The “Theater at the Centenary” event, organized by the National Theater, on 15th of December, is reflected to the Centenary. Here will be presented the winning track of the Communitas Foundation’s contest on Romanian-Hungarian coexistence.

Within the project framework, titled “Romanian vs. Hungarian. Romanian-Hungarian cultural interference in theater after 1918 “, are organized a lot of events, an international scientific conference, the stage adaptation of two contemporary dramas, the opening of a retrospective exhibition, the launch of a data-based website and the meeting of the Romanian theater directors. The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity.

The “Identity and Subtlety. Theater is the scene of the Romanian-Hungarian meeting” conference will be organized on Saturday in the Nicolae Grigorescu Hall of the Continental Hotel, organized by the National Theater in Târgu Mureş, the Institute for Theater and Multimedia Research, the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureş. The conference will present scientific theses that will interact through the history, artistic creation, identity, translations, theories and individual works of the Romanian and Hungarian theater art.

Lost intentions

The stage adaptation of two contemporary dramas will be presented. The Liviu Rebreanu Company will present on Saturday, at 17 o’clock, the Satan from the drama “Lost Intentions” written by Réka Dálnoky, organized by Nicu Mihoc, in the small hall of the National Theater in Târgu Mureş.

Members of the group include: Ildikó Béres, Bianca Fărcaş, Alexandru-Andrei Chiran, Erzsébet B. Fülp, Ernő Galló, Anca Loghin, Ştefan Mura and Gábor Tollas. Other members of the team: Denisa Berceanu, costume and decoration designer, Lucian Matei, videodesigner, Réka Dálnoky and Judit-Andrea Kacsó, translators.

Réka Dálnoky with “Lost Intentions” is one of the winners of the contest organized by the Communitas Foundation.

Fairyland

The Tompa Miklós Company will present the scenic adaptation of George Ştefan’s “Fairyland” drama, organized by Keresztes & Blaga, in the big hall of the National Theater in Târgu Mureş on Saturday. Members of the Company
includes: László Kilyén, Bora Kiss, Mihoc Nicu, Iorga Cristian, Zoltán Pál and Loredana Dascălu. Videodesigner: Adrian Matei.

The purpose of the scenic presentation of these two contemporary works is to encourage and support the work of young, contemporary, Hungarian and Romanian authors. Reflecting on the characteristics of drama, the directors of the performances created both productions by cooperating with the actors of the Romanian and Hungarian troops, so that the multilingualism of the performances and the play with multilingualism, the intercultural dialect give a special emphasis.

Theatrical Interactions

A retrospective exhibition of the theatrical art materials and photos will take place on Friday at 18.00 with Romanian productions of the Hungarian Theater in Târgu Mureş and with Hungarian productions of Romanian language theaters. The online database titled teatrulacentenar.ro is also created on this theme.

The end of the event is the meeting of the theater directors from Romania, where theater leaders from the country will discuss the difficulties, the opportunities for cooperation, the new legislative proposals that affect everyone and about the performances in the festivals.

Source: Maszol