Sunday, October 26
The marathon of book launches in FNT
11.00 Cărturești Modul Bookstore (Str. Academiei, no. 18-20)
Body, Vibration and Coordination, Will and Concentration /T = 2x(V+C) by Ioan Ardelean, Eikon Publishing House
Interlude by Alexander Hausvater, Integral Publishing House
Music between freedom and manipulation by AG Weinberger, Integral Publishing House
I didn’t expect it from me! by Petre Bokor, Integral Publishing House
Life within available stock by Petre Barbu, Integral Publishing House
The King’s Trap. Or how I understand theater by Eugen Nacht-Stroe, Integral Publishing House
The train with wings
by Udrea Rotaru, Integral Publishing House
MiRaBor. Miruna and Radu Boruzescu. An artistic biography by Radu Boruzescu, Iulia Gherghescu, Anca Ioniță, UNATC Press
A poetics of the actor’s art by Ion Cojar, UNATC Press
FREE ADMISSION within the limits of available places
17.00
Replika Educational Theater Center
At dawn, the light is harsher by Mihaela Michailov
Directed by: Radu Apostol
Scenography: Gabi Albu
Video: Elena Găgeanu
Scenography assistant: Cosmina Croitoru
Choreography: Florin Fieroiu
Original music and Sound design: Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi
Light design: Radu Apostol
Producer: The Replika Educational Theater Center, in partnership with ADO
Duration: 2h (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian and Yiddish with English translation
BALANCE OUT
17.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Picture Hall
Janovics
Dramaturgy: Nikolett Németh
Directed by:
Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.
The setting: Csaba Csíki
Costumes: Zsuzsanna Cs. kiss
Choreography: István Berecz
Original music: Dávid Mester
Producer:
Cluj State Hungarian Theatre
Duration: 3h (with break)
12+
Show in Hungarian with translation into Romanian and English
BALANCE OUT
Event hosted in FNT
18.00 National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
50 years since the premiere of “Dead Class”
ü finishing the exhibition Costume / Sculpture / Body. Kantor’s Theatrical Objects”
ü memories of actors by Tadeusz Kantor
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“dead class” (PROJECTION of the performance recording)
Director: Tadeusz Kantor
Producer: Andrzej Wajda
A Production: TVP (1976)
Duration: 1h 15min
Event moderator: Bogdan Renczyński, actor and curator
Organizers: Cricoteka, National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC Bucharest
The meeting will be held in English. The screenings will be subtitled in Romanian
FREE ENTRY within the limit of available places
18.00 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, Sala Studio
Mary Stuart, adaptation by Robert Icke, after Friedrich Schiller
Translation: Irina Velcescu
Stage version: Daniela Dima, associate director
Directed by: Andrei Sherban
Decor: Helmut Stürmer
Costumes: Corina Grămoșteanu
Video design: Andrei Cozlac
Original music: Alexei Turcan
Light design: Cristian Niculescu
Sound design: Liviu Stoica
Producer:
“IL Caragiale” National Theater from Bucharest
Duration: 2h 40min (with a break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
#Focus: RADU AFRIM
19.30 “IL Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest, “Ion Caramitru” Hall
TEATRO LÚCIDO at the edge of infinity
Screenplay and direction: Radu Afrim
Includes texts by: Adriana Bittel, Bogdan Răileanu, Doina Ruști
Scenography: Irina Moscu
Choreography: Flavia Giurgiu
Original music: Alexandru Suciu
Light design: Cristian Niculescu
Video design: Andrei Dermengiu
Producer: Constanța State Theatre
Duration: 3h 40min (with a break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
Show on the stage
BALANCE OUT
19.30 The State Jewish Theatre
Messiah
by Martin Sherman
Translation: Lorena Luchian, Alexandru Panait and Andrei Măjeri
Adaptation and direction: Andrei Măjeri
Scenography: Irina Chirilă
Stage movement: Daniel Dragomir
Original music: Sephardic folklore
Light design: Andrei Ignat, Andrei Măjeri
Producer:
The State Jewish Theatre
Duration: 1h 50min (without break)
14+
Show in Romanian with English translation
Tickets available https://www.mystage.ro/spectacole/mesia-fnt-4947/date/40939
TVR Cultural at FNT
20.00 Little hell by Mircea Ștefănescu
Adaptation and direction: Mihai Berechet
From the cast:
Silvia Dimitrescu Timică, Lucia Mureşan, Ion Dichiseanu, Stefan Radoff
Production: Tyr (1979), taken from the Nottara Theatre
Duration: 1h 50min
General audience
21.00 Metropolis Theatre, Great Hall
Goodbye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker and Bernd Lichtenberg
Translation: Elise Wilk
Dramatization: Bernd Lichtenberg
Directed by:
Eugene Jebeleanu
Scenography: Velica Panduru
Set (production): Tukuma Works
Costumes: Carmen Secăreanu
Light design: Cristian Niculescu
Sound design: Niko Becker
Video image: Iustin Şurpanelu
Scenography assistance: Maria Constantin
Producer:
Metropolis Youth Theatre, Bucharest
Duration: 1h 50min (without break)
16+
Show in Romanian with English translation
BALANCE OUT
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.
Studio FNT by Cinemaraton
11.00 – 12.00
Aura Corbeanu, vice-president of UNITER
Moderator: Octavian Szalad
12.00 – 13.00
Alina Epîngeac, theater critic and FNT 35 curator
Raluca Cîrciumaru, theater critic and FNT 35 curator
Ionuț Sociu, playwright, journalist and curator FNT 35
Moderator: Zomir Dimovici
FNT On Air
05.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
The flying lesson
(Part II – Bad Weather Flight)
Radio script by Ada-Maria Ichim and Gavriil Pinte
Artistic direction: Gavriil Pinte
In distribution: Vasile Toma, Ada Navrot, Paula Trifu, Dan Bordeianu, Felicia Pinte, Magda Duțu, Cristina Toma, Marcelo Cobzariu, Gavriil Pinte, Mircea Constantinescu, Matei Tibacu, Voicu Aaniței, Tomi Cristin
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music Direction: Stelica Muscalu
Technical direction: Tom Brandus
Editor and project coordinator: Magda Duțu
Registration from 2023.
FNT On Air
17.00
– Radio Romania Cultural
The silver bullet or the real death of Avram Iancu
of Mircea Tomus
Radio adaptation and artistic direction: Gavriil Pinte
In distribution: Vlad Logigan, Cristina Toma, Ion Haiduc, Alin Panc, Dan Așilean, Crina Zvobodă, Dorin Andone, Sergiu Cioiu, Lucian Pavel, Felicia Pinte, Victor Vurtejanu, Vasile Toma, Tomi Cristin
Didgeridoo and flute improvisations: Toth Lorand Alpar
Editing direction: Bogdan Golovei
Studio direction: Janina Dicu
Music Direction: Patricia Prundea
Sound design: Tom Brandus
Editor:
Irina Sun
Registration from 2024.
FNT On Air
19.30
– Radio Romania Cultural
1989. Figures
Original script of Ilinca Stihi with inserts from the poetic work of Georg Trakl
In distribution: Mădălina Ghițescu-Petre, Oana Vidoni, Radu Brănici, Boris Gaza, Harald Weisz
Original Music: Werner Cee and Tom Brandus
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Sound design: Tom Brandus
Artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi
Show made in partnership with the German State Theater Timișoara, Radio Romania Cultural and Radio Romania Timișoara. Registration from 2023.
FNT On Air
House of the People
radio script of Ilinca Verses after Numbers in delirium
collage and lyrics by Ioana Ieronim
In distribution: Coca Bloos, Ana Ciontea, Sandra Ducută
Studio direction: Milica Creiniceanu
Music direction and sound design: Tom Brandus
Editor:
Oana Cristea Grigorescu
Artistic direction: Ilinca Stihi
Registration from 2019.
