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SpectActor 50 – ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

Issue 50 (all time) of "SpectActor" magazine, culture, attitude and information publication of the National Theater "Marin Sorescu" went to print. In this issue you can read a study dedicated to the 23-year micro-history of the T.N.C. –  “Sketch for a Panorama of the National Theatre Marin Sorescu – 2000-2023 (Nicolae Coande), a chronicle dedicated to the UNITER Gala (Marius Dobrin), articles on "Poduri de Teatru", intermediate edition of the International Shakespeare Festival (signed by Adrian Mihalache, Marius Dobrin, Ana Paraschivescu) and, last but not least, three anniversary portraits dedicated to our colleague Marius Dobrin (signed by Nicolae Coande, Cornel Mihai Ungureanu, Ana Paraschivescu), who recently turned 65. Happy Birthday, Marius!
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The first issue of "SpectActor" magazine was launched on September 23, 2006, at the opening of the 2006-2007 season of the "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre, in the framework of the tribute event dedicated to the writer Ion D. Sîrbu, "What shut up, Gary?". The editorial team consists of Nicolae Coande, coordinator, Marius Dobrin, Cornel Mihai Ungureanu, Lia Boangiu, Mihai Ene, Ana Paraschivescu, Luana Neghea – editors.

Romanian theater critics (Ion Parhon, Adrian Mihalache, Doina Papp), as well as important names of world theater: George Banu (France), John Elsom, Stanley Wells, Michael Dobson have signed on the pages of the magazine , Paul Edmonson, Maria Shevtsova ((Great Britain), Lawrence Guntner (USA), Michel Vais (Canada), Yun Cheol-Kim (South Korea), Octavian Saiu (Hong-Kong). Several personalities of the world theater, such as Robert Wilson, Oskaras Korsunovas, George Banu, Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, Andrei Șerban, Matei Vișniec, as well as important Romanian directors, gave interviews to the editorial office.

Munce of the editors has materialized, for now, in two volumes-synthesis that reflect the activity of the theater during this period. The first, The Mirror of Time –a contemporary interview history of TNC(2007-2020), is a book of dialogues with actors, directors, people of theater published in the pages of the magazine. The second, New and old prophecies about the theater (Cronici de SpectActor), is a summa of the chronicles written and published by theater chronicler Marius Dobrin about Craiova performances from the same period.

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