Wednesday, October 22
TNR to FNT
12.00 UNITY
The Labdacid Trilogy
(“Oedipus the King”, “Oedipus at Colonus” and “Antigone” by Sophocles) – selections
preview audition
Radio adaptation and artistic direction: Gavriil Pinte
Producer: National Radio Theater
Duration: 2h
FREE ENTRY within the limit of available places
#involved. the Austrian micro-section in the FNT
16.00 ARCUB, Great Hall
Democracy is cool! A fun democracy! Democracy is Fun!
Values of the performing arts and the experience of democracy through art
Artist-talk and project presentation (video examples)
Manufacturers: Theaterthe “Andrei Mureșanu” from Sfântu Gheorghe and the Austrian Cultural Forum
Duration: 1h 30min
FREE ENTRY within the limit of available places
Performance-reading mode
16.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Media Hall
Clouds for sale (cheap) of Alexandru Ivanoiu
Coordinator: Radu Horghidan
Co-Producers: Drama Theater “Fani Tardini” Galati, UNITER 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
17.00 and 21.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Picture Hall
Storm by William Shakespeare
Translation: Ádám Nádasdy
Dramatization: Anna Veress
Directed by:
Viktor Bodó
Decor: Hanna Erős
Costumes: Bori Zatykó
Original music: Klaus von Heydenander
Light design: Sándor Baumgartner
Producer: The theater “Tamasi Áron” Sfântu-Gheorghe
Duration: 1h 50min (without break)
16+
Show in Hungarian with translation into Romanian and English
BALANCE OUT
17.00 and 21.00 Odeon Theatre, Majestic Hall
Iona
of
Marin Sorescu
Directed by:
Silviu Purcărete
Scenography and light design: Dragoș Buhagiar
Original music: Vasile Şirli
Manufacturers: National Theater “Radu Stanca” Sibiu and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
Duration: 1h 15min (without break)
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
18.00 Bulandra Theatre, “Toma Caragiu” Hall
arson
of
Wajdi Mouawad
Translation: Zeno Fodor
Directed by:
Alexandru Mazgăreanu
Decor: Andreea Săndulescu
Costumes: Alexandra Boerescu
Original music: Alexandru Suciu
Light design: Daniel Klinger
Producer: Constanța State Theatre
Duration: 2h 30min (without break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
19.00 Little Theater, Sala Atelier (Str. Constantin Mille, no. 16)
Animal farm
Theatrical script by: Andrei Huțuleac after “Animal Farm” by George Orwell
Directed by:
Andrei Huțuleac
Scenography: Maria Nicola
Choreography: Stefan Lupu
Songs: Oana Pușcatu
Light design: Lucian Moga
Sound design: Marin Grigore
Producer:
Little Theater Bucharest
Duration: 2h (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
19.00 Bucharest National Opera
We bombed New Haven by Joseph Heller
Translation: Ramona Tripa
Directed by:
László Bocsárdi
Decor: József Bartha
Costumes: Anna-Aletta Lokodi
Choreography: Noémi Bezsán
Music: Magor Bocsárdi
Producer:
National Theater “Lucian Blaga” Cluj-Napoca
Duration: 3h (with break)
14+
Show in Romanian and English translation
Tickets available https://tickets.operanb.ro/
19.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater from Bucharest, Sala Atelier
The treasure city
Dramaturgy: Petro Ionescu
Directed by: David Schwartz
Scenography: Mihai Păcurar
Choreography: Dominik M. Iabloncic
Original Music: Mara Solomon
Light design and Sound design: Cătălin Filip and Alex Maftei
Producer:
Reactor of creation and experiment Cluj
Duration: 2h (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
20.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Sala Studio
Prophet Elijah by Tadeusz Słobodzianek
Translation: Luiza Săvescu and Passionaria Stoicescu
Dramaturgy: Diana Nechit
Directed by: Botond Nagy
Scenography: Irina Moscu
Lighting and Video design: Cristian Niculescu
Original music and Sound design: Claudiu Urse
Producer:“IL Caragiale” National Theater from Bucharest
Duration: 2h 05min (without break)
Scenes that may affect them emotionally, licentious language, scenes with sexual connotation.
Due to the strobe and light effects, short duration and intensity, the show is not recommended for people with photosensitivity and those suffering from epilepsy! Odorless stage smoke is used in the show!
18+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
TVR Cultural at FNT
22.00 Blacksmiths by Milos Nikolic
Directed by: Horațiu Mălăele
Cast: Horatiu Mălăele, George Mihăiţă, Maia Morgenstern, Valentin Teodosiu
Production: Tyrtaken from the Comedy Theatre
Duration: 1h
General audience
Studio FNT by Cinemaraton
11.00 – 12.00
Theodor Cristian Popescu, director
Ofelia Popii, actress
Moderator: Octavian Szalad
12.00 – 13.00
Irisz Kovacs, director
Raluca Păun, actress
Moderator: Zomir Dimovici
Live on Cinemaraton, www.fnt.ro and https://www.facebook.com/fntfestivalulnationaldeteatru/?locale=ro_RO and https://www.youtube.com/@UniterRomania
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.
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
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
Ana Blandiana – The child in my soul
Radio scenario: Ion-Costin Manoliu
Artistic direction: Nicolae Mărgineanu
With the participation of the writer Ana Blandiana
In distribution: Maria Ploae, Oana Maria Margineanu, Alexandru Nedelcu, Radu Bânzaru, Amalia Ciolan, Mioara Ifrim, Alin Panc, Armand Calotă, Mircea Constantinescu, Cristina Constantinescu, Afrodita Androne, Tache Florescu, Vitalie Bantaș, Ana Margineanu
Original Music: Andrei Miricescu
Editing direction: Florin Badic
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music Direction: Patricia Prundea
Technical direction: Eng. Mirela Georgescu
Editor and project coordinator: Magda Duțu
Registration from 2024.
FNT On Air
22.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
Oedipus the King
(Premiere)
of Sophocles
Translation:
George Fotino
In distribution: Gavriil Pinte, Irina Movilă, Mihai Constantin, Dan Astilean, Mugur Arvunescu, Ionuţ Achivoaie, Marina Fluerașu, Ioana Calotă, Sergiu Cioiu, Nicolae Călugarita, Mircea Constantinescu, Alexandru Georgescu, Ion Haiduc, Dorin Andone, Orodel Olaru, Mihai Verbiţchi, Victor Vurtejanu, Vasile Toma and Stefan Velniciuc
Percussion: Lucian Maxim
Editing direction: Florin Badic
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu and Janina Dicu
Original music and musical direction: Andrei Miricescu
Sound design: Mihnea Chelaru
Editor and producer: Mrs. Tsundrea
Radio adaptation and artistic direction: Gavriil Pinte
FNT On Air
23.05
– Radio Romania Cultural
Penitentiary colony
of Franz Kafka
Translation:
Gabriela Nartea
Radio adaptation and artistic direction: Mihnea Chelaru
In distribution: Gabriel Spahiu and Daniela Ioniță Marcu
Studio direction: Janina Dicu
Music:
Andrei Miricescu
Technical direction: Madalin Cristescu
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Registration from 2024.
FNT On Air
Orpheus’ journey
sound script: Madalin Cristescu
Artistic direction: Attila Vizauer
In distribution: Dan Clucinschi, Ioana Calotă, Mihai Constantin, Zoltan Octavian Butuc, Ion Haiduc, Daniela Ioniță, Ilinca Manolache, Janina Dicu, Magda Duţu, Stelică Muscalu, Delia Pavel, Manuella Popescu, Patricia Prundea, Renata Rusu, Domnica Țundrea
Studio direction: Janina Dicu.
Original Music: Codrin Lazar
Sound design: Madalin Cristescu
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Registration from 2018.
