"Marin Sorescu" National Theater announces the premiere of the show "Caliban and the Witch" by Mihaela Drăgan, after "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. The premiere will take place during the Craiova International Shakespeare Festival on May 17, 2024 at 6:00 p.m., at the Ramada Plaza Hotel. The show is a co-production of Giuvlipen and the "Marin Sorescu" National Theater from Craiova and will be performed in Romani and Romanian.
The cast includes the actresses Iulia Colan, Anastasia Dade, Nicoleta Ghiță and Zita Moldovan.
"Caliban and the Witch" is a rewriting of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", the title inspired by Silvia Federica's book of the same name and the revolutionary texts and speeches of Frantz Fanon, Angela Davis, Malcom X, Ghassan Kanafani. On the occasion of the premiere, the bilingual theater volume of the same name will be released, which will include both Mihaela Drăgan's play and "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare, these being published in Romanian and Romani.
The publication of the play Furtuna/ O Baro Briśind in the translation of Norică Costache is an editorial event with a major significance for the history of literature in general, but also for the Roma around the world. As the first Romanian translation of a Shakespearean text was the play "Iuliu Caesar", performed by captain S. Stoica, in 1844, we have, 180 years after this act, a first translation of a Shakespeare play in the Romanian language - in the Romanian space. A major event, to which we invite you to participate on Friday, May 17, at 5:30 p.m., in the preamble of the premiere that will take place at the Ramada Hotel.
Giuvlipen is the first Roma theater company in Romania, founded in 2014 by artists Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan. "They are the vanguard of the Roma revolution, a counter-attack, through art and activism - against centuries of oppression." (Reuters Agency) In the absence of a State Roma Theater in Romania, the independent theater company Giuvlipen collaborated and made co-productions over time with the State Jewish Theater, the Andrei Mureșanu Theater, the Romanian Playwrights Theater, the National Dance Center of Bucharest and the Marin Sorescu National Theater and in 2020 he was awarded the British Council prize at the UNITER Gala. With numerous participations in national and international festivals, Giuvlipen wrote history in contemporary Roma theater, their art being provocative, experimental and highly performative.
Mihaela Drăgan is a multidisciplinary artist with studies in acting who lives in Bucharest and works professionally in several other countries. In 2014, together with other Roma actresses, she founded the Giuvlipen Theater for which she is an actress, director and playwright.
By William Shakespeare
Text and Art Direction: Mihaela Drăgan
Romanian translation: Izabela Tiberiade
Set design: Lia Dogaru
Costumes: Adelina Galiceanu și Zita Moldovan
Music: Andrei Horjea
The Choreography: Răzvan Rotaru
Delegated producer: Marius Pîrlea
Technical Direction:: Cristian Petec, Mihai Manea
Sound: Daniel Feneșan, George Udrea
Duration of the show: 1h 30min (fără pauză)
Age limit: 14+
Special effects: strobe lights
Careful! The show contains scenes with emotional impact, suggestions of rape and violence, blood!
Tickets can be purchased both online, directly from the institution's website www.tncms.ro, as well as in physical format, from the theater agency.
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Contact the theater agency:
Alexandru Ioan Cuza Street, no. 11, in the theater building
Phone: 0251.413.677
Schedule: Monday – Friday: 11:00 – 19:00; Saturday – Sunday: 12:00 – 19:00
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