Marin Sorescu National Theater from Craiova (TNCMS) invite you, between October 7 and 13, 2024, at Purcarete week, event celebrating 50 years of career adirector Silviu Purcarete.

For the first time in Romania, the theatrical world and the audience fascinated by Silviu Purcărete's creations meet in Craiova in an unprecedented celebration. Purcărete Week offers a foray into the current universe of the author of the two most extensive shows in the history of Romanian theatre: "Danaidele", co-produced by the National Theater in Craiova, and "Faust", a phenomenal production that has been playing continuously in Sibiu since 2007.

To mark 50 years of excellence of the Silviu Purcărete brand on the world stage, for one week, the Craiova National will bow to the creator to whom he owes a remarkable period of international glory. The well-known institution will host five shows from the current repertoire of theaters in the country: "The story of the blind princess" (Radu Stanca National Theater in Sibiu), "Bitter Lexicon" (Teatrul Odeon in Bucharest), "Gertrude" (National Theater "I. L. Caragiale" in Bucharest), "A Venomous Tragedy" and "The Plowman and Death" (National Theater "Vasile Alecsandri" in Iași), as well as the projectionsthe film "Undeva la Palilula" and the documentary "Furtuna", directed by Silviu Purcărete.

More than a selection of exemplary performances, the Purcărete Week jubilee will bring the man and creator Silviu Purcărete before the public in a series of meetings with those who they are and were, alike, collaborators, friends and sources of inspiration: artists, managers or producers and spectators. The proposed program is a vivid image of the vision of the great director, an open door to his so complex universe.

Personalități marcante ale spațiului cultural românesc precum Valer Dellakeza, Valeriu Dogaru, Ion Colan, Angel Rababoc, Emil Boroghină, Dragoș Buhagiar, Vasile Șirli, Constantin Chiriac, Ofelia Popii, Claudiu Bleonț, Marius Manole, Marina Constantinescu, Sebastian-Vlad Popa and Octavian Saiu se numără printre cei care îi vor fi alături lui Silviu Purcărete la ceas aniversar. 

Thus, the only Romanian director who was present in the official programs of the Edinburgh and Avignon Festivals, the most important theater events anywhere, but also the first creator of the Romanian scene who was talked about all over the world after 1989 (re)comes to Craiova, in a moment of reference for Romanian culture.