Friday, October 17
Event hosted in FNT
12.00-19.00 National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
Cantor. Around The return of Odysseus
theatrical workshop for creative exploration and working with memory, body and text
dedicated to students and young people interested in stage creation
Supported by: Grandma Jakubowska Raczkowska
Registrations (mandatory) until October 16: [email protected]
Organizers: Cricoteka, National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
Performance-reading mode
16.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Media Hall
In the solitude of the cotton fields of Bernard-Marie Koltès
Translation: Diana Nechit
Music: Ewan Hofman aka Silent Strike
With: Ofelia Popii, Lari Giorgescu
Co-Producers: French Institute in Romania, UNITER and FNT35
Duration: 1h 10min
16+
The performance-reading will be followed by a discussion with the audience
FREE ENTRY within the limit of available places
17.00 and 21.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Picture Hall
Alaska by Elise Wilk
Translation: Mária Albert
Directed by:
Aba Sebestyén
Decor: Beáta Sós
Costumes: Judit Dobre-Kóthay
Choreography: Tünde Baczó
Original music: Tibor Cári
Manufacturers:
Târgu Mureș National Theater – “Tompa Miklós” Company and Studio Yorick
Duration: 2h (without break)
12+
Show in Hungarian with translation into Romanian and English
BALANCE OUT
17.30 Bulandra Theatre, “Liviu Ciulei” Hall
Death at the Magazine Theatre by Gabriel Sandu
Directed by: Gabriel Sandu
Scenography and light design: Miruna Croitoru
Choreography: Andrea Gavriliu
Original music: Andrei Dinescu
Sound design: Viorel Andrinoiu
Producer: Theater “Stela Popescu” Bucharest
Duration: 3h (with break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
Tickets available https://www.bulandra.ro/program/festivalul-national-de-teatru-prezinta-moarte-la-teatrul-de-revista/
18.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Sala Studio
#Guest performance
The glass gardenafter Tatiana Tîbuleac
Dramatization: Mariana Onceanu
Directed by: Petru Hadârca
Scenography: Adrian Suruceanu
Costume designer: Stela Verebceanu
Stage movement: Oleg Mardari
Original music: Valentin Lindo Strișcov
Video projections: Radu Zaporojan
Producer: National Theater “Mihai Eminescu”, Chisinau
Duration: 2h 30min (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
OFFICIAL OPENING OF FNT35
21.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, “Ion Caramitru” Hall
Gro(o)ve
The concept: Radu Afrim
Choreography: Andrea Gavriliu
Scenography: Cosmin Florea
Video design: Andrei Cozlac
Producer: UNITER and FNT 2025
Duration: 1h 30min
BALANCE OUT
Educational NTF. Caravan of educational drama
Starting from October 17, 15 theater authors, including: Elise Wilk, Maria Manolescu, Alexandra Felseghi, Catinca Drăgănescu, Gabriel Sandu, Doru Vatavului, Cosmin Stănilă, Daria Ancuța, Raluca Cîrciumaru, Anca Munteanu, Iulia Mirică, Mara Căruțașu, Cristina Bordeanu, Raluca Ungureanu, Leta Popescu – they will read fragments of their plays and enter into dialogue with students, in schools and high schools in Bucharest.
Event hosted in FNT
The story of a dream. Grivița53
(the inauguration
the Theater building Grivița53. The first theater built together)
An immersive journey in the privacy of birth of the Grivița Theater53
Installation of authentic objects, photo-video diary fragments, unconfessed testimonies, unspoken thoughts and emotions sedimented over a decade
Exhibition space of: Maria Miu and Iuliana Vilsan
Producer:
Grivița Theater53
The installation can be visited between October 17-26, 2025, between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
#involved. the Austrian micro-section in the FNT
October 17-26 | “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Marble Foyer
literature studies
(Video Installation)
About what it means to be socially engaged through the exercise of writing and its democratic relevance
Video explanations by 12 important voices of contemporary Austrian literature:
Anna Baar, Bettina Balàka, Raphaela Edelbauer, Olga Flor, Valerie Fritsch, Susanne Gregor, Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, Barbi Marković, Mieze Medusa, Karin Peschka, Robert Prosser, Ferdinand Schmalz
Manufacturers:
Austrian Cultural Forum, ORF, Austrian Literature Society
The installation can be visited between October 17-26, 2025
Event hosted in FNT
October 17-26 | National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
Costume / Sculpture / Body. Theatrical objects of director Tadeusz Kantor
(exposition)
Curators: Justyna Droń, Bogdan Renczyński
Coordination: Justyna Droń, Sandra Demetrescu, Nicoleta Coman
Organizers: Cricoteka, National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
The exhibition can be visited between 17-26 October 2025 (Wednesday – Sunday), between 11.00 and 18.30
TNR to FNT
October 17-26 | “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Foyer of Sălii Media
Nonstop imaginarium
(audio drama audition space)
recent TNR productions, organized thematically, can be accessed with a QR code from a mobile phone in the protected ambience of a radio theater audition.
Producer: National Radio Theater
The audition space is open to the public between October 17-26, 2025, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
FNT On Air
05.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
Mihail Sebastian: The Story of the Great Bear.
(Part I)
Scenario: Constantine Venus Popa
Radio adaptation and artistic direction: Mihai Lungeanu
In distribution: Dan Puric, Radu Beligan, Mircea Rusu, George Mihăită, Virginia Mirea, Dorina Lazăr, Gelu Nițu, Mihai Bisericanu, Delia Seceleanu, Marius Florea Vizante, Florin Dobrovici, Radu Panamarenco, Adina Andrei, Sorin Gheorghiu, George Grigore
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music Direction: Patricia Prundea
Editor and Producer: Magda Duțu
FNT On Air
22.00 – Radio Romania Cultural
Solaris
Radio script and artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi, with inserts from poems by Halina Poświatowska.
Translation:
Sabra Daici and Ilinca Stihi
In distribution: Mădălina Anea, Tudor Aaron Istodor, Emilian Oprea, Gabriel Costin, Radu Bânzaru, Marcela Roibu, Costin Toma Dîrțu
Technical support: Marius Țoghină
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi
Sound design: Tom Brandus
Music Direction: Stelica Muscalu
Original Music: Cristian Lolea
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Show made with the support of the Polish Institute Bucharest
FNT On Air
Sunset. Impression.
Script and artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi
In distribution: Constantin Cojocaru, Dan Clucinschi, Lari Giorgescu, Radu Iacoban, Ioana Calotă
Technical assistance land records: Cătălin Coman, Dragoș Niță, Bogdan Dumitrescu, Bogdan Răduț
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music direction and sound design: Vlad Ioachimescu
Editor:
Manea Twig
Registration from 2014.
