THE ROMANIAN SEASON
Firehouse Creative Productions launched the first Romanian Season of new writing in London. Featuring two theatre productions, book and play readings, post show talks, an ongoing art installation, puppetry workshops and music, the season showcased the best of emerging Romanian talent. The Season broadened UK perspectives on Romania’s new generation and connected UK audiences with Romania’s new wave of playwrights, who are dramatising personal, social and universal issues in ways imbued with striking immediacy and emotional rawness.
In association with The New Diorama Theatre, with support from The Romanian Cultural Institute.
Firehouse Creative Productions launched the first Romanian Season of new writing in London. Featuring two theatre productions, book and play readings, post show talks, an ongoing art installation, puppetry workshops and music, the season showcased the best of emerging Romanian talent. The Season broadened UK perspectives on Romania’s new generation and connected UK audiences with Romania’s new wave of playwrights, who are dramatising personal, social and universal issues in ways imbued with striking immediacy and emotional rawness.
In association with The New Diorama Theatre, with support from The Romanian Cultural Institute.
Productions:
ELEVATOR, by Gabriel Pintilei, directed by Rachel Parish
BONES FOR PRINCE (Original title Bones for Otto), by Lia Bugnar, directed by Christian Hogas
Staged readings:
THE SUNSHINE PLAY, by Stefan Peca, directed by Peter Stickney
THE “ROMANIA” COMPLEX, by Mihaela Michailov, directed by Natasha Nixon
LIKE DROPS OF BLOOD ON THE ELEVATOR FLOOR, by Maria Manolescu, directed by Sophie Motley
LOVE THYSELF, by Maria Manolescu, directed by Natasha Nixon
ELEVATOR, by Gabriel Pintilei, directed by Rachel Parish
BONES FOR PRINCE (Original title Bones for Otto), by Lia Bugnar, directed by Christian Hogas
Staged readings:
THE SUNSHINE PLAY, by Stefan Peca, directed by Peter Stickney
THE “ROMANIA” COMPLEX, by Mihaela Michailov, directed by Natasha Nixon
LIKE DROPS OF BLOOD ON THE ELEVATOR FLOOR, by Maria Manolescu, directed by Sophie Motley
LOVE THYSELF, by Maria Manolescu, directed by Natasha Nixon
Other events:
GALA FUNDRAISING NIGHT featuring singer songwriter Monooka, Romanian tipples and culinary delights cooked by the creative team!
PUPPETRY WORKSHOPS for families led by Monica Madas
An ongoing ART INSTALLATION set in the corridor of The New Diorama Theatre created by Ioana Iliesiu
"Presenting these plays within the context of the London theatre scene, a place where cultural diversity is more than mere exposure...the productions were charged with a vibrant new energy. What draws our attention...is the raw emotion and liveliness of the visceral writing, which talks about universal subjects in a new and provocative way." Anca Ionita, Time Out Bucharest.
GALA FUNDRAISING NIGHT featuring singer songwriter Monooka, Romanian tipples and culinary delights cooked by the creative team!
PUPPETRY WORKSHOPS for families led by Monica Madas
An ongoing ART INSTALLATION set in the corridor of The New Diorama Theatre created by Ioana Iliesiu
"Presenting these plays within the context of the London theatre scene, a place where cultural diversity is more than mere exposure...the productions were charged with a vibrant new energy. What draws our attention...is the raw emotion and liveliness of the visceral writing, which talks about universal subjects in a new and provocative way." Anca Ionita, Time Out Bucharest.