Tuesday, October 21
Performance-reading mode
16.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Media Hall
Luceafar. Sex of Alex Gorghe
Director: Gabi Sandu
Co-Producers: Bucharest UNITER Mask Theater and FNT35
Duration: 1h
14+
The performance-reading will be followed by a discussion with the audience
FREE ENTRY within the limit of available places
#Guest performance
18.00 ARCUB, Great Hall
Viscount
by Eugene Ionesco
Translation: Vlad Russo, Vlad Zografi
Directing, scenography and sound design: Slava Sambris
Light design: Andrei Chirtoca
Producer:
Republican Theater “Luceafărul”, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Duration: 1h 30min (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
18.00 Metropolis Theatre, Small Hall
error by Doru Vatavului
Directed by: Irisz Kovacs
Scenography: Réka Oláh
Music: Alexandra Chira and Adrian Piciorea
Producer: ProTeatru Zalău
Duration: 2h (without break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
18.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, “Ion Caramitru” Hall
Day’s long journey to night, after Eugene O’Neill
Translation: Raluca Rădulescu
A screenplay by: Roman Doljanski
Directed by: Timofey Kuliabin
Scenography: Oleg Golovko
Original music: Timofei Pastukhov
Light design: Ilia Pasnin
Producer:National Theater “Radu Stanca” Sibiu
Duration: 2h (without break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
20.30 ACT Theatre
Don Quixote by James Fenton, based on the novel “Don Quixote” by Miguel Cervantes
Translation: George State
Directed by:
Alexandru Dabija
Costumes: Maria Miu
Producer:
ACT Theater Bucharest
Duration: 2h 10min (with a break)
12+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
20.30 Bulandra Theatre, “Liviu Ciulei” Hall
Queen of the night by Leta Popescu
Directed by: Leta Popescu
Scenography: Bogdan Spătaru
Stage movement: Elena Anghel
Original music: Csaba Boros
Lyrics: Oana Mogoș
Light design: Marian Tarazi
Sound design: Dan Nedelescu
Producer: Drama Theater “Fani Tardini” Galati
Duration: 2h (without break)
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
TVR Cultural at FNT
22.00 The miser by Moliere
Directed by: Mircea Cornișteanu
TV director: Olimpia Arghir
From the cast:
Constantin Cotimanis, Ruxandra Sireteanu, Ion Haiduc, George Alexandru
Production: TVR (1994)in collaboration with the Nottara Theatre
Duration: 2h
General audience
Studio FNT by Cinemaraton
11.00 – 12.00
Andreea Grămoșteanu, actress
Ionuț Caras, actor
Moderator: Zomir Dimovici
12.00 – 13.00
Adrian Matioc, actor
David Schwartz, director
Moderator: Octavian Szalad
Live on Cinemaraton, www.fnt.ro and https://www.facebook.com/fntfestivalulnationaldeteatru/?locale=ro_RO and https://www.youtube.com/@UniterRomania
October 20 and 21
Meetings of the European Regional Council
(European Regional Council – ERC) of the International Theater Institute
opportunity for European ITI Centers to connect and promote common objectives in the field of performing arts
The ERC is a key coordination point for ITI National Centers in Europe, focused on fostering collaboration, sharing best practices and promoting the ITI mission in the region.
Organizing: UNITER – Romanian ITI Center
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.
Educational NTF. Events
Tuesday, October 21, “Ion Neculce” National College
Growth nodes by Carla Oncescu
With: Iulia Popa
Directed by: Carla Oncescu
Educational NTF. workshops
October 20-24 | Secondary School, no. 162, Bucharest
Workshop to make objects that become stories in motion
Supported by: Ana Crăciun Lambru
October 20-24 | Secondary School, no. 96, Bucharest
Creative development workshop through neurographics
Supported by: Alina Herescu
October 20-24 | “Nicolae Tonitza” Fine Arts High School Bucharest
Choreography workshop
Supported by: Sergiu Dita
FNT On Air
05.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
Arta Popescu – A poetic biography after the antum and posthumous work of Cristian Popescu
Radio script and artistic direction: Gavriil Pinte
In distribution: Florin Zamfirescu, Catalina Mustață, Dorina Lazăr, Coca Bloos, Rodica Mandache, Oana Ştefănescu, Laurentiu Lazăr, Mugur Arvunescu, Mircea Constantinescu, Radu Amzulescu, Paula Simion, Ionel Mihăilescu, Gabriela Popescu
Editor: Ion – Costin Manoliu
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music Direction: Patricia Prundea
Technical direction: Eng. Luiza Mateescu
Producer:
Magda Duțu
Registration since 2004.
FNT On Air
19.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
NINA –
a poetic biography.
Dramatization by Rodica Mandacheafter fragments from the volumes: Outdoor Show – another monograph on Love, Memory as dowry, A Thousand Poems by Nina Cassian
Radio adaptation: Magda Duțu
Artistic direction: Diana Mihaipol
In distribution: Rodica Mandache, Cezar Antal, Ana Maria Balescu, Cristina Constantinescu, Catinca Radu, Alin Aronovici
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music Direction: Luiza Mateescu
Technical direction: Eng. Mirela Georgescu
Editor and project coordinator: Magda Duțu
Registration from 2025.
FNT On Air
22.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
Gertrude
(Part II)
of Radu F. Alexandru
Artistic direction: Attila Vizauer
In distribution: Mariana Mihuț, Gelu Nițu, Virgil Ogasanu, Zoltan Octavian Butuc, Mădălina Ignat, Robert Radoveneanu, Petre Nicolae
Studio direction: Janina Dicu and Renata Rusu
Sound design: Madalin Cristescu
Editor:
Irina Sun
Registration from 2025.
FNT On Air
Roller Coaster Kiss
23.05 – Radio Romania Cultural
of
Ilinca Stihi
In distribution: Alexandru Costea, Alexandra Velniciuc, Dan Astilean, Ionuț Kivu, Constantin Cojocaru
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Technical direction: Madalin Cristescu and Codrin Lazar
Original music and sound design: Codrin Lazar
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi
Registration from 2024.
