“The recently adopted Government Ordinance no. 63/2010 establishes the maximum number of positions that can be assigned within the territorial-administrative units, and this measure may also affect the performance institutions subordinated to local authorities. In a context in which the Timisoara Municipality finances four such institutions – the German and Hungarian State Theatres, the Banat Philharmonic and the Municipality Culture House – the new regulatory act may have extremely serious effects on the activity...
"My mission is to portrait the world! I use the internet to create a social network of models and wannabe models. All the drawings are intended to be shown everywhere ..." 30 years old visual artist Kobe Leah from Portugal has been trained industrial designer and used to teach graphic softwares, ergonomics and Graphic design. Since 1995 he is doing a very special kind of computer art.
The National Theatre of Cluj has a new performance in its repertory – the correspondent of the most recent premiere of director Radu Afrim, and also of the most recent role of the actress Ramona Dumitrean, one of the most highly praised actresses in the country. “The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union” by David Greig will be premiered this autumn, in the 2010/2011 season opening at the NTC.
"This is actually the idea of a team - that people inspire each other". A jazz musician seduced by theatre, Vlaicu Golcea was awarded the UNITER Prize for Music Theatre. Together with Radu-Alexandru Nica (direction), Dragos Buhagiar (scenography), Florin Fieroiu (choreography) and the team of actors at the German State Theatre in Timisoara, he signed the project “Shaking Shakespeare” – to be premiered this week in Timisoara.
Since he founded La Carniceria Theatre, in Madrid, in 1989, the Argentinian director Rodrigo Garcia has been creating an extremely challenging and highly physical theatre. In November 2009, Rodrigo Garcia was awarded, in Poland, the “New Theatrical Realities” Prize, with Pippo Delbono, Guy Cassiers, Arpad Schilling and Francois Tanguy. This summer, Rodrigo Garcia will have his first performance in Romania, at the National Theatre in Timisoara.
“I wanted to give Cinderella a chance to try on the Prince’s shoe” The director of the International Theatre Festival ATELIER, playwright Radu Macrinici, is preparing the 2010 edition of the event which will take place between 6 and 12 of June in Baia Mare.
Alexander Potocean is an UNATC graduate, 2007 class. He is known from the films “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”, “The Paper Will Be Blue”, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”, “Silent Wedding”. With the performance “Heads Minds” he makes his comeback to theatre - and not any kind of theatre, but documentary theatre. “Heads Minds” brings up to discussion the Bucharest, June 13-15 event. A one-man show directed by David Schwartz. Text - Mihaela Michailov, video - Cinty Ionescu sound - Catalin Rulea.
Nicolae Manda, dean of the National University for Theatre and Cinema, has encouraged the set up of the tangaProject dramAcum groups and is among the initiators of the platform for independent theatre in Romania.
Actor Balázs Attila is the Director of the Hungarian Theatre in Timisoara. This year, according to UNITER, the institution he leads came with the best performance of the year– “Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead” by Tom Stoppard, directed by Victor Ioan Frunza. Balázs Attila told us about the new performance they prepare, as well as the Euro-Regional Festival that the Hungarian Theatre will organise in May 2010.
“Awards Are And Will Always Be For The Worthy” Actor with the Youth Theatre in Piatra Neamt, Cezar Antal is the leading actor in most of the performances of this company. He is currently rehearsing for “Romania 21”, on a text written by Stefan Peca and directed by Pia Furtado.