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The Theater without a Name presents The Tempest
On tour at TNB, The Theater without a Name* from Kishinev proposes a new version of Shakespeare's Tempest, directed by Mihai Țărnă.
On May 31 2022, at 7.30 pm, you are invited to the Studio Hall of TNB for the unique performance of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, a recent production by director Mihai Țărnă, in which the role of Prospero is played by Vitalie Rusu, an established actor of the stage from Basarabia.
Actor, theatre and film director, scriptwriter, with a Master's degree in theatre direction from the Arts Institute of Kishinev (D.E.A.), completed with studies in film direction at the International Film School from Paris (2001-2002) and a PhD at the University Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3, Mihai Țărnă is currently based in France, where he is head of the "Art of the Actor" department at the International Film School from Paris (E.I.C.A.R.).
He has directed dozens of plays on stages in the Republic of Moldova and in France, staging titles from the great drama (Shakespeare, Moliere, Gogol, Chekhov, Eugène Ionesco...) and has made short films and made his debut in feature films as a director and/or screenwriter. The year 2019, when he directed "The Tempest", is also the year in which he staged Eugène Ionesco's '' Exit the King'' at the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris, France (presented in Madrid), and it also the year when he signed the direction for his 40th show in his two and a half decades of artistic activity.
In the version conceived by director Mihai Țărnă, the famous Shakespearean play is a drama with elements of comedy, about the fall and rise of man, the redemption of souls and their eternal loss. On the island of Prospero, the Shakespearean history of the world unfolds succinctly - power, murder, revolt, violence, love. The Tempest is the drama of lost illusions, of the bitter wisdom and of the fragile, but stubborn, hope.
A prestigious actor of the stages from Basarabia, Vitalie Rusu has worked as an actor and director at the "A.S. Pushkin" Musical - Dramatic Theatre (today the "Mihai Eminescu" National Theatre) from Kishinev, and has been the chief director of this theatre since 1985. Between 1999 and 2003 he was a diplomat at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Bucharest. In 1973 he was awarded the honorary title of Artist Emeritus and, in 1983, he was awarded the title People's Artist. In 2011, Vitalie Rusu was awarded the Order of the Republic and in 2013 the National Prize.
In his acting career of over 50 years, he has played 80 theatre and film parts: Hlestakov in "The Reviewer" by N. V. Gogol, Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Alecu - "Carnival in Iași" by V. Alecsandri, Gheorghe - " The Mother With Three Daughters-In-Law" by Ion Creangă, and now you have the opportunity to see him in one of the most complex Shakespearean roles, Prospero in The Tempest!
Tickets are available at the TNB Box Office and online at www.tnb.ro
*The Theater without a Name is not a theater without identity, nor one without roots. It represents a new direction of the Theater for Children and Youth, which later became the "Ginta Latină" (Romance gentes) Revue Theater. So, TFN comes as a continuity and development of a theatrical tradition. Through this change, the theater wanted to offer its chance for a new life and a new way of expression and communication with the spectator.
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
