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Roma Armee at NTB!
On Wednesday, June 26th, 2019, in a premiere on the Grand NTB stage, in a unique representation, an extraordinary show produced by the Maxim Gorki Theatre of Berlin, which enjoys unanimous appreciation in the international media: Roma Armee, directed by Yael Ronen, European Prize laureate, Theater Reality (XVI Edition, Rome, 2017).
"With clarity, optimism, poignancy and charm, this show places Pride as a response to harsh discrimination." (Peter Laudenbach, TIP, Berlin)
Based on an original idea by Sandra and Simonida Selimovic, the show Roma Armee proposes a powerful story: At a time when neo-fascism threatens Europe, a group of actors initiates a supranational army for self-defense. Explaining the past injustices of the Roma throughout Europe, the Roma Armee starts the process of self-reflection and self-emancipation, starting a revolution for a peaceful, inclusive and respectful future for all Europeans.
The performers of the Rome Armee show are artists with exceptional biographies.
Award-winning director and playwright Yael Ronen, native of Israel (now director of the "Maxim Gorky" Theatre of Berlin), considered one of the most exciting personalities of contemporary theatre, has also the reputation of one of the most involved - socially, culturally and politically - theatre people in Europe. She explores contemporary historical conflicts on the note of a poignant black humor.
The two stage designers of the show - Delaine and Damien Le Bas - were part of the selection of 16 artists of the Paradise Lost project - the first Roma pavilion at the Venice Biennial in 2007. The actors in the cast are Romnja, Roma and Traveler Roma from Austria, Serbia, Germany, Kosovo, Romania, England and Sweden, as well as Berlin-Israeli-German-Turkish gadjis. Components of this unique "Roma Army," they evoke, in a show of the utmost artistic quality, an impressive picture of the historical and recent injustices to which the Roma are subjected.
Roma Armee is undoubtedly an exemplary contemporary Roma production, modern, at the confluence of the political cabaret and documentary theatre.
The organizer of the tour is the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture - IERAC, with the support of the Open Society Foundations: Cultural Exchanges, Youth Exchanges, Human Rights Initiative, Public Health Programme and the Goethe Institute of Romania.
The show - which will be subtitled in Romanian - is scheduled for Wednesday, June 26th, 2019, from8.00 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre.
Public access is allowed from 18.45 onweards, because at 19.00 in the lobby of the Grand Hall, short greetings from the organizers (IERAC) and host (NTB) will be announced.
Tickets can be purchased at the NTB Box Office (in the Grand Hall lobby), as well as online on www.mystage.ro.
Translated by Simona Nichiteanu