this summer, when - we all hope - it will be possible to resume the activity of theatres, the project of the collective recital with the poem Morning Star by Eminescu was launched and created by the actor Axel Mustache. In the idea of ​​a joint artistic product, which would bring together as many colleagues from the troupe, to offer something unique to the audience, Axel managed to mobilize these colleagues to whom he distributed verses from Eminescu’s poem, drawn by lot, taking into account that the Morning Star and Cătălin would be impersonated by actors, and Cătălina by actresses. The Storytellers and the Creator have a mixed cast. Everything was filmed with the phone, in the actors' houses, some of them being at the first experience of this kind! An intense work followed, aiming to transform the recorded material into a cinematic product (edited by Cornel Ionescu), and what you will see is the phase that was reached after no less than five versions! Finally, the composer Călin Țopa created the original score for the background. A premiere in the true sense of the word! The recital will be broadcast on Monday, starting with 10.00 a.m. Video available on Youtube   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

  As of June 15th, 2020, the performances return to the NTB Amphitheatre, a unique place in Bucharest, located above the National Theatre. At this point, the Amphitheatre is the only stage in Romania built in the open air, located inside a theatre, provided with modern professional equipment and which meets the safety conditions of spectators and artists in order to carry out their activity safely, according to the rules to prevent the spread of Covid 19. In this first stage of resumption of performances, in order to strictly comply with the recommendations of social distancing, out of the 300 seats of the Amphitheatre, only 60 are offered for sale to the audience. The actors of the National Theatre will be the main characters of the outdoor amphitheatre this summer, but the programme we have prepared will include independent productions, concerts, film screenings and many other cultural events. The summer season will open in June with performances from the NTB repertoire, tickets will be on sale starting with Saturday, June 6th, 2020, simultaneously, at the theatre’s box office and through the mystage.ro platform. For the July show schedule, tickets will go on sale on Saturday, June 12th, 2020. Spectators' obligations regarding measures to prevent SARS-CoV2 contamination: -      Wearing a mask (medical / non-medical) throughout the event. To provide effective protection, the mask should cover the mouth and nose. Caution! The theatre reserves the right to perform an observational screening and not allow access to people with symptoms of respiratory infection (cough, sneezing, rhinorrhea). - Disinfect hands with approved alcohol-based disinfectant to be provided at the entrance. - Thermo-scanning by theatre staff. People who refuse to have their temperature checked will not have access to the theatre. - Observance of the distance of at least 1.5 m between people - from the entrance to the theatre to the Amphitheatre hall, to the toilets and to the exit from the hall. Caution! Within the Amphitheatre, please observe the 2-meter distance indicated by the place assigned to each spectator. Important announcement regarding the Amphitheatre performances: *Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule will apply: - if the rain starts before the show time, the performance is rescheduled, the tickets remaining valid. Spectators can also opt for a ticket refund, or to exchange them for another show from the Amphitheatre schedule. - if the rain starts during the performance, the show can be interrupted and resumed, depending on the weather conditions. If the resumption is not possible and the show is suspended, it is not rescheduled, and the ticket cost is not refunded.   Schedule June 15th - 30th, 2020 Monday, June 15th & Tuesday, June 16th, 9:30 pm The Beauty of Venice in September By Teodor Mazilu Director: Mariana Cămărășan Stage design: Vladimir Turturică With: Oana Pellea and Mircea Rusu   Thursday, June 18th & Friday, June 19th, 9:30 pm ActOrchestra Director: Horia Suru With: Emilian Mârnea, Florin Călbăos, Petre Ancuța   Saturday, June 20th, 9:00 pm Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference By Marcy Lafferty Director: Liana Ceterchi With Lamia Beligan   Sunday, June 21st, 9:30 pm After Hours Text & direction: Radu Iacoban With: Anghel Damian and Cătălin Babliuc   Wednesday, June 24th & Thursday, June 25th, 9:00 pm Matilda and the Grave-Makers By Stela Giurgeanu Director: Mircea Rusu Stage design: Gabi Albu With: Amalia Ciolan, Cesonia Postelnicu, Erika Băieșu, Fulvia Folosea, Lari Giorgescu   Friday, June 26th, 9:00 pm Once Upon a Time in Romania Directed by: Dragoș Huluba With: Ileana Olteanu, Violeta Huluba, Eduard Adam, Dragoș Huluba   Saturday, June 27th, 9:30 pm Twenty Years in Siberia After Anița Nandriș-Cudla Directed by: Sorin Misirianțu With: Amalia Ciolan   Sunday, June 28th, 9:00 pm Anonymous Venetian After Giuseppe Berto Director: Ion Caramitru Stage design: Florilena Popescu Fărcășanu With: Ilinca Goia and Ioan Andrei Ionescu   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu

The last week of NTB's online presence begins with the commemoration of Eminescu and ends with the show Light, at the End of the Tunnel! In the context in which, as of June 15th, 2020, the NTB activity will resume on a real stage, that of the Amphitheatre on the roof of the building, the online broadcasts, of conferences and shows, will cease by the end of this week which promises to be marked by moments full of interest and the reunion with personalities like Ilina Gregori, Ion Caramitru, Matei Vişniec, Mihai Șora and Radu F. Alexandru. On the day of commemoration of Mihai Eminescu, Monday, June 15th, 2020, we invite you to watch online two distinct moments dedicated to the tribute of the national poet: for the first time at NTB online the poem Morning Star, in an original version of 18 minutes, performed by 21 prominent actors of the National - starting with 10.00, and from 2.00 p.m. - an extremely interesting conference, held by Dr. Ilina Gregori and entitled When Was the Nineteenth Century? Eminescu and Modernity. We invite you to join us for all these events, remembering the addresses where you can find us: - our YouTube channel-http: //www.youtube.com/c/TeatrulNaţionalILCaragialeBucureşti - NTB Facebook page - https: // www.facebook.com / TNB.Ro / - NTB website, on the page https://www.tnb.ro/ro/livestreaming-tnb 21 voices of the National recite Eminescu’s Morning Star In the order of their appearance, they are the actors: Richard Bovnoczki , Ovidiu Cuncea, Silviu Biriș, Brîndșa Mircea, Lari Giorgescu, Tomi Cristin, Amalia Ciolan, Liliana Hodorogea, Mihai Calotă, Eduard Adam, Ada Galeș, Fulvia Folosea, Aylin Cadîr, Răzvan Popa, Magda Catone, Ioan Andrei Ionescu, Axel Mustache, Monica Davidescu, Irina Movilă, Răzvan Oprea, Mihai Munteniță. Created during the Coronavirus pandemic, in April - when the actors of the IL Caragiale National Theatre agreed to stay at home during the holidays, to be able to perform during this summer, when - we all hope - it will be possible to resume the activity of theatres, the project of the collective recital with the poem Morning Star by Eminescu was launched and created by the actor Axel Mustache. In the idea of ​​a joint artistic product, which would bring together as many colleagues from the troupe, to offer something unique to the audience, Axel managed to mobilize these colleagues to whom he distributed verses from Eminescu’s poem, drawn by lot, taking into account that the Morning Star and Cătălin would be impersonated by actors, and Cătălina by actresses. The Storytellers and the Creator have a mixed cast. Everything was filmed with the phone, in the actors' houses, some of them being at the first experience of this kind! An intense work followed, aiming to transform the recorded material into a cinematic product (edited by Cornel Ionescu), and what you will see is the phase that was reached after no less than five versions! Finally, the composer Călin Țopa created the original score for the background. A premiere in the true sense of the word! The recital will be broadcast on Monday, starting with 10.00 a.m. From Tuesday to Thursday, the broadcast of the NTB Online Conferences continues according to the following schedule: - Tuesday, June 16 - Ion Caramitru: The Limits of Expectation (the conference took place on January 28th, 2007) - Wednesday, June 17 - Matei Visniec: Festival d’Avignon, Theatre Capital of the World (January 8th, 2017) - Thursday, June 18 - Mihai Șora: 101. Dialogue with Mihai Șora (January 21st, 2018) Weekend with the Romanian play Light, at the End of the Tunnel On Friday, June 19th (4.00 p.m.) Saturday, June 20th and on Sunday, June 21st (6.00 p.m.) we give you a meeting with: Light, at the End of the Tunnel - the 2008 play of one of the most enacted contemporary playwrights, Radu F. Alexandru, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, a formidable artist, good and attentive connoisseur of national drama. A satire detached as if from a documentary. Well-known actors bring it to life: Constantin Cotimanis(Virgil Neacșu),Iuliana Moise(Delia Neacșu),Dragoş Stemate (Doru Maxim) and Alexandra Poiană (Luminiţa!). Two couples in which the order is made-undo-redone at dizzying rhythms. As the author is a fine observer, screenwriter and playwright familiar with the plots of the parliamentary backstage, with the games of the political actor, with the ideologies before and after, but especially with the slowness ... of the monster placed across the road, he calls him the "sperm whale" beyond which one cannot pass, from the old phrase, which has become a cliché, all that was missing was a comma! The writer placed it, to your delight, with sarcasm and humour, at the forefront of a writing that surpasses the old dilemmas in the country where “we are going nowhere, we go round in circles”, as the director observes. „Radu F. Alexandru presents Light, at the End of the Tunnel that robs us of all hope. Unfortunately, he is right. We still have many years to grope through the dark tunnel through which we have the feeling that we are advancing towards the bright end from which the Ode to Joy penetrates to us. Nonsense, we are going nowhere, we go round in circles! We laugh, but it is not amusing!”, Mircea Cornișteanu. "For me, Luminița is a messenger of the "new wave ". She has the qualities we cherish most, and I am positive that she and those like her will guide us tomorrow on the path to the future. Let us follow her with confidence, she is worth it! I am optimistic!”,Radu F. Alexandru. So let us pursue, in action, Light, at the end of the tunnel!  Will she be able to do what many others have not succeeded before her? And with what outcome? The show remains in the current repertoire of the theatre and can be seen in the hall, including with Monica Davidescu as Mrs. Neacșu. So, The Morning Star, Light, at the End of the Tunnel, The Limits of Expectation, and many other exciting titles, online, on the NTB channels, and in the week starting on Monday, June 15th! Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Another week on NTB YouTube! Three conferences and a show directed by Alexandru Dabija, Lottery Tickets! A new week of conferences that will end with an online show, which will be broadcast according to the same schedule, on Friday from 4.00 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday from 6.00 p.m. This weekend you will be able to see one of the most successful shows of the Caragiale Year 2012 at NTB - Lottery Tickets, directed by Alexandru Dabija! Until the reopening of the open-air theatre - at the NTB Amphitheatre, which will take place on the evening of June 15th - we continue, after the Pentecost, the series of broadcasts on the YouTube channel of the National Theatre of Bucharest, according to the following schedule: Conferences broadcast in week June 8th-14th, as of 2.00 p.m.: Tuesday, June 9th - Adina Nanu: Pleading for the Hats (the conference took place on February 8th, 2015) Wednesday, June 10th - Sorin Alexandrescu: Visual Culture, Pros and Cons (held on March 4th, 2007) Thursday, June 11th - Cătălin Ștefănescu: Exclamation Mark! (April 17th, 2016). On Friday, June 12th, Saturday, June 13th and Sunday, June 14th:  Lottery Tickets, the show directed by Alexandru Dabija after the eponymous short story by Caragiale, will be presented online on the YouTube channel. The performers in the complete cast version are: Gavril Pătru, Marius Manole, Ana Ciontea, Axel Mustache, as well as the younger Corina Moise, Ilona Brezoianu, Nicoleta Lefter, Valentina Zaharia, Eliza Păuna, Mădălin Mandin, Daniel Hara, Mihai Munteniță, Eduard Cârlan , Ionuț Toader, Dragoș Dumitru. Initially called Two Lost Tickets, and published as a supplement to the Moftul roman, the short story is then published, also in 1901, in Momente, with the definitive title - Lottery Tickets. Noting the kinship with The Easter Torch, the critic George Călinescu observed that, in the short story Lottery Tickets, “most people are inclined to see a cheerful composition. On the contrary, the short story is a drama that is all the more painful as the appearances are more parodic”. Alexandru Dabija, the one who signs the direction and adaptation of the opera for the stage, chooses the less trodden path. "I prefer not the version of the many," says the director, "but of the few, whom Lefter's string of misfortunes makes them think of destiny, of a sinister joke, committed by no one knows who." When it trespasses the limits, misfortune arouses compassion and, in extreme cases, horror”. "You can discover in Dabija’s adaptation for the stage a tenebrous, expressionistic Caragiale, with gloomy humour, suspended in a dizziness of the evil eye, of sickly superstition, which does not know what it really is - terribly fearful faith, or abandonment in the arms of unleashed human nature ". Cătălin Ştefănescu, Dilema Veche Lottery Tickets reaped remarkable success over time, both in the country and abroad, being appreciated as "a theatrical symphonic jewel about the whims of luck". Mircea Morariu, Familia “An intelligent, dizzyingly modern show about luck and bad luck, proving how easily and unexpectedly the loser can become - winner and vice versa, the playwright Dinu Grigorescu wrote in Literatorul. Helmut Stürmer with his extremely original sets contributes a lot to NTB's "Lottery Tickets" becoming a big winning lottery ticket. "The show brought director Alexandru Dabija the Best Director Award at the 2013 UNITER Gala and two others for Helmut Stürmer: Best Scenography award at the UNITER Gala and Scenography Award at the Romanian Comedy Festival. The show participated in the first edition of the MITEM Festival ("Madach International Theatre Meeting", 2014), and in 2017 in the "EUROKONTEXT s.k." International Festival, enjoying an excellent reception at both events. We are waiting for you this week online on NTB YouTube, and as of June 15th, in the Amphitheatre - where the tickets went on sale this Saturday and at some shows they have already been sold out!! Lottery Tickets show page  We remind you that the NTB online shows can only be watched at the announced times, as they are no longer available online after the end of the live broadcast. We wish you a pleasant viewing!   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

After the Holiday dedicated to the International Children's Day, the National Theatre of Bucharest resumes the broadcasting of online conferences as of June 2nd. Three lectures by personalities of Romanian socio- cultural and scientific life will be seen this week, Tuesday through Thursday on the NTB YouTube channel and a show on the weekend - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Petrică Ionescu. A dream populated by gods and mortals, spirits, elves and fairies, impersonated by established actors of the National Theatre, who are joined by young artists of the Bucharest scene. Online conference schedule: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2.00 p.m. - Aurora Liiceanu - The Discomfort of Psychologists: Uncertainties and Hesitations (the conference was held on April 1st, 2018) Wednesday, June 3rd, 2.00 p.m. - Prof. Dr. Dinu Antonescu - The Impact of Communism on Romanian Medicine (from January 19th, 2020) Thursday, June 4th, 14.00 - Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu - Romanian Ethics and Public Sense 200 Years Ago (from March 18th, 2007) 5, 6, 7 June 2020 - Friday (4.00 p.m.), Saturday and Sunday (6.00 p.m.) - the most erotic play of the great Will: A Midsummer Night's Dream. A fantastic dream from the magical Midsummer Night, woven by the imagination of an artist of overwhelming originality, A Midsummer Night's Dream at NTB brings together elements of authentic Shakespearean poetry, humour, mystifying visual structures, ballet, and an exceptional musical score.  You will encounter not only one of the two most performed Shakespearean plays in Romania of the last six decades, according to a local study, but also… "the most erotic play of the great Will - as Jan Kott appreciates in his well-known book Shakespeare Our Contemporary. In no other comedy or tragedy, apart from Troilus and Cresida, eroticism is more brutal. For a long time, the renowned critic relates, theatres have been content to represent the Dream as a story of the Grimm brothers, completely eliminating the causticity of dialogue and the brutality of situations. " The vision of Romanian director Petrică Ionescu, famous for his stagings on major opera stages worldwide, will reveal a different Dream and a different forest, which no longer resembles an Arcadia of lovers, but rather "a forest haunted by devils and fairies, in which witches and evil spirits can easily find anything favourable to their spells." Just like in Shakespeare, Kott would say, to whom the above description belongs. "By necessarily descending through our experiences and pulsations into the caves, into the lowest and deepest cellars of our consciousness, we initiate ourselves, returning to the surface more evolved. Love is, in Shakespeare's very pessimistic vision, but an illusion, like theatre and "I discovered the absolute derision and the inescapable cruelty of the love experience. The endless illusions. I tried to convey these multiple truths with cruelty, keeping the sarcasm and humour present in every inflection of the Shakespearean text", declares Petrică Ionescu. Let us discover for ourselves the way through the thickets of the unleashed senses… In the cast of the show that you will be able to see online, the roles are performed by the actors: Theseus / Oberon: Marius Bodochi, Hippolyta: Raluca Petra, Titania: Maia Morgenstern, Aegean: Costel Constantin, Hermia: Ana Covalciuc, Demetrius: Silviu Mircescu, Lysander: Alex Călin, Helena: Ilinca HărnuțGuitar,: Dorin And one, Bottom: Mihai Constantin, Snug: Costi Apostol, Flute: Istvan Teglas, Starveling: Daniel Badale, Snout: Ștefan Ruxanda, Puck: Claudiu Bleonţ, Fairies: Eliza Păuna, Ilona Brezoianu, Alexandra Stroe, Philostrat: Vitalie Bichir, Rareș Fota. The show is not recommended for children under 14 years. More information and the whole team of directors on the show's page.   For details and last-minute information, we invite you to follow our pages at the following addresses: our YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/c/TeatrulNaţionalILCaragialeBucureşti - NTB Facebook page - https: //www.facebook. com / TNB.Ro / - NTB website, on the page https://www.tnb.ro/ro/livestreaming-tnb. We are waiting for you online this week, and soon in the open-air amphitheatre located above the Grand Hall of the National Theatre!   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

NTB online: A new week with selected images from the theatre archive - reunion with masters Albulescu, Dinică, Moraru… In parallel with watching online the new conferences scheduled for this week, we remind you that you can also review the conferences broadcast in previous weeks, namely those held by: director Andrei Șerban, master Radu Beligan, writer of Romanian origin, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Herta Müller, poet Ileana Mălăncioiu, Dr. Vasile Ciubotaru, physicist Basarab Nicolescu the adviser of the RNB governor, Adrian Vasilescu, art historian and critic Dorana Coșoveanu, the historian Georgeta Filitti, the journalist Brîndșa Armanca or the late film critic Alex Leo Șerban, conferences that can be accessed further on our Youtube channel: http: // www.youtube.com/c/TeatrulNaţionalILCaragialeBucureşti The weekend of this end of May brings to your attention a big hit from the repertoire of past seasons, "Breaking News" by Mihail Sebastian, directed by Anca Ovanez Dorosenco, the talented director recently disappeared from us (died in Nice on May 16th, 2020) to whom we thus pay a respectful tribute. The show can be watched online, in an archive recording, made with the technical means of 2003, when the premiere took place. So, here is the schedule of the conferences that will be broadcast in the week of May 25th - 31st, 2020 at NTB online: May 25th, at 2.00 p.m. - Germina Nagat - Disclosure - cui prodest? (conference held on January 10th, 2014) May 26th, 2.00 p.m. - Prof. Viorel Barbu - Mathematics and Arts (March 24th, 2019) May 27th, 2.00 p.m. - Octavian Paler - With Melancholy, about the Barbarians (October 26th, 2009) May 28th, 2.00 p.m. - Mircea Mihaies - On Success (December 10th, 2017).   Weekend with great actors in a terribly topical story, about… interwar Bucharest: Breaking News! On Friday, May 29th, 2020, from 4.00 p.m., Saturday May 30th and Sunday, May 31st, starting from 6.00 p.m., we will meet one of the most charming plays of Romanian drama, "Breaking News" by Mihail Sebastian, a virulent satire, directed by the late Anca Ovanez Doroșenco, featuring an adequate staging and cast: Claudiu Bleonţ, Mircea Albulescu, Ilinca Goia, Marin Moraru, Gheorghe Dinică, Constantin Dinulescu, Ioan Andrei Ionescu, Marcelo Cobzariu, Mihai Niculescu, Liviu Crăciun , Alexandru Hasnaş, Carmen Ionescu, Raluca Petra, Silvia Năstase. Sets: Mihai Mădescu; Costumes: Luana Drăgoescu. "Breaking News" is a captivating love story, in the midst of an unscrupulous world, not very different from the one we live in. An up-to-date play like a newspaper story - as characterized by the director of the memorable staging. "Breaking News" has enjoyed great success since its launch. The absolute premiere took place on the stage of the Bucharest National, on January 23rd, 1946, directed by the debutant at that time, Moni Ghelerter. An anthological staging, immediately followed by the consecration of the director. Since then, the play has seen numerous stagings and interesting performances. "In today's interpretation, inspired by immediate contemporaneity, Anca Ovanez Doroșenco uses as pillars money and a world without political ideals, the levers of the corrupt mechanism being the media, business and culture" - wrote at the premiere critic Ludmila Patlanjoglu, in Cotidianul. History professor Andronic, "the lost dreamer, disconnected from reality", on a romantic quest, in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, finds himself, due to typographical errors, including a word with multiple references, in the jungle of the interwar Romanian press, but especially a target of a dreaded businessman, Bucșan. Through the clash between two diametrically opposed worlds, Mihail Sebastian manages to build a social satire of great resonance for our present. "Negotiations" worthy of the "blackmail and floor" tradition. Natalia Stancu, "Curierul Naţional". "An unmissable show, because it offers a genuine joy to any theatre lover." Ileana Lucaciu, "Romania Libera". We invite you to follow us online, and on our other websites, where we will return with details and last minute announcements: - NTB facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/TNB.Ro / - NTB website, on the page https://www.tnb.ro/ro/livestreaming-tnb   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

At NTB online, the schedule of the week 18 - 24 May includes a conference with Andrei Șerban and a memorable show, "Take, Ianke and Cadîr". On the Youtube channel of the National Theater of Bucharest, the broadcasting of conferences and performances from the archive continues this week as well. On the weekend, you have the opportunity to watch, with three performances, a show that enjoyed a huge audience success, performed to a full house between 2001-2007, Take, Ianke and Cadir by Victor Ion Popa, directed by Grigore Gonța. The conferences can be watched after their launch (Monday to Thursday, starting at 2.00 p.m.) on Youtube, but the shows will be online only during the announced period. Conferences that will be online, starting this week: Monday, May 18th - Andrei Serban - About Chekhov or Who else wants to go to Moscow? (conference held on January 30th, 2011) Tuesday, May 19th - Brîndușa Armanca: Pinocchio's Army . How Do We Lie to the People through Television? (October 8th, 2017) Wednesday, May 20th - Alex Leo Șerban - And Yet, Why Do We Watch Movies? (January 18th, 2009) Thursday, May 21st - Ileana Mălăncioiu: Exercises of Survival (February 4th, 2018). May 22nd, 23rd, 24th - Friday (4.00 p.m.), Saturday and Sunday (6.00 p.m.): Show: Take, Ianke and Cadîr! A play about tolerance, friendship and love. A comedy that has become a classic, belonging to interwar literature and bringing to the stage a topic of great relevance: the inter-ethnic relations between a Romanian, a Jew and a Turk. The staging from 2001, at the National Theatre of Bucharest, directed by Grigore Gonța, featured a fabulous cast. Ianke:Radu Beligan, Take: Marin Moraru and Cadîr: Gheorghe Dinică. In other roles: Valentin Uritescu (Ilie), Silvia Năstase (Safta), Monica Davidescu (Ana), Mihai Călin (Ionel). Sets: Mihai Mădescu, Costumes: Luana Drăgoescu. Along with a formidable audience success, the show enjoyed a range of the most favourable critical acclaim. We mention some of them: “Even from the perspective of the 21st century, the play Take, Ianke and Cadir reconfirms the secret virtues of the treasurer of humanity’s tradition, first of all… The nostalgic comedy is the auspicious genre, laughter being the effective antidote to both fanaticism and extremism; an unbeatable weapon that tempers moods and heals vices. The theatrical miracle is fulfilled once again under the discreet wand of Grigore Gonța ”. Irina Coroiu, Contemporanul “Will it be a show for the elderly, for the sentimental passers-by, for the losers? (…) I do not know. But it relaxes one and one is absorbed by it like a vintage photo ”. Dan C. Mihăilescu, NTB Gazette - Supplement, 2001-2002 "Over 20 years after the version with Finteşteanu - Giugaru - Anghelescu that delighted my childhood, the" Gonţa variant" with Beligan - Moraru - Dinică remains truly remarkable". Horia Gârbea, Contemporary "Do not miss this show - especially the young generation will have the revelation of a discovery - which will certainly bring you a drop of happiness and serenity, in a life too hectic and tormented." Irina Budeanu, Azi newspaper Victor Ion Popa’s play was performed for the first time in March 1932, at the “Maria Ventura” Theatre in Bucharest, right in the author's stage direction. However, the definitive entry of this comedy in the public consciousness begins in 1956-1957, when several theatres in Bucharest and throughout the country introduce it in their permanent repertoire, resuming it in various casts, some formidable, whose impact on the public proves to be, nowadays too, a very strong one.     We are waiting for you online, this week as well, at: http://www.youtube.com/c/TeatrulNaţionalILCaragialeBucureşti. We invite you to follow the theatre's website - www.tnb.ro, as well as the Facebook page, where we will mention, on a daily basis, the schedule and announce any changes.  Translated by Simona Nichiteanu