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The performance "The Silent Escape", directed and performed by the actress Oana Pellea, is touring abroad for the first time and will have two special performances in Luxembourg, at the Théâtre des Capucins, on September 17 and 18, 2024, at 20.00. This event is a unique opportunity for the audience in Luxembourg to meet high quality Romanian dramatic art. In collaboration with the Romanian Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with the support of the Ambassador of our country, Mrs. Livia Rusu, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the International Organization of Francophonie and the Ville de Luxembourg, the performance "The Silent Escape" will be presented at one of the most prestigious theatres, part of the "Theatre de la Ville", located in the heart of the city, and will be performed in Romanian with French subtitles. "The Silent Escape" by Lena Constante premiered last November at the Atelier Hall of the National Theatre in Bucharest to resounding success. It is a story about survival, inner freedom and resistance in the face of oppression, based on the dramatic experiences of visual artist, writer and ethnographer Lena Constante during the communist prisons. Oana Pellea, through a deep and sensitive performance, brings to life the voice of Lena Constante, conveying the emotions and suffering of a woman who found the strength to resist through art and introspection. "The Silent Escape" is not just a theatrical performance, but a living testimony to human resilience and strength of spirit. Actress Oana Pellea's connection with Luxembourg theater goes even deeper, having performed a masterful role in 2023 with French actor Patrick Le Mauff in Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs" by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Gabor Tompa, in a production of the Luxembourg National Theater. Access to the performance of "The Silent Escape" ("L'evasion silencieuse") is by sending a message to eventsamblu@gmail.com, specifying the day of the performance (September 17 or 18, 2024), the name and the number of seats. Registrations will be made in the order in which requests are received, subject to availability. The event is also organized with the support of Afluent Arad, Keos Luxembourg/Dacia, Renault et Alpine, Paralela 45, Hotel Mercure Off Kirchberg. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

On Tuesday evening, at the end of the performance "Exit the King" presented on the stage of the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre in Chisinau during the 9th Romanian National Theatres Meeting, the President of the Republic of Moldova, Mrs. Maia Sandu, awarded Mariana Mihut and Victor Rebengiuc, actors of the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre in Bucharest, the Order of Honor "As a token of high appreciation for their professional dedication throughout their impressive career, for their substantial contribution to the development and promotion of Romanian theater, cinema and Romanian broadcasting, for their unmistakable interpretation of roles meant to discover emblematic characters from Romanian and universal literature, as well as for their active involvement in strengthening the cultural dialogue between the Republic of Moldova and Romania," the Moldovan Presidency's press release said. The two great actors received with great emotion the distinction offered by President Maia Sandu and thanked her by giving her the photo album "Exit the King", dedicated to the play, with autographs from the entire team. The hall of the National Theater "Mihai Eminescu" in Chisinau was filled to capacity and the audience applauded the performance of the Bucharest National Theater and the festive event at the end with standing ovations for minutes. The director of the TNME, actor Petru Hadarca, also handed flowers and a special cake to his colleagues in Bucharest. The moment was celebrated with Purcari wine. For the fourth consecutive year, the Romanian National Theaters' Meeting in Chisinau enjoys the High Presidential Patronage, granted by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, and the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis. The event is organized by the National Theatre "Mihai Eminescu" and is supported by the Ministries of Culture of Romania and the Republic of Moldova and the Romanian Cultural Institute. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

The "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre will be present again this year at the Romanian National Theaters' Meeting in Chisinau, an important cultural diplomacy action, which will reach its 9th edition in 2024. The performances that NTB will present on the stage of the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre in Chisinau during this event are Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Andrei and Andreea Grosu (September 10), Gertrude by Radu F. Alexandru, directed by Silviu Purcarete (September 13) and A Few People Away from You by Dan Coman, directed by Radu Afrim (September 14). Expected with great interest, being three highly successful titles from the current repertoire of the NTB, with exceptional casts, the NTB performances will offer the audience in Chisinau a true theatrical regale. Will be present on stage Mariana Mihut, Victor Rebengiuc, Ana Ciontea, Florentina Tilea, Richard Bovnoczki, Serban Pavlu, Claudiu Bleont, Marius Bodochi, Mircea Rusu, Marius Manole, Alexandru Potocean, Paul Chiributa, Lari Giorgescu, Natalia Calin, Mirela Oprisor, Flavia Giurgiu, and Stefan Iancu. This - already traditional - Meeting of the Romanian National Theatres from both sides of the Prut River, aimed at enhancing the common cultural identity of the two countries, is recognized by the Presidential Institutions of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, which, for the fourth consecutive year, have granted the status of High Presidential Patronage to this event, part of the series of actions to assist and support the process of negotiations for the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

When the city goes on holiday, we invite you to meet us on the roof of the National Theatre, at the Open-air Amphitheatre, for the opening of the Summer Season! We have prepared an attractive and relaxing treat for you. We look forward to spending this summer with meetings, performances, concerts, films and unforgettable evenings. The open-air Amphitheatre is a unique stage in Romania, a place high up on the National Theatre, 24 meters above the University Square. Here, from mid-July to September, culture and artistic genres, diversity and summer (and cultural) debate meet under the summer night sky, right at km 0 of the capital, in an exciting and varied evening program Concerts, theatre and dance performances, vintage films or the latest film productions, meetings with artists, can be watched and experienced this summer under the starry skies of Bucharest, at the NTB Amphitheatre. Tickets for the events at the Amphitheatre will be sold exclusively online. NTB Amphitheatre - Summer Nights, up on the theatre is a project supported by PPC Romania!   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

The National Theatre in Bucharest has prepared a special line-up for this year's 1st and 2nd of May holiday 2024, with no less than eight different performances, for all tastes, dedicated to those who do not leave the city during this period. Whether they love comedies, dramas or music and dance performances, or a touch of romance, the audience will have the opportunity to choose from the most popular shows in the National's repertoire. Among the productions that will be presented on the NTB stages are successful titles and award-winning productions. The Dinner Game, The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True, The Titanic Orchestra and The Anonymous Venetian are the four productions proposed on the first day of May. The Journey, The Country House, The Welkin and The Beauty of Venice in September complete the special holiday program around Easter. In these performances the audience will meet famous names of the Romanian stage, including Maia Morgenstern, Oana Pellea, Horatiu Malaele, Claudiu Bleont, Marius Manole, Mircea Rusu, Tania Popa, Marius Bodochi, Ana Ciontea, Ilinca Goia, Raluca Aprodu, Gavril Patru, Medeea Marinescu, Magda Catone, Lari Giorgescu, Dan Puric and many others. Tickets for these performances are available on tnb.ro or at the box office of the National Theatre, which runs Monday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

At the Abracadabra National Children's Theatre, the performances during the month of Palm Sunday await you with news, pleasant surprises and festive moments. The programming of these interactive productions, designed to give young spectator-actors a premiere every Sunday, invites them to get to know the stories and names of flowers. Some of these names, which many children will be learning for the first time, legend has it that they are linked to the Roman festival Floralia - held in spring. Twenty-three years ago, on the Sunday before Easter, the first curtain-raising took place at the Abracadabra National Children's Theatre in the Atelier Hall of the TNB. Since then, every year there has been a double celebration on Palm Sunday: the Christian feast and the anniversary of the ingenious children's theatre project. From one season to the next, young spectators have been invited to come on stage and play Theatre. Shortly, the performances became an event for the whole family. The children's participation alongside the actors, in the positive roles of the Romanian fairy tales, has awakened the desire of the little actors to always be victorious in the fight against the forces of evil. The association of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest with the Abracadabra Foundation has developed over the years a new theatrical formula, through which the actors highlight the talent of the audience. The children who come on stage and take part in the fairy tale become, by the end of the show, the heroes of the Romanian Stories. Last but not least, these performances recommend that The Theater Game be a successful part of the education of the young. We invite you in April, every Sunday, from 11.00 am, in the Media Hall of the National Theatre, where these event performances will take place. Spring stories will prevail, culminating - on April 28, 2024 - in the double celebration of Palm Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at the National Theatre Box Office and online at tnb.ro.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

At the Atelier Hall of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest, starting April 6, 2024, you can enjoy a new performance, Childhood Memories – one man show performed by actor Vitalie Bichir as part of the tnb.edu program. Far from being a simple dramatization after Ion Creanga, the recital recital conceived and directed by Vitalie Bichir, proposes to spectators of all ages, a nostalgic foray into the world evoked by the great storyteller, adding to it some ingredients related to the personal biography of the actor, also from Moldavia. The ingenious scenario combines, for the first time, excerpts from the well-known Childhood Memories with pages from the 1883 textbook The Schoolmaster of Children (a reading book including anatomy lessons for the primary grades), authored and co-authored by Ion Creanga. The happy happenings of childhood, narrated with talent and a special emotional involvement by the actor, who transforms himself, one by one, into each of the characters played, receive an ironic counterpoint by juxtaposition with didactic explanations (supported by projections). These explanations are extracted from amusing anatomy lessons formulated in the sweet Moldovan language, in which the mysteries of the functioning of the human body are described in an understandable way, in the spirit of the time. A relevant moment for the construction of this one-man-show can be found, for example, at the intersection of the well-known story of Irinuca's goats, a source of scabies for the young apprentice who came from Humulesti, and the description of this arachnid - taken from the textbook of the time, in the words of the time. The show awakens in each of us, the adult spectators, the longing for our parents and our native places, through this incursion, full of tenderness and emotion, into the innocent world of childhood. And for young students who may have difficulties reading the "compulsory" reading of Childhood Memories, the performance at the Atelier Hall of the National Theatre offers another "key" to reading, opening the door to the universe evoked with such talent by Nica of Stefan al Petrei from Humulesti...., alias Ion Creanga! Actor Vitalie Bichir celebrates, on the occasion of this recital, 30 years since graduating from acting school! The first performances of "Childhood Memories" will take place on April 6 (premiere) and April 7, 2024, at 7pm, and the next performance is scheduled for May 25, 2024. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the NTB Box Office and online at tnb.ro.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Today, on the occasion of World Theatre Day, the World Theatre Day Message 2024 - by Jon Fosse, Norwegian writer and playwright - will be read before the performances by Medeea Marinescu - at Sala Mare and Liliana Hodorogea at Sala Pictură. On World Theatre Day, the NTB Museum invites you to learn the story of the costume that marked the destiny of a great actor: Aristide Demetriade in Hamlet One year after the opening in 2023 of the exhibition "Queen Mary at the Theatre", a new event will take place at the "I.L. Caragialeˮ National Theatre Museum in Bucharest on the same day as World Theatre Day, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, starting at 5 pm. This time, the event focuses on the great actor Aristide Demetriade (1872-1930) and, more specifically, on the costume he wore in the performance of Hamlet on the stage of the National Theatre, from its premiere in 1912 until 1930. The costume is also the NTB Museum's most recently restored piece.* Actor Marius Bodochi, Artistic Director of the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre, will present on this occasion the story of this costume which holds a special significance for Aristide Demetriade's artistic destiny. A story that includes the part of Hamlet, a costume bought in Berlin and the resignation of a great actor, refused by the director. The story promises to be interesting and spiced with various events of the time, illustrated with letters and other testimonies about Demetriade's desire to play the role of the Danish prince in competition with other actors of the time. The first performance in which Demetriade appeared as Hamlet took place on December 21, 1912, when Alexandru Davila was the director of the National Theatre. The production premiered a year earlier, in 1911, but with C.I. Nottara and Tony Bulandra as Hamlet. Other objects in the NTB Museum that recall Aristide Demetriade in Hamlet, a role that established him as one of the great actors of his generation, are the painting signed by Iosif Iser in 1918, and a bust signed by Corneliu Medrea. *The partnership with the National Village Museum "Dimitrie Gusti" - developed within the project "Innovative exhibition with restored goods from the NTB Museum Collection" - has been resumed, announces Mihaela Verman, museographer and Beatrice Parus, restorer. Therefore, one year after the end of the implementation period, two more pieces from the NTB Museum's stage costume collection have been restored. If we have made you curious, we are waiting for you at the NTB Museum at this event, or during the guided tours, from Tuesday to Friday - according to the schedule posted on muzeultnb.ro or the NTB calendar. In order to attend the event on 27 March 2024, we invite you to purchase one of the last tickets available, either at the Theatre Box Office or online - on tnb.ro. The price of an online ticket is 10 RON.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

The National Theatre Bucharest "I.L. Caragiale" announces the start of rehearsals for "Hedda Gabler", directed by Thomas Ostermeier. One of the most important European directors, known for his contemporary approach to classical plays and politically and socially challenging productions, Thomas Ostermeier is staging a production in Romania for the first time and will bring Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler to NTB's Ion Caramitru Hall. The cast of the show includes actors Raluca Aprodu, Crina Semciuc, Ana Ciontea, Richard Bovnoczki, Alexandru Potocean, Marius Manole and Lari Giorgescu. The creative team is composed of Jan Peppelbaum (sets), Ruxandra Busneag (costumes), Malte Beckenbach (music), while Sebastien Dupouey was in charge of the video design. Thomas Ostermeier, a leading figure in contemporary theatre, artistic director of the famous Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, associate artist of the Avignon Festival, holder of the Europe Prize for New Theatrical Realities, is the creator of more than 50 performances in Germany and worldwide. From 1992 to 1996 he studied directing at the "Ernst Busch" Faculty of Acting in Berlin. In addition to numerous awards for individual productions, such as the Friedrich-Luft Award (Measure for Measure), the Grand Prix de la Critique and the Barcelona Critics' Prize (Hamlet, 2009), Thomas Ostermeier received the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale in 2011 for his entire work. He has been awarded the title "Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. "Hedda Gabler" is a play written by Henrik Ibsen around 1890, considered by most critics to be representative of 19th century dramaturgy. The official premiere of "Hedda Gabler" will take place on April 13, 2024, at the Ion Caramitru Hall of the National Theatre in Bucharest.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

The "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest presents the absolute premiere of the performance It's your fault, written and directed by actor Tomi Cristin, who is making his debut in drama. The play focuses on Dinu (Silviu Mircescu), a hip-hop singer arrested and imprisoned in harsh conditions following a gun incident. In a cold relationship with his parents, the famous singer Iasmin (Monica Davidescu) and the mayor Lucian (Andrei Duban), Dinu instead has a double and complicated relationship with his stage partner Iris (Teodora Calagiu) and her friend Vera (Cristiana Ionita). The script of this show, which includes hip-hop and light music performed live, is completed by a priest (Tomi Cristin) who watches over the incarcerated man, and by Fisto (Marcelo S. Cobzariu), the guard who has some old problems to solve with Dinu. Also in the picture is Sebi (Eduard Adam), the friend and manager who has problems with drugs, debts to dealers and firearms. The official premiere will take place on February 21 and 22, 2024 at the Atelier Hall. This first dramatic text written by Tomi Cristin was born during the "Dramatic Writing Workshop" coordinated by Mimi Branescu, organized in 2022 at the "Ion Sava" Centre for Theatre Research and Creation. The topic of the workshop was "Personal experiences - the known universe". "It's Your Fault!" is one of the nine plays produced during the workshop. Tomi Cristin, an experienced actor with 36 years of stage career to his credit, is for the first time in this multiple capacity of author, director, actor and musical illustrator. In choosing his subject, the author had a young audience in mind. And not just the "Generation Zˮ, but also their parents, as conflicts between generations have always been a generous subject for theatre and literature. "I wrote the play as a story about love, a love that, the more impossible it seems, the more interesting it becomes. Sometimes we struggle, fight with unknown spirits, get lost in negative thoughts and aggressive actions and don't realize that what we are looking for is right next to us, that we need so little to be happy and that we realize all this late in life. Too late? For those who choose to embrace their past and fight, as Dinu, the main character, does, the prospects that open up are unimaginable. But why do we sometimes have it all but don't realize it? I invite viewers to see this performance and discover the answers for themselves. And then it means that my goal as an author and director has been achieved" says Tomi Cristin. A mix of theatre and hip-hop concert, the show highlights acting and musical qualities and brings together actors from different generations, two of the young protagonists being even names recently co-opted in the NTB band. The musical illustration is by Tomi Cristin and Rares Varniote. The scenographic framework was created by Daniel Vizitiu. The show "It's your fault!" is part of the "Open Doors for All" program, which aims to give all NTB actors the chance to propose performance projects. Among the productions included in this program are "Helver's Night", "Loose Knit", "Biloxi Blues", "The Girl from the Rainbow" and "Matilda and the Gravediggers". Upcoming performances of the new show "It's Your Fault!" are scheduled for March 9 and 10, 2024, at 7 p.m.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu