"Relying largely on the team with whom he shared the success of "Titanic Waltz", Dan Tudor - director known for his highly successful performances - shows a complete faith in Arthur W. Pinero's text, grafted according to the taste of the times, but also an uncompromising confidence in the acting forces of NTB, which he exploited with finesse. When comedy is taken seriously, things can be more easily controlled, and the artist's role in (re)-humanising an increasingly debauched universe is more obvious, justifying the need for burlesque."

Mădălina Dumitrache, Belle Esprit - "The Magistrate"  

"A foxy, tousle-haired Dan Tudor no longer cares what people say, he only cares how much people applaud his performances, which are always built on a story that combines drama and comedy and delicately touches on tragedy, that does not shy away from burlesque and does not shy away from the text. What's more, he reconfigures it in his own image, taking into account the psychological structure of today's audience, especially when adapting classical texts.

He doesn't update formally, replacing the classic phone with the mobile phone, but with respect for the author, jumping in to help him, eliminating what has become too outdated and reconfiguring certain scenes to give fluidity where he sees a possibility.

Actor Dan Tudor merges perfectly with director Dan Tudor and vice versa.

Playwright Arthur Wing Pinero's text (...) holds many British-style islands and islets that provide the entire cast with oases of acting bliss.

The unusual moments, realistic and surreal, are the most successful, but also those built on burlesque in this vision accentuated by Dan Puric's acting, both in his rigid aristocratic positioning and in the numerous pantomime moments, especially in the final part, where the character of Mr Posket appears literally and figuratively wrecked after his nocturnal affair, when his beloved wife, Agatha, played frantically by Monica Davidescu, has her own affair with Colonel Lukyn, played remarkably and impeccably made up by director Dan Tudor himself.

Dinu Grigorescu, Rinocerul Magazine - Three hours of comedy by Dan Tudor - The Magistrate  

"When we talk about Arthur W. Pinero's text, however, time passes rather slowly, the action can seem static, and the reason is relatively simple: we're talking about a British text, with a similar humor, humor with which not all of us resonate. Perhaps also because the reality presented in the text is not one with which we are culturally familiar, knowing that British humor is not for everyone.

...you'll notice that it takes you into the area of Caragiale-type humor, especially in the moments of satire on society, but also on the way the Posket family and the relationship between its members works. Pinero is an author who has satirized in his texts the mores and customs of English society, which although it appears unblemished, inside it is an accumulation of intrigue, deceit and falsehood.

Colonel Lukyn (Dan Tudor) and Captain Horace Vale (Marius Rizea) juggle the comic scenes very well, the two being a successful humorous couple.

If you want to see a boulevard comedy, it's worth breaking three hours for the experience of the show, but also for Dan Puric's exceptional acting."

Andrei Bulboacă, Ficțiunea Magazine – Eight Reasons - The strangeness of the Poskets   

"Given the stature of Dan Tudor and Dan Puric, the performance seems like a sort of indirect duel between the two.

Why did I love The Magistrate? What's so great about this show?

Well, it's simple: it's a show BUILT head to tail with one purpose, to make the audience laugh.

Sadly, fewer and fewer performances or films are constructed with this purpose in mind. Entertaining the audience seems old-fashioned, from another era, something a contemporary filmmaker should not do.

Theatre is no laughing matter. That's what some theatregoers like to say. They are really convinced of what they say. They really believe that theatre is a temple where laughter is only tolerated. Unfortunately, they are followed by many directors, who also end up believing such nonsense.

For this reason, I strongly urge you to go and see The Magistrate. You will certainly enjoy it. The rest is bonus. Entertainment is the main objective of the play, and it achieves it with flying colors. I think it's the show I've laughed at the most in many years. From NTB for sure!"

Emil Calinescu, LaTeatru.EU – The Magistrate  

Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu