The team of the National Theatre of Cluj-Napoca has departed for Bucharest, to take part in the National Theatre Festival of Bucharest with two performances: The Trial after Kafka, directed by Mihaela Panainte with a scenography by Helmut Stürmer, and Playlist by C.C. Buricea Mlinarcic, directed by Tudor Lucanu. The Trial can be seen at Odeon Theatre, Majestic Hall, in 21 October from 9 p.m., and 22 October from 8 p.m., while Playlist will play at the National Theatre of Bucharest, Small Hall, in 23 October from 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Mihaela Panainte says about the performance of The Trial that "the existential topic proposed by the author is that of the Being who has lost itself because of its boundless vanity, who was sabotaged by the complex of its own superiority, who has fallen victim of an identity and spiritual crisis. În the times we live in, man has lost awareness of his connection to the Universe because he has been hypnotized by his own person. A person who is weighed down by an exacerbated ego beyond which only rests of a fake identity, built on illusion still hold". While Tudor Lucanu says about Playlist that "it is the history of a mixt family that starts in Romanian communism and gradually adapts to the new social forms. Playlist is a recent history. A history that changed us and continues to change us whether we want it or not. A history you can't control, but which rather controls you. A history dominated by all kinds of manipulation".
The National Theatre Festival, this year at its 27-th edition, takes place between 20-30 October, 2017. Producers of the National Theatre Festival are UNITER - the Theater Union of Romania and the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest. FNT is a cultural project financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity, coproduced by the Town Hall of Bucharest through ARCUB - the Cultural Centre of the Town of Bucharest. Partner: the Romanian Cultural Institute. This year's edition is dedicated to the great actor Victor Rebengiuc. Tickets for performances: www.mystage.ro/fnt. Information about performances on www.fnt.ro. This year's edition takes place under the High Patronage of the President of Romania.
