Interview

A theatre and film actress, Madalina Constantin has been living for six years in Paris. She took this step with a scholarship at the National Superior Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts, and then found a motivation to stay in each new project. In Paris, she often collaborates with director Alexandra Badea, together with who she is soon to start rehearsals on the performance “Mode d'emploi”.

Eugen Jebeleanu came to theatre at a very early age, after already having achieved good results in professional dance which brought him close to the national championship. The meeting with director Ada Lupu in the performance “The Black Chest” changed the switch to theatre, where he continued working with Radu Apostol, Alexander Hausvater, and Radu Afrim. He was also starring in the television series "One Step Ahead", produced by Media Pro Pictures.

Theodor Cristian Popescu is putting together “Public Opinion” by Aurel Baranga at National Theater “Radu Stanca” in Sibiu. Why it is a text the years in communism, how it is to work in team with scenographer Dragos Buhagiar, musician Vlaicu Golcea, playwright Mihaela Michailov and video artist Daniel Gontz we will find out from the director in the following interview.

“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.